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                                                          No. 9 B.

 Statement showing the average annual cost of each Inmate in the Dacca Lunatic Asylum,
                for establishment, diet, clothing and contingencies, from
1862 to 1867.

Annual
cost of Establish-
ment.

Annual
cost of dieting.

Contingencies,
Bazar Medicines,and
Clothing.

Average No. of
Lunatics.

Average
yearly expense per
man.

Rs.

A.

P.

Rs.

A.

P.

Rs.

A.

P.

Rs.

A.

P.

1862 ...

6,740

0

0

7,411

3

10

1,887

0

4

218

73

9

1

1863 ...

6,980

13

9

7,953

13

6

1,521

8

6

220

74

12

9

1864 ...

7,229

0

0

8,323

15

8

2,164

10

1

229

77

5

10

1865 ...

7,385

0

0

8,775

15

1

2,660

12

8

241

78

1

6

1866 ...

6,586

11

2

10,258

6

11

1,567

14

1

226

81

7

6

1867 ...

6,975

14

4

10,931

8

7

1,941

10

7

210

94

8

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                                                                 No. 10.

                               Abstract of estimated value of Lunatic Labour for 1867.

Nature of Occupation.

Amount.

REMARKS.

Rs.

A.

P.

Carpentering ... ... ... ...

157

0

0

Repairing tuktaposes, water carts, doors, windows, &c.,
of Asylum.

Gardening ... ... ... ...

779

0

0

Mitford and Asylum garden.

Water party, bheestee ... ...

350

0

0

In lieu of bheestees and Hindoo water-carriers (as per
sanctioned establishment).

Cooks ... ... ... ...

113

8

0

In lieu of two male cooks (for part of the year) allowed
in sanctioned establishment, one female cook and three
cook's assistants.

Repairing fence, jhamps, &c. ... ...

32

0

0

Making jhamps for verandahs and repairing garden
hedges.

Tailoring ... ... ... ...

180

0

0

Repairing and making lunatic clothing, at 2 annas per
man per diem.

Coolie work ... ... ... ...

1,185

2

0

Making and repairing roads; levelling Asylum ground;
filling tank on north-west corner of Asylum ; level-
ling a piece of ground in Puranakhas, which has been
allotted by the municipality for the burial of the
inmates of the Asylum, at 2 annas per man per diem.

Assistant Keepers ... ... ...

37

1

0

Conducting the work of a Negaban or Keeper.

Bread making ... ... ... ...

140

10

0

Making bread for the inmates of the Asylum, at 3 annas
per man per diem.

Sweeper's Assistant ... ... ...

247

4

0

Assisting sweepers in keeping the Asylum premises clean,
at 2 annas per man per diem.

Attendance in Hospital and Asylum
Dispensary ... ... ...

215

6

0

Feeding, assisting in the bathing of sick patients, in com-
pounding and looking after medicines, &c., in Asylum
Dispensary.

Pounding Soorkee ... ...

152

0

0

For making, repairing roads in Asylum, and the ap-
proach to the Asylum.

Masons ... ... ... ...

84

0

0

White-washing, assisting the hired masons in petty
repairs.

Miscellaneous ... ... ...

120

0

0

Such as "leapoying" wards and cells with cow-dung
conveying cow-dung from the town, and drying the
same for fumigating the wards and cells.

TOTAL Rs. ...

3,792

15

0