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but to all who desire to promote the comforts and well-being of 

 the insane and advance Pyschological Science. The considera- 

 tion of this document, and the development of a well-matured 

 scheme for the treatment and cure of the insane in the colony, 

 must of necessity occupy a considerable time ; but, in the mean- 

 while, the present Government appears anxious to diminish the 

 most pressing exils, and is at present engaged in relieving to 

 some extent the very serious and overcrowded condition of the 

 public establishments. 



The number of charitable institutions not mentioned above, 

 but which also receive aid from the Government, is thirty-four. 



The number of inmates which they contained in December, 

 1867, was 261 ; and the aggregate amount received by them 

 during the same year was £7877 ; the aggregate amount received 

 by them from private contributions during the same time being 

 £8556. 



The number of persons in all the institutions, charitable, bene- 

 volent, and reformatory, which receive whole or partial Govern- 

 ment support, was, upon the 31st December, 1867, 4076, or 1 to 

 every 110 of the population. 



The number of persons for whom provision was made in the 

 Benevolent Asylums, during the year 1867 was 3277, or 1 to 

 every 137 of the population. 



The number of children in establishments -wholly or principally 

 supported by the Government was, at the above date, 1269, or 1 

 to every 353 persons. 



In 1867 an Inspector of Charities was appointed by the Go- 

 vernment, whose duty it is to visit all charitable institutions re- 

 ceiving aid from the Government, and report upon their manage- 

 ment, &c. 



If we now turn to the reports of the Poor Law Commissionsrs 

 of Great Britain for 1866. We find that in 1865 (I take this year 

 as the latest I can obtain statistics of) the total expenditure in 

 England and Wales for Poor Law relief was £6,264,961, or at 

 the rate of 6s. per head of the population. 



The total expenditure for the same purpose in New South 

 Wales for the year 1867 was £88,139, or at the rate of 3s. ll|d. 

 per head of the population. 



The difference between the two expenditures being, that in 

 New South Wales it includes the Government subscription to 

 charities, and does not include relief to able-bodied adult pau- 

 pers 



The mean number of all classes of paupers in England and 

 Wales, exclusive of able-bodied adults, receiving indoor relief, 

 at one time was, at Lady's Day, 1865, 111,494, or 1 to every 187 

 of the population. 



