cs | | ee PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECTIONS. 
“Taking the decennial periods, it will be seen that from 1861 to 
1871 the increase ig a was 45 per cent., and of in 
persons 65 per cent. ; the proportion of insane to populati ion rising 
from 2°34 to 2-67 per 1, 000; whilst from 1871 to 1881 the increase 
of population was 44 per cent. and of the insane 54 per cent.; the 
proportion of insane to population rising only from 2-67 to 2°85 
r 1,000. 
Turning to the neighbouring Colony of Victoria, we find thatthe . 
_ Increase in the number of insane during the last twenty years has 
been even greater than in this Colony. In 1861 the pope a of 
Victoria was 541,800, and the number of insane persons 702, 
1:29 per 1,000. re 1881, the population, as: ascertained by na re 
was in round numbers "855, 000, whilst.on Dec. 31, 1880, the 
whilst the population had only increased by 57 per cent., the 
number of insane had more than ape ate and ip a proportion 
to the population nearly three times cine 86 
The increase in the proves of insane cake ation was much _ 
more marked during the period from 1861 rr 1871 than from the 
latter date to 1881, being from 1-29 to 2-71 per 1,000 during the 
“prune arg and only from 2°71 to 3°58 per 1,000 during the 
hee South Australia the population in 1871 was _ 626, be 
of insane persons 324, and the proportion 
‘population 1-74 per 1,000, whilst at the close of 1880. pe sai: 
tion was 267,662, the number of insane 587, and the proportion 
to population 2-19 per 1,000. 
The increase in Queensland and New Zealand, with the details 
of which I will not trouble you, has been equally n 
Going now to older countries, we find that in 1844 there were 
in England and Wales 20,611 re, re In 
eo ee risen to 4, 129, and in 1879 to 71,191. In 1844 
2 — 800 = he a ait 
From the returns made assis of Tonatio 4 yict 
in SS was an 10 
of san 
