Dwecial “Weport Be Ae ee eae Ors UMA y \o14-. a WE cs "dies ee Ss =e) Library of the University of North Garolina Endowed by the Dialectic and Philan- thropie Societies. BOARD OF DIRECTORS, i: Be oon) ) | me. RALEIGH: = BOWARDS, BROUGHTON & GO, BOOK & JOB PRINTERS AND BOOK BINDERS, Se 1874, : ee 5 std f vil Wate 4 SPECIAL REPORT. To the Board of Directors of the Insane Asylumof North Carolina : GentLemEeN: The embarrassments surrounding the man- agement of the Asylum, present, past and prospective, increased by the extraordinary course of the present General Assembly, render it necessary to ask the advice and counsel of the Board. Owing to the insufficiency of the annual appropriation for 1872 (it being the smallest hitherto ever made, in the history of the Institution) the year 1873 commenced with an indebted- ness of about seven thousand dollars upon the support of the previous year. To more fully state the facts in this case, I beg to say that: an examination of the expenses of the Institution for the lapse: _of time since the close of the war, shows that the expenditure: per capita has been as follows: In 1866, it was $283.66; in 1867, (in the absence of any printed report) the amount asked. for was $250.00 for support, and an appropriation for fuel and: repairs of $5,000; in 1868, it was $271.70 ; in 1869, by reason: of the extension of the fiscal year from September 30 to De- cember 31, it was $312.50 per capita for the period of 15. months, and $10.000 for repairs, ordinary and extraordinary. In 1870, it was $300 per capita, and $12,000 for the purchase of machinery and extraordinary repairs, of which, however, between $8,000 and $9,000 was left unexpended at the close: of the year, and this balance, with the ordinary appropriation. for support for the year 1871, made the cost per capita for that: year $303.73. In this, however, was included the cost of an. extraordinary amount of improvements and repairs. For the year 1872, the appropriation for all purposes was $60.000, or nearly $5,000 less than the simple appropriation for support in 4 1871, apart from the use of the balance of $8,000 or $9,000 left from the appropriation of the preceding year. On the basis of the unusually small appropriation for 1872, of $60,000, it became apparent that the amount per capita would be reduced to $244.90. This was known to be insufii- cient, even without regarding an important source of addition- al expense, which had arisen in the meantime, through the operation of the policy under the provisions of Sec. 19, chap. 67, Acts of the General Assembly 1868-69, of giving the preference in admission to the acute and curable, or the ex- cessively violent, among the applicants, and providing accom- modations for as many of this class as would fill vacancies created by sending away from the Institution an equal number ‘of harmless incurables. The effect of this policy, however valuable in a humanitarian point of view, was to involve ad- ‘ditional expense through the operation of the transfers, the necessity of more attendance upon the large proportion of violent cases accumulating, as well as additional cost of labor ‘from the loss of the services of harmless and incurable patients, who, for sanitary and other reasons, had been contributing their aid in various classes of work; necessarily its effect was cumulative yearly. The apprehended deficiency was laid before the Board of Directors then in charge on the 6th February, 1872, together with the statistics of expense of various Institutions for the In- sane throughout the United States, the average cost of which was $331.00 per capita. And upon the consideration of the attempt to confine the expenses to the $244.90 per capita in- dicated by the appropriation, involving the abandonment of many remedial influences, and the practical conversion of the Institution, with all its opportunities for active good into a simple custodial establishment, on motion Mr, Kemp P. Battle, it was unanimously resolved: “ That the policy heretofore adopted by the Board for mak- ing, in as economical a manner as practicable, the Asylum a curative hospital, as: contradistinguished from a mere. custo- 3) dian institution, be adhered to, the Board having confidence that, if any deficiency in the appropriation recently made by the General Assembly shall be found to exist at the end of the present fiscal year, such deficiency will be supplied by the liberality and justice of the Legislature.” The expense per capita for 1872 was $2738.46. The build- ings and premises having been in use eighteen years, there was of necessity a much larger and constantly increasing amount of repairs from wear and tear and dilapidation every year than when they were new. After detailing the items re- quiring attention, the Superintendent made the following recommendation : “ With a calculation based upon the utmost economy com- patible with a suecessfnl management of the Asylum as a cu- rative institution, | recommend an annual appropriation of 605,000 for support, and $5,000 for improvements and re- pairs.” : The appropriation of $70,000 for 1873 was made, and would have met the requirements of the Institution as above stated, but that no appropriation or provision had been made for the payment of the debt, amounting to about $7,000, incurred du- ring 1872 from the very limited appropriation of $60,000. This indebtedness, accompanied by extraordinary repairs absolutely necessary, as the damage to the roof of the building by the storm of April last, requiring a thousand dollars im- mediate expenditure, to save the structure from certain decay and ruin, the replacing of the steam pump at Rocky Branch, worn out by long use and leaving usin imminent danger of the failure of a water supply, and other items stated in my re- port caused the exhaustion of the appropriation for the year 1873, by the 1st of December. No particular embarrassment was anticipated, as the Legislature assembled on the third Monday of November, and the usual custom had been to pass the appropriation bill for the ensuing year before the custom- ary adjournment for the Christmas holidays. 6 The Joint Standing Committee, consisting of Messrs. John’ W. Ellis, W. J. T. Miller and Edward Ransom, of the Sen- ate, and Messrs. F. N. Luckey, J. Shaw, A. B. Johns, C. L. Turner and John C. Gorman, of the House, were notified of our condition, and urged to the early consideration of our wants and necessities. After an unusual delay, the Committee assembled and made an examination of the Institution and a portion of the books and accounts on the 4th day of December. Nothing further was heard of their action, before the adjournment of the Gen- eral Assembly on the 24th December, to meet again January 12th. In the meantime, the close of the year and the Christmas holidays found us not only without funds to buy supplies and means to pay off a single employee for the last month or so, of time, but $5,000 or $6,000 in debt. On the 24th November, the Executive Conmmines of the Board passed the following, in view of approaching necessity : Resolved, That the Treasurer of the Insane Asylum be an- thorized and empowered to make arrangements with the Banks of the City of Raleigh, for the advancement of money for the Asylum, not to exceed two thousand dollars, and the Superintendent be authorized to draw his warrant, and the Treasurer shall pay the same, for such amounts as may be advanced, and such interest as the Banks may charge, not to exceed one per cent. per month. fesolved, That such sum as the Treasurer may obtain from the Banks shall only be paid out for such articies as the Asy- lum is necessarily compelled to have, and for which the cash must be paid on delivery. My anxiety for an appropriation within reasonable time was to stop the payment of interest as early as possible, and to en- able our Steward to purchase at cash prices, and to save to the State the additional per cent. charged, it is presumed, by all tradesmen upon credit sales. fs In the month of January, the report herewith submitted as the paper marked “A” was made to the General Assembly by the Joint Standing Committee. A slight examination thereof reveals numerous inaccuracies and grave errors. The report states that the books of the Treasurer were “ carefully exam- ined ” to ascertain expenditures and cost of provisions, &c., by “the industry and careful examination ” of ‘Senator Ransom and Representative Turner.” To these two members was en- trusted the task of ascertaining the actual figures on the books, and their method of procedure failed to arrive at the truth, and inflicted great wrong upon the management of the Insti- tution. It was in substance, the division of the gross amount expended for each item of provisions, &c., by such number of pounds, gallons, &c., as by a casual survey of the books they might discover, but which falling largely under the true quan- tity which the books show, (sustained by the vouchers through- out,) left the apparent cost of each article much too high for the truth, to the damage of the Institution before the General Assembly and the public. This injustice was rendered mani- fest by the report of a Joint Select Committee appointed on the — day of January on the motion of Mr. J. R. Maxwell, of Sampson, and consisting of Messrs. J. R. Maxwell, S. W. Reid, Kerr Craige, J. W. Bowman and I’. M. Godfrey, on the part of the House, and Messrs. Jno. W. Norwood, W. W. Flemming and J. H. Harris, on the part of the Senate. This Committee had frequent meetings at the Asylum and elsewhere, and made a most thorough examination of the books and vouchers. After an investigation of several weeks, on the Lith day : February, five days before the adjournment of the Legislature, they made the annexed report, submitted here- with, and marked “B.” This report contains a tabulated statement giving in detail, the quantities and prices of the several articles in consumption, and we find among other items, Butter cost the average price of 33} cts., instead of 414 ; Beef 64 only, instead of 8 1-16; Coffee about 26 or hardly that, instead of 27; Egos 224 cts., instead of 25; Sugar 12 1-2, instead of 134, and Syrup 49 1-24, instead of the enor- mous overstatement of 97 cts., according to the first report. & The evil had, however, been inflicted, the appropriation for the current year (1874) having been reduced to $65,000 at its passage in the Senate, and this was agreed to by the House in the very last days of its session. After the lapse of nearly three months since the assembling of the Legislature and no appropriation having passed up to that date, and several suggestions in the last report having been made, involving changes of importance, if carried out, I deemed it my duty to notify the President of the Board, which I did, aceording to the usual form. We are embarrassed. To what extent the delay in the action of the Legislature has contributed to that embarrass- ment, you are in possession of sufficient facts to judge. Our indebtedness at the close of the year, amounting to five or six thousand dollars, has been unnecessarily increased by the credit system forced upon us. After paying these debts, we shall have less than $60,000 for the year, making practically the smallest annual provision ever made for this institution. In connection with the question of expenses, as explanatory of various items found in the report, and in view of compari- sons made between the cost of the support of the insane and sane classes, without due consideration of the differences that mark the two, I beg to repeat some extracts from a former re- port, containing portions of a memorial addressed by the Trustees of the Worcester Lunatic Asylum to the Massachu- setts Legislature, embodying facts and views upon this subject, of universal application : “ The management of the insane is necessarily different from and more expensive than that of the sane. The architectural arrangement of the lunatic asylum is very unlike that of a common dwelling or any other public institution. The man- agers and guardians, the officers and attendants, must be men of great discretion, sagacity and patience, who would earn large wages elsewhere, and can only be obtained and retained by larger rewards than are paid to those who attend on and do the work of healthy men and women abroad. 9 There is a similar difference in the cost of the food of the mentally healthy and disordered. In all the most common forms of insanity, mania, melancholia, and dementia, the pa- tients need a more digestible and nutritious diet than men and women in health. Their malady, their excitements and their depressions increase the necessity that they should have food that is easily dissolved in the stomach and converted into living flesh by the nutrient arteries. They need nourishment not only of a better quality, but oftentimes more abundant in quan- tity, to meet the excessive and morbid expenditure of force by the maniac, in his excitements, and to save the melancholic and those who are tending to dementia, from sinking under their depressions into torpidity ; and, if possible, to raise the demented out of their sluggishness. Regarding the necessities of lunatics, familiar with their dangers, and desiring to fulfill the purposes of a hospital by restoring as many as possible to health, and saving as many as possible from sinking into men- tal death, the managers of these institutions, everywhere, feed their patients better and at a greater cost than sane men and women are fed abroad. | In England, under the supervervision of the county and borough magistrates, and the guardians of the poor, who ad- minister the funds entrusted to them with the greatest econo- my, the average cost of snpporting the insane paupers, for food, clothing, attendance and management in the public asy- Jums, is more than three times as great as that of supporting the sane paupers in the workhouses. In Ireland, the cost of sustaining the insane poor in the asylums was almost three and a half times as great as that of the sane paupers in the work- houses. Universally, as far as the records have been printed and obtained, the managers of the insane have obeyed this patho- logical law and yielded to the necessity of giving their patients a better and, of course, a more costly sustenance and care than are needed for sane men and women, in order to restore them to health, or to save them from sinking into dementia and per- manent disease or early death. Regarding the earnest sug- 4 EO gestions of some members of the Legislature in 1863, the Trustees requested the Superintendent to try the experiment of a poorer and cheaper diet for the State paupers, and to give them a sustenance something like that allowed to the State almshouses. The experiment was tried faithfully for several months, and the daily condition of the patients care- fully watched. But the result, as a matter of economy, was unfavorable. Note The patients were more irritable and discontented, the excitable were less easily controlled, the languid drooped more, the torpid were more indisposed to action, the wards of the maniacal patients were more noisy, and those of the demented made less show of life, and all the insane propensities and pro- clivities seemed to gather new force and to be less manageable in the hands of the officers and attendants; the curable made less progress, and the incurable were more intensely dis- ordered. Whatever might have been gained in the diminished cost of food was manifestly more than lost in the slower progress of recovery, in the prolonged duration of the mental disorder | and in the probable failure of some to regain their health who might have been restored, if allowed to enjoy that better diet which the necessities of their morbid condition required. The experiment was given up asa failure. The usual generous diet was again given to these patients and they soon began to show its effects in their improved condition and better pro- gress.” To the above statement I added, that besides the increased cost of food there must be considered the salaries of officers and wages of a large number of trained attendants and em- ployees, the cost of medicines and the necessary means and labor to keep up repairs and prevent the decline of an insti- tution of extensive and varied organization, also the constant supply of clothing and furniture so unavoidably subjected to damage by a class of persons having so little self-control, and the fuel necessary for the high state of temperature that has to be constantly maintained in the wards, on account of the Lt low vital energy and sluggish circulation of the insane, to- gether with the wear and tear of machinery for heating, ven- tilating, washing, cooking, and lighting, and the means of di- version, occupation and amusement, so important as remedial | agents in the treatment of mental disease. Yon are aware of the immense importance of moral in- fluence upon the progress of recovery in mental diseases. The value of the use of airing courts for the less tractable class of patients, and of pleasing and diversified grounds for the very large number to whom the freedom of open air exercise may be profitably given, can scarcely be estimated, in summing up the forces for good which Providence has placed in our hands, to aid in the rescue of our unfortunate fellow-creatures from their sad condition. Everything that tends to dispel the illu- sion of prison walls, and to add to the cheerfulness and com- fort of his surroundings, inviting the patient to the powerful sanitary influences of light and air, of exercise and pleasurable enjoyment, should be at the commend of the physician of whom the State expects an effort for the cure of her afflicted wards. It was the design of the founders of this beneficent charity, that its greatest work should be the restoration to the family fireside and to the roll of active citizenship, of those whom this disease had made burdens to their friends and the community, and the daily sufferers of unimagined anguish. It will be ex- ceedingly melancholy, if after the expenditure of sufficient means barely to sustain the inmates with comfort, that the small additional sum should be denied, which, judiciously and carefully expended, would add the remedial influences to which I have adverted, and so fulfill the design of this great charity, rather than to allow it to lapse by degrees into a merely cus- todial institution, with but a shade separating it from a poor- house of the better class, and with a practical abandonment of those who shall hereafter be the victims of insanity, through- out our broad State, to a course of treatment which shall lack many of the most powerful curative forces in the physician’s control. It will be a source of deep regret if, through the a hasty and perhaps not considerate action of the General “As- sembly, the Board shall be placed in the attitude before the people of North Carolina, whose afflicted ones are here, of per- mitting the Institution to retrograde, to desist from the efforts to maintain its heretofore high and honorable standard, and so by annually giving way to the call for false economy, which history shows always repeats itself, finally result in the pos- sible utter degeneracy and ruin of the Asylum and all the fond hopes that have been based upon its success. In the name of the hundreds who now rejoice in the recoy- ery of reason, amid their merry homes all over the State, and in the name of the many now within these walls, and hereafter to be stricken down among us, by so terrible a calamity, I in- vite your serious attention to these important points. Ata meeting of the Board on the 8th day of May, 1871, on motion of Hon. A. 8. Merrimon, it was fresolved, That the Board are gratified at the improved con- dition of the grounds of the Asylum. | fresolved, That it is the sense of the Board that the grounds in front of the main building be improved steadily and rapidly as the means in hand will allow, according to the survey and plans now on file in the office of the Superintendent. Under this authority a careful system of improvements in the front grounds has been prosecuted, that we might avail ourselves of the valued moral influences heretofore referred to, and in high esteem at the most successful institutions of this and other countries. The expenses, however, thus far have fallen far short of the plans and specifications endorsed by the Board. It has been suggested that the enormous statements inviting the supposition of extravagance, have in a measure prevented by their influence suitable action by the General Assembly, to relieve us of our indebtedness. ‘These statements you find — fully refuted by the report of the second Committee, rendered, unfortunately, too late to admit of matured legislation in our 18 behalf. It is hoped and believed that another Legislature will give to us the full measure of justice and liberality. It is proper to add, in reference to the labors of the second, or Select Committee, that they examined the monthly price lists of prominent merchants in the city, in connection with. the monthly purchases, and, in many cases, the prices paid were several per cent under market rates. The ecoromy in cost has been increased during the management of the present Steward. Complaint having been made that the use of graded flour for the patients was attended with too much expense, the tes- timony of the bakers of the city was asked and given to the Committee, to the effect that there was an actual gain by giv- ing it the preference over the ungraded article, without taking into consideration the important element of its greater health- fulness for the sick and convalescing. I desire to express our acknowledgment for the kindness of Mr. 8. D. Harrison, who, upon hearing that we had not an article of light diet for the sick, except bacon and eggs, and no means to purchase the same, generously purchased various articles with his own funds and supplied us without a cent of profit, and also paid our freight bills for what came by rail. I beg your attention to the table herewith annexed of the expenses per capita of the patients in numerous institutions of the United States, and to the letters I append in reference to the management of the Institution. The first to which I invite your consideration is the follow- ing communication from the able and industrious Senator, W. W. Flemming, Chairman of the Joint Select Committee on the Expenses of the Asylum: SENATE CHAMBER, | Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 14, 1874. Euerne Grissom, M. D., Superintendent of the Insane Asylum : Dear Sir—Yours of 13th inst. received. In reply: the 14 Committee referred to did compare the current expenses of the North Carolina Insane Asylum with eighteen other similar public institutions in the United States, and the Committee found that the average cost of patients per annum per capita was $286.04, while in the North Carolina institution it was $265.89. The Committee did not ingraft the above into their report, as it was investigated more for the purpose of enabling them to come to a correct conclusion, and a full exhibit of © their labors would have encumbered their report. Respectfully yours, &c., (Signed) W. W. FLEMMING, P. S.—As to the matter of flour, the Committee spent much time, and after mature deliberation declined to recommend the use of ungraded flour, there being a difference of opinion as to the ecomomy, especially taking into consideration the class of patients. W. W. EF. The statement of expenses of other Institutions will be found annexed to this report, marked ‘‘C.” It should be ob- | served that while the average of the whole, is twenty dollars greater per patient than the cost in the North Carolina Insane Asylum, the comparison would be still more favorable to this Institution if the cost of clothing were considered. While North Carolina clothes as well as feeds the patients cared for in her Asylum, a very large class of patients in most of the other Asylums referred to in the tabular statement have their supplies of clothing furnished without expense to the State, and it is not embodied in the report of expenditures. I respectfully invite attention to the following letter of the distinguished Senator John W. Ellis, of Columbus, for several years a member of the Joint Staudine Committee on the Asy- lum, and the Chairman of the Committee which made the first report. It will be seen from Mr. Ellis’ letter that he views with sincere regret any mistakes or errors committed by any members of his Committee. It is unnecessary to comment upon the well-known reputation of Mr. Ellis for fairness and ability : LS SENATE CHAMBER, Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 11, 1874. Dr. Evernt Grissom, ni Superintendent Insane Asylum: Dear Sir—Your note of the 10th inst. is just received. I have no hesitation in giving you my opinion as to the man- agement of your Institution during the time I have taken notice thereof. I repeat what I have often stated on the floor of the Senate, that the Institution under your care had been managed with marked ability, that its present position as a curative Hospital reflects credit upon the State, and upon you as its chief manager. Iam satisfied that any complaints which may have arisen are without foundation, and have found utterance without a thorough knowledge of affairs on the part of those who are disposed to complain. It is, or ought to be known, that to cure or to do insane patients any good, they must receive far better treatment and attention than people in ordinary health, An examination of the books of every officer connected with the Asylum will show how and for what every dollar of money is expended, and a further examination will trace every article to its consumption. A few hours devoted to the study of the workings and man- agement of the Asylum would remove from all fair-minded men any disposition to complain, especially at anything which you can control. The Board of Directors draw the appropria- tion from the State Treasurer and the Treasurer of the Asy- lum pays out the money for purchases made by the Steward, who holds his office by appointment from the Directors. I am informed, that under instruction from the Directors, the Stew- ard has made his purchases chiefly in the State, and that for the want of suitable store-room, to keep supplies in bulk, heis under the necessity of making his purchases in small quanti. ties, thus being compelled to go into the market in a retail way. A careful study of this subject will show that it is necessary 16 to use the best kinds of food for these patients, and that there is not that extravagance sometimes complained of, or whatever may seem extravagant, for the causes herein stated, is unavoid- able. The Officers and Directors have shown a readiness and willingness to exhibit everything to our Committee, and rather courted, than shunned, investigation. [am satisfied that the Institution has been well managed, that it ought to be sus- tained and its capacity largely increased by liberal legislation, and that the people of the State will promptly and cheerfully pay a tax for these purposes. I am, sir, yours very respectfully, J. W. ELLIS. Below well be found the following letter from Senator C Tate Murphy, of Sampson, President of the Board of Public Charities, endeared to the people of the State by his zealous labors in the cause of suffering humanity : SENATE CHAMBER, Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 16th, 1874. Dr. Evanne Grissom, Superintendent Insane Asylum: My Dzar Sir—Yonr note of this instant just now received. I have only time to respond briefly. As President of the Board of Public Charities, I have sev- eral times each year within the last two, visited the Asylum,. and in accordance with the law prescribing my official duties, have carefully examined and inspected its keeping and man- agement both withen and wethout, and it affords me pleasure to say that in all of its departments and appointments it has been faithfully and successfully managed, and in point of economical administration will compare favorably with a majority of the Institutions of thesame class and standard on this continent. I have the honor to be Very respectfully, yours, C.. T. MURPHY, President Board of Public Charities, 17 Hoping that wise counsels may prevail, and that the best in- terest of the public and of the unfortunate insane may be sub- - served, 3 I have the honor to be, Respectfully yours, — . EUGENE GRISSOM, M. D., Superintendent. APPENDIX. See [A.] REPORT OF JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE INSANE ASYLUM. The Joint Standing Committee on the Insane Asylum beg leave to report, that through the industry and careful examin- ation of the expenditures of that institution made by Senator Ransom and Representative Turner, your Committee are en- abled to submit that they have carefully examined the books of the Treasurer of said Asylum in order to ascertain the quantities of provisions and other necessaries purchased, and the amount paid therefor, beginning with November Ist, 1872, and ending with November ist, 1878, and find the following as the result of such investigation : 26,630 pounds of Bacon, cost 12 1-2 cents per lb., $3,209.44 5 p41 43 Butter,“ 4112°° “ «9,308.28 16,020 “ Beate te? S126 eo OL DOLOS 7,384 ‘i Coffee, “ 27 C6 (OEE OE Te M1701 to Sugar, “ 13 1-4 6 OO BBB. 963 bushels | (Corn,) $4.50 per 22,0384 Ibs. (Meal,) barrel, 1,303.70 4,511 dozen Eggs, cost 95 cents per dozen, 1,137.05 321 barrels of Flour, “ $10.63 “ ™ barrel, 3,418.34 6,348 pounds Be Lande Die mee pound, 592.50 555 gallons of Syrie oi ee, gallon, 538.01 8,861 pounds of (Porky Lise “ pound, 959,39 Wood and Coal, 2,597.79 Poultry, 1,207.31 Provisions, 1,161.82 Potatoes, 179.23 19 Repairs, 939.75 Vegetables, | 6.00 Hardware, 1,316.81 Medicines, 2,203.82 Groceries, 2,050.99 Freight and hauling, 751.93 Farm expenses, 726.82 Fruit, | 220.37 Clothing and Dry Goods, _ 4337.16 Crockery, : 66.60 Building, 931.85 Furniture, 284.65 Forage, 1,481.10 Sundries, 7,957.30 Mutton, 40,47 | $46,693.42 Salaries and Wages, 20,714.85 Total, $67,408.27 Your Committee would state that the above amounts were obtained by examining the books month by month, for the time above indicated and under the different headings as they stand above. The amounts in dollars and cents are exact and the average cost is as nearly exact as can be expressed in avoid- ing unusual fractions. Number of pounds were obtained where it could be done from the books, All of which is respectfully submitted, : J. W. ELLIS, Ch’n. 20 [ B.] REPORT OF JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE TO IN- VESTIGATE THE EXPENSES OF THE INSANE ASYLUM. The Joint Select Committee appointed to examine into and investigate the expenses of the Insane Asylum, in consequence of their onerous and varied duties have found it impossible to make this report at an earlier day. Under the resolution the field of your committee’s investigation might have been almost unlimited, but the close of the session being near at hand, your committee have confined themselves principally to facts and figures, and after five days of almost incessant labor, beg leave to submit the following report for your consideration. The head marked “ A” embraces the number of officers with the salary of each, also the number and wages of the em. ployees. Your committee feel it their duty to call special at- tention to the salary of the engineer, (to-wit :) Seventeen hun- dred and fifty dollars, ($1,750,) complaint having been made that it was unnecessarily large. There can be no doubt, nor do your committee believe there will be a question, as to the propriety of securing the services of a skilled machinist, as not only the safety of the building, but the health, and even lives of the inmates are to a measure in his hands, and when the large amount of water, heating, and gas fixtures are con- . sidered, and the fact that he derives no other compensation, your committee believe it is a matter of economy. The num- ber of employees appear large, but your committee are un- | willing to do more than suggest to the Board of Directors such reductions as they may deem practicable, and also to mention that they are informed by the Superintendent that twice the number of patients would require but little additional expense in the way of employees. The tabular statement marked “B” was taken from the treasurer’s books, and in many cases the vouchers were re- jerred to ; and your committee have taken great care to make 21 them accurate, and have set them out at length for the inspec- tion of your body. More care has been taken to set forth an itemized statement of sundries and forage, as they were iuca- pable of being reported satisfactorily in a more condensed form. It would make this report too voluminous to set forth the full scope of your committee’s labors, but after much conside- ration and a reference to prices quoted at the time of purchases, your committee are of the opinion that while the prices paid were not extravagant, more economy might be used. Some re- duction of expenses might be made, probably fifteen hundred dollars, by reducing the number of horses, abolishing the farm, and by conducting the conservatory and the improvement of the grounds in a less expensive manner: Your committee, however, think these matters more peculiarly within the prov- ince of the directors, as they have, by resolution, directed the improvements. All of which is respectfully submitted. W. W. FLEMMING, for Senate Branch of Committee. J.B. MAXWELL, Chm’n of House Branch of Committee. “r 22 (TABLE At} ‘OFFICERS. 1 Superintendent, salary per annum, 1 Assistant Superintendent, salary per annum, 1 Steward, salary per annum, 1 Matron, salary per annum, 1 Engineer, salary per annum, 1 Treasurer, salary per annum, 4 Ministers, each $50 per annum, EMPLOYEES. 1 Druggist, salary per month, 1 Chief Male Attendant, salary per month, 1 Chief Female Attendant, salary per month, 1 Male Attendant, salary per month, 1 Male Attendant, salary per month, 5 Male Attendants, each $18 per month, 3 Female Attendants, each $15 per month, 2 Female Attendants, each $12 per month, 2 Female Attendants, each $13 per month, 1 Male Night Attendant, salary per month, 1 Female Night Attendant, salary per month, 2 Male Ward Servants, each $13 per month, 1 Male Ward Servant, salary per month, 3 Male Ward Servants, each $10 per month, 1 Female Ward Servant, salary per month, 2 Female Ward Servants each $9 per month, 4 Female Ward Servants, each $8 per month, 1 Assistant Engineer, salary per month, 1 Fireman, salary per month, 1 Housekeeper, salary per month, 1 Head Cook, salary per month, 28 2 Male Cooks, each $10 per month, 3 Female Cooks, each $7 per month, 1 Baker, salary per month, __ 1 House Servant, salary per month, 1 House Servant, salary per month, 1 House Servant, salary per month, 2 House Servants, each $7 per month, 1 Door Boy, salary per month, 1 Gardener, salary per month, 1 Assistant Gardener, salary per.month, 1 Garden Hand, salary per month, 1 66 «ce 6¢ 66 66 Farmer, salary per month, 1 Farm Hand, salary per month, 2 Farm Hands, each $10 per month, 1 Driver and Hand, salary per month, 1 Hostler, salary per month, 1 Farm Boy, salary per month, 1 Washerman, salary per month, 3 Laundry Hands, $7 each per month, 1 Carpenter, salary per month, 1 Watchman, salary per month, Total, Total per annum, 11,736 00 B. BACON. BUTTER? wm wo = i : ; 5 Sp FE Sp 187273.) 3 Price. 3s 2. |, Price ce o ; o } b S > Zi Z < November, December, 9384/$ 198 68 |21 1-6 January, 588 140 28 |23 6-7 February, March, 9754] 932 28 |23 4-5 April, 171 43 35 115 1-3 ay, 1,308 327 50 |25 1-10 June, 239 72 894/30 41-100 July, 1,8434} 509 60 |28 August, September, 975 219 82 |27 1-2 October, 5274, 175 38 383 1-4 Total, 7,386 | 1,919 784125 149-150 Clothing, $ 4,337 16 1872~'73. 27 B.—ContTInvueED. CORN AND MEAL. Price. 154 |$ 161 41 160 141.17 674. 492 53 25 31.26 25 24 78 1593; 189 144 374 Bote 49 52 50 79 78 86 83 88 39 95 103 71 | eer nf ff trey | cree 1,541 |$1,347 204'87 2-5/15,189—3 'g1,184 72 !904 | Average. mn EGGS. 1872, November, December, ce 1873. January, 66 February, ce ce “March, 66 April, May, June, July, August, 66 September, <9 October, 6¢ 28 B.—(ContInveED.) FORAGE. S. V. Kensom, 1,800 lbs. of Hay, Joseph Wilson, 2,900 lbs. of Hay, Jesse Day, 1,150 lbs ot Oats, 6e 79 A 2 BG er Wm. Gulley, 1,400 “ Straw, Joseph Wilson, 8 loads % John Burns, 18 loads 28 Wm. Gulley, 2,200 lbs. i G. H. Franklin, 3 loads a W. R. Jones, 8 loads C. W. Johnson, 764 lbs. of Fodder, E. Stephenson, 500 lbs. of Straw, W. Edmunds, 2,200 lbs. of Fodder, Wesley Pope, 8 loads of Straw, W. Edmunds, 7,029 lbs. of Hay, 6 1,476 30 nae a 29 B.—(Continvep.) errs SUGARS. SYRUPS, © je) 1872~73. | No. lbs.| Price. sf Galls,| Price af > b sell Pag nla ls November, : December,| 1,042 | 1380 34 289) 127 16) 44 January, 1,0733| 120 61 90; 24 30) 27 February, 1,172 | 184 78 March, 2,334 | 296 18 April, 275 35 75 May, 1,670 | 200 40 88] 66 00) 75 June, 407) 197 40) 484 July, 3,547 | 430 76 88] 66 00) 75 August, 267 36 04 135} 57 15) 42% September,) 1,247 | 141 25 October, 286 32 16 12,8954'$1558 27! 124 1097/$ 5388 01'49 1-24 Vegetables, é $6 00 Wood and Coal, $2,597 79 Repairs, : $939 75 “SUOISIAOI J ¢ #6 (sF9‘9 ‘sy YSIOL iy pue en ‘QIVMPIC FT *S91.1900.1) ‘onqlain J ‘GES SP24 “OS'F86$ Poay r05 eeeoH 30 | ‘OSBIOA YT Z * ss } = B oy e (‘da ONILNOY)—g $69 OT \16 9SFe 8/8968 ee ee 109 16% leg F9¢ G8 86g OS G8E GL F0¢ 00 Lg¢ *19q010Q) ‘raqmojydeg ‘“snony ‘Aye ‘ouur ‘AR ‘Tudyz ‘qo1eyy ‘ATON.I1q9 iT ‘AIVNUB PP ‘19q W909 *19Q UI9AO Ny a B.—(ContinvED.) Mepicines. Pork. a= = 1872-73. Price. = Price. 3 3 a i 8 © > Zi