Σ Jan. Feb. Number of Patients in Asylum at 1st each Month. Mar. April. May. June, July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Νον. Dec. F MF M F M FM F M FM MFMFM MF Μ F 44 48 48 48 50 50 49 47 47 48 50 48 50 47 46 46 44 47 45 48 46 47 47 46 Abstract of the total Expenditure on the Provincial Lunatic Asylum for the Year ending 31st December, 1850. Report upon the Accounts of the Commissioners of the Provincial Lunatic Asylum for the Year 1850. £605 No. 1. Is a Detailed Account of disbursements for support and clothing of the Patients, Salaries of the Officers, Work at the Buildings and Grounds, &c., for the Quarter ending the 31st March, 1850, and amounting to No. 2. Is a like Account for the Quarter ending the 30th June, 1850, amounting to No. 3. Is a like Account for the Quarter ending the 30th September, 1850, amounting to ** £605 6 0 .... 725 15 3 537 11 2 628 0 7 £2,496 13 0 .... .... .... £461 9 10 Shewing this sum in hands of the Commissioners on 31st Dec. 1850, No. 7. Is a detailed Account of sums received in the year 1850 from paying inmates of the Asylum, amounting to £57 2 10 £94 16 3 The Accounts are correctly made up and vouched; they are signed by the Chairman, John Ward, and countersigned by the Secretary, John C. Ward. The expenditure comes under the following heads :— PROVINCIAL PENITENTIARY. Report of the Commissioners of the Provincial Penitentiary, accompanying the Accounts for the Year ending 31st December, 1830. No. 1. Is the Account made up in usual form, shewing the number of Prisoners admitted into and discharged from the Prison during the year, and the manner in which they have been employed. Of male prisoners, there were in confinement on the first day of January 1850, fifty; admitted, one hundred and sixty one; and discharged, one hundred and fifty seven, during the year; leaving fifty four in Prison at present date. Of female prisoners, there were in custody at the commencement of the year, thirteen; admitted during the year, ninety five; discharged, ninety six; leaving twelve in Prison at present date. Though the number of prisoners admitted during the past year was rather more than in 1849, yet in many cases of male convicts the sentence has been for a very limited period, as will be seen by comparing the number of days confinement during the year 1850 with those of the preceding year. The number of days imprisonment in 1849 was 20,322 of male prisoners; in 1850, 17,736; shewing a deficiency the past year of 2,586 days, equal to 2,217 days labour. No. 2. Is the Account shewing Expenditure and Receipts for the The former are thus classed : year. Amount expended in completing Workshops and Machinery commenced in 1849, for the better employment of the male convicts, Add, for fuel consumed in working the Engine while the work was in progress, £946 2 6 1,086 2 7 Amount expended in the purchase of materials for manufacturing purposes, .... .... .... .... Disbursements for the maintenance of the Prison, viz:— Salaries of the Chaplain, Surgeon, Secretary, and Officers of the Prison, Amount expended in the purchase of a Bone Mill and Tile Machine, The Receipts have been derived from the following sources, viz : Amount realized from sale of articles of Prison labour, Amount received from Military prisoners, .... .... .... .... 1,579 2 8 99 14 9 140 1 0 .£3,951 3 6 ....£1,888 7 1 123 2 11 .... Error in Accounts for the Quarter ending 30th June last, 12 10 0 0 1 3 2,040 0 0 £4,064 1 3 The Account shews a balance in hands of the Commissioners of one hundred and twelve pounds seventeen shillings and nine pence. The £521 0 0 The value of articles of Prison labour, materials for manufacturing, &c. now on hand, (not including corn brush yet to be paid for,) is estimated at Add to this sum, amount realized from articles of Prison labour in the year, From which deduct .... Value of Stock on hand 1st January 1850, 1,888 0 0 And cost of materials purchased during the year, Shewing the amount gained by Prison labour during the year to be £323 0 0 The advance abroad in price of stock for the making of brooms and brushes during the greater part of the year, added to the large amount of labour applied in assisting with the improvements made in the institution, has rendered the Prison labour less productive this year than the Commissioners could have wished. The steam engine, shafting, saws and turning laths, now completed, will be worked to good advantage the ensuing year, more especially as the Commissioners have determined upon the immediate erection of a pail machine, which in connection with the broom and brush factory, will, they anticipate, enable them to exhibit a better return for Prison labour at the close of another year. A Bone Mill and Tile Machine have been procured, and will be put in operation early in the Spring. The sum of one hundred and forty pounds was specially granted for these objects, of which only ninety nine pounds fourteen shillings and nine pence has been expended. The latter amount appears at debit and the former at credit in the General Account. The estimated expense of machinery to connect the bone mill with the engine, and the building of kilns and sheds for the tile machine, is one hundred pounds. The Commissioners have imported from the United States about fifteen tons broom corn, in value about six hundred pounds, which has yet to be paid for; their object in laying in so large a stock has been to secure a good quality at the lowest price, which cannot be done during the Spring and Summer. The outlay for these objects, and the current expenses of the year, will require a grant of about one thousand six hundred pounds. A daring escape was effected by four male convicts on the seventh of October last, the circumstances attending which were fully reported to His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor; the most active measures were immediately taken for their apprehension, but without success. Some alterations have been made in the discipline of the Prison, which the Commissioners trust may guard against any further escape. Saint John, 31st December, 1850. By Order of the Board. JOHN WARD, Chairman. |