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alloted to each Patient; also, what provisions
are made by separation, or otherwise, for pre-
venting the spread of diseases commonly held
to be contagious.
6th. The number of medical men, distin-
guishing those who reside within the walls, and
stating which of them are allowed to engage in
private practice, and specifying the proportion
which the number of medical men bears to the
average number of Patients.
7th. The like numbers and proportions in
regard to day nurses and night nurses respec-
tively, distinguishing those who reside.
8th. The average time for which Patients re-
main in the Hospital.
9th. The diet table.
10th. The proportion borne to the average
number of Patients by the number who die
annually, and by the number annually dis-
charged cured or convalescent.
11th. The arrangements as to Out-Patients.
12th. The arrangements respecting stores
and accounts.
13th. The arrangements for visitation and
inspection by superior civil authorities, and
whether and how often the Hospitals are visited
and inspected by the Governor himself, and
whether the visits are periodical or occasional;
and if occasional, whether they are visits after
notice given or visits of surprise, or both.
14th. Whether periodical reports and re-
turns are furnished to the Governor of the
state of the Hospitals, and of the statistical
details connected with them, including the
cause of death and the number of post mortem
examinations.

Lunatic Asylums.

1st. The laws and regulations relating to
Lunatic Asylums, showing the general consti-
tution and mode of government, the rules as to
admission and discharge, with copy of order or
certificate for admission, the powers of the
Resident Medical Officer, and of the visiting
Physician (if any), whether the Medical Officer
is allowed to practise out of the Asylum, and if
the Medical Officer be non-resident, what is
the length and frequency of his daily or other
attendance, and in whom the immediate
management and care of the Patients is vested.
2nd. The income, showing the sources
whence derived, and the weekly or other rates
of payment for maintenance.
3rd. Arrangements as to stores and accounts.
4th. The site, specifying elevation and
aspect, and total quantity of land, distinguish-
ing ground occupied by buildings and airing
courts, gardens, or land under spade cultivation,
or otherwise available for out-door occupation.
5th. The sewerage and drainage, and position
and state of the latrines.
6th. The water supply, specifying sources,
quality, and amount.
7th. Baths and lavatories.
8th. Internal structure, showing the cubical
contents of the day-rooms and corridors used
by Patients, associated dormitories, and single
sleeping-rooms respectively, and number of
cubic feet per head of the average number of

Patients, and the adaptations to climate and
arrangements for ventilation, coolness, and
warmth.
9th. The arrangements for the classification,
distribution, and separation of the Patients by
day and by night respectively.
10th. The arrangements for exercise,
employment, and recreation.
11th. The dietary.
12th. Practice as to mechanical restraint
and seclusion respectively; to what extent and
for what reasons employed; and in case of
restraint, by what means, by whose authority,
and what records thereof kept.
13th. The numbers of Patients for which
the Asylum was built, specifying of what
classes, and distinguishing the sexes and the
average numbers actually accommodated at a
time, and the largest and smallest numbers
that have been accommodated at one time
within the last five years.
14th. The numbers of officers, and of day
attendants or nurses and night attendants or
nurses respectively, distinguishing the sexes
and showing the proportion which the at-
tendants of each sex bears to the Patients of
the same sex, and stating whether all or what
numbers of the officers and attendants of each
sex reside within the walls, and their salaries,
wages, and allowances, and whether or not
boarded.
15th. The average time for which Patients
remain in the Asylum calculated on a period
of five years.
16th. The average number of Patients
annually admitted, calculated on a period of
five years.
17th. The proportion borne to the average
number of Patients in the Asylum by the
number who die annually, and by the number
annually discharged cured or convalescent,
calculated on a period of five years.
18th. The causes of death during the last
five years.
19th. What registers and records (medical
or other) are kept.
20th. What provision for religious services.
21st. The arrangements for visitation and
inspection by superior civil authorities, whether
and how often the Asylum is visited and
inspected by the Governor himself, and whether
the visits be periodical or occasional, and if
occasional whether they be visits after notice
given or visits of surprise, or both.
22nd. Whether periodical reports and
returns are furnished to the Governor of the
state of the Asylum, and of the statistical de-
tails connected with it.

Despatch from Secretary of State, as to
collection of Aerolites for the British
Museum.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
New Plymouth, 20th May, 1863.

THE following Despatch, with its Enclosures,
om the Secretary of State for the Colo-
nies, is published for general information.

ALFRED DOMETT.