12th. Practice astomechanical 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 attendants 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 are 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 details connected with it.

Lunatic Asylums.

1st. The laws and regulations relating to Lunatic Asylums, showing the general constitution 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, distinguishing ground occupied by buildings and airing courts, gardens, or land under spade cultivation, or otherwise available for outdoor 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.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

Acts left to their operation by Her Majesty.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
New Plymouth, 28th May, 1863.

THE following Acts passed by the General Assembly of New Zealand, in the sessions held in the twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled: