Lunatics In the Colony. — According 1 to sbrae statements recently made in the Legislative Council, the number of lunatics -in- the several, asylums in the is " apprnximateljr. as follows:— JDnnedin: ISO; Christchnrch-, 129 ; WplJinxton. 29; Nelson, 40; Hokiiika, 30 ; j ■total, '304. No fijiiires were «:iven ior Aui.:*kl»ridV but accordinfj: to a stHte.tneni ' r«ceptl'v ni-ade by a paper published in that city, the number of patients in confinement there is- HO,;- fjivin": a g-randtotal for the colony of 464- In the Province of Hawke's = ferty, " Taranaki; and Mai'luorouirh, no provision is made for the care ot lunatics, Avhich explains the. reasbh why> the Vnumber is so large in Nelson, a' consider- . able proportion of the inmates of; the s asylum in this city . having 1 , -heeri sen,t - jbither from the VVesti Coast ; and from <-Marlborough>~' Bxainineri'
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Bruce Herald, Volume VI, Issue 400, 3 January 1872, Page 3
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136Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Bruce Herald, Volume VI, Issue 400, 3 January 1872, Page 3
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