APPENDIX M. (Page 298.)
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APPENDIX M. (Page 298.)
The following are some of the statistics of the duties performed in the office of the Masters in Lunacy during the year ending October 31, 1879:—
Orders for inquiry in Commissions of Lunacy executed by Masters in Lunacy 115
Reports made to the Lord Chancellor 248
Summonses for proceedings before the Masters 5739
Registrar in Lunacy.
Petitions presented for hearing 253
Ditto for orders for inquiry, and for orders under Lunacy Regulation Act, 1862 179
Orders made for inquiry (Commissioners in Lunacy) 119
Number of orders made in pursuance of the Lunacy Regulation Act, 1862, for the application of properties of small amounts for the maintenance of lunatics 51
Cash Accounts.
Amount of receipts included in accounts and affidavits of committees and receivers of lunatics' estates, taken and passed by the Masters £882,481
Amount of disbursements and allowances thereon 766,220
Percentage on lunatics' incomes under general order 21,140
Amount of stock directed to be transferred into court 144,439
Amount of stock directed to be sold or transferred out 325,925
Amount of stock directed by orders in lunacy to be transferred, or otherwise than into court 2,092,038
Judicial Statistics, 1880.