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Charitable Institutions Report of Royal Commission (Legislative Council) (No. 47.) 1871. TASMANIA. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS: REPOR'r OF ROYAL . COMMISSION, ·Laid upon th~ Table by Mr. Wilson, and ordered by the Council to be pl;inted, - November 22, 1871. \ ROY AL CO·MMIS.SION CHA-RITABLE INSTITUTIONS. REPORT OF THE. COMMISSIONE'it.S, TOGETHER WITH THE EVIDENCE TAJ{EN, AND VARIOtJS RETURNS. PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY HIS EXCELLJ;l:NCY'S COMMAND. tr:a:f.'ma:uta:: JAMES BARNARD, GQVERNMENT .PRINTER, HOBART TOWN. 1871. CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS COl\IMISSION. (Seal.) VICTORIA by the Grace of Gan of the United Kingdom of G1·eat Britain and Ireland Queen, Dejender oj the, Faith. To our trusty and well-beloved the Honorable FREDERICK MAITLAND INNES, the Honorable JAMES AIKENHEAD,, AnYE DouGLAS, Esquire, the Honorable Ar.FRED KENNERLEY, DAVID LEWIS, Esquire, _JAMES Rmn ScoTT, Esquire, and the Honorable JAMES WHYTE. GREETING: WHEREAS We have 1hought it expedient for divers good causes and considerations Us thereunto moving that an Enquiry should f01thwi1h be made to consider, enquire into, and report upon the several Charitable Instituti011s throughout this 'Colony, rtnd also the system for the administration of Out-Door Relief at present in force in this Colony: Now know ye tl1at We, reposing great trust and confidence in your fidelity, discretion, and integrity, have autl10rised ·and appointed, and do by these Pre~ents authorise and appoint you the said FREDERICK MAITLAND IN_NEs, JAMES AIKENHEAD, ADYE DouGLAs, ALFRED KENNERLEY, PAvlD LEWIS, JAMES REID Sco'IT, 1111d JAMl,S WHYTE, or any three or more of you, to be Our Com­ missioners for tl1e purposes aforesaid : And for the better discovery of the truth in the Premises We do, by these Presents, give and grant to you or .iny three or more of you Juli powPr and authority to call before you or any three or more of you so many of the Officers and Clerks of the said Institutions and all such other persons as you shall judge necessary by whom you may be better informed of the truth in the Premises, aud to enqui!'e of the Pre miFes and of every part thereof by all other lawful_ ways and means whatsoever: And Our Jmther will and pleasure is, that you or any 1l1ree or more· of you upon due examination of the Pnmi5es do and shall within the space of three months from the date of tl1is Our Commission, or sooner if the same can reasonably be certified unto Us in Our Executive Council in our said Colony, in wl'iting under-your hands and seals reFpectively, all and every of your several proceedings by force of these Presents, together with what you shall find touching or concerning the PremiFes upon such enquiry as aforesaid: And We furtlier will Rnd command, and by thri;:e Presents ordain, that this Our Commission shall continue in full force and virtue, and that you Our said Commissioners or any three or more of you shall and may, from time to time, proceed in the e:.ecution hereof~ an<l of every matter and thing herein contained, although the same be not continued from time to time hy adjournmem: And \\' e do hereby direct and appoint that you or any three or more of you may have liberty to certify your several proceedings, from time to time, to Us in Our said Executive Council as the same shall bf' respectively completed and perfected: And VVe hereby command all and singular Our Officers ai1d Clerks and other persons as you sl1all judge necessary and other Our loving sulijects vrhc,msoever within Our said Colony of Ta~mania that they shall be assistant to you and each of you in the execution of thfse Presents: And We will ar,d command that this Our Commission slrnll continue in full force and virtue· until the Eleventh day of July, One th~>Usand eight hundred and seventy-one. · In testimony wl1ereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent, and the Public Seal of Our Colony of Tasmania to be hereunto annexed. Witness Our trusty and well-beloved CHARLES Du CANE, - Esquire, Governor and Com­ mander-in-Chief in aud over Our Colony of Tashrnnia and its Dependencies, at Bohart Town, in Tasmania, this Eleventh d.. y of April, One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one. C. DU CANE. By His Excellency's Command, J. M. WILSON, Colonial Secretary. CONTENTS. ' PAGE REPORT ••.......•..••.•••........••••.....•.......•........•....•.....•........•.••..•.....•• V Queen's Asylum for Destitute Children .....•..............••.......•..............•............ ib. The Boys' Home .......•.............•..........................••... , ................... xiii The Girls' Induslrial School. ... ;..................... ...................••.•.•... , ... xiv Boarding-out System ........•..•...•. , ................•..•....................•..•...•...... xv Adult Pauper Relief .•.....•••..••••..••••....•..• , ..........•...............•.........•.... xvii Out-door Relief ....••••..•..•.......•...•.•. •.....••....•..............•••.....•.•...... ib. Benevolent Societies ..••••••••..••••.· .••.•..••••..•••.........••.•.•....••••.....•.....• XX Pauper Depots .•••..••....••.•.........•...•.•••...•..••.....•.....•.•.......•••..•..• xxiii Hospitals .......•...•.•.............. , ......•••..•• , •... , •.....................••...•. : .... ib. GenPral Hospital, Hobart Town ......••.........•...........•.......•...•......•........• ib. General Hospital, Launceston .•...•...• , ............................•.•...•...•......••.• xxviii Campbell Town Hospital . .•••...•••.................•.. , •...........•. , ....•......... xxix Hospital for the Insane, New Norfolk ............... , ................••...••••.........•• XXX Total Charitable Expenditure of the Colony ....•............•............••••...............••• xxxi Charitable Expenditure in Tasmania a~ c:impared with that of other Colonies •..........••......••. XXll:V Co11clusion . • • . • . • • • • . • • • . • . • . • . • • . • . • • • . • . .......• xxxviii Recommendations ...........•.......................•...................••....... -....•..... xxxix RETURNS. 1. Nominal RP.turn of Children in thP. Queen's Asylum chargeable upon Colonial Funds . • . 1 2. Nominal Return of Children in the Queen's Asylum chargeable upon Imparial Funds.. • . • . • . 3 3. Nominal Return of Children in the Queen's Asylum chargeable upon Half Imperial Funds. • • . 3 4. Nominal Return of Boys at Queen's Asylum engaged in Industrial Occupation . .. 4 5. Nominal Return of Girls at Queen's Asylum engaged at Industrial Occupation .....•.•.• , • . • • • . • . • . 5 6, Nominal Return of Children apprenticed from Queen's Asylum during 1868, 1869, and 1870 ....•.. : . 6 7, Nominal Return of Children dischar!:\'ed from Que,m's Asylum during 1868, 1869, and 1870 .. • . .. • • • 9 8. Nominal Return of Inmates at the Cascade Retormatory for Males ...•.•...•••......••.•..• , • • . 10 9, Nominal Hetum of Paupers at the Brickfields Establishment . • . • . • . • . • • • . • • • . 11 10. Nominal Return of .\tlale and Femrtle Paupers at th8 Cascade Establishment . • . • • . • . 15 11. Nominal Return of Invalids at the Female Honse of Correction, Launceston . 19 12. Nominal Return of Inmates at the Invalid Depot, Launceston.. 20 13. Nominal Return of Inmates at the General Hospital, Hobart Town ....... , . • 22 14. Nominal Return of Inmates at the General Hos11ital. Launceston .....•.....•.•••...•.•...•.•..-. • . 24 15. Nominal Return of Patients paying- Fees in the Hospital for Ins,rnP, New N orf'olk. • . • . 25 16. Nominal Return of Patients chargeable to Imperial Furnls in the Hospital for Insane, New Norfolk..... 26 17. Nominal Return of Patients chargeable to Colonial Funds in tlJe Hospital for Insane, New Norfolk .. .• 26 18. Nominal Return of Persons receiving Aid from Public Funds . .. • • . • • . 28 19. Nominal Return of' Children admitted into Queen's Asylum in 1868, 1869, and 1870.................. 103 20. Table showing Capacity for Work of'the 9hildren at the Queen's Asylum........................... 104 WITNESSES EXAMINED. PAGE PAGE 1. J. J. Hudson, Esq., J.P. • • • . • . • . • . • 45 15. i\1r. W. Witt .................... 70 2. John F. Cox, Esq........... :. ... .. .. .. 47 16. DI'. Turnley .........................•.• 71. 88 3. Dr. Maddox. • • • . • • • • . • • . • . • • 49 17. Dr. R. S. Bright ....................... 72 4. Rev. Charles Price . • . • • • . • 51 18. Dr. E. S. Hall.... .. • .. .. • .. ....... 76 5. Mr. Tevelein .................... ; . • .. 53. 59 19. The Vel'y Rev. W. J. Dunne, V.G .... ...•.. 84 6. J. L. ¾iller, Esq. .. .. .. • . .. ..... .. .. 55 20. lVII'. John Withrington ......••••...•••.. 87 7. Thomas Mason, Esq., P.M. • • • • . 55 21. Dr. Smart.... .. ........... , ........ 89 8. Mr. Whitaker ....••.•...••..•.•..••.•• ; 57 22. R. A. Mather, Esq....... .. ............ 90 9. :Mr. R. Leach........................... 57 23. RepliP.s to Queries put to Dr. Valentine ,,, •• 92 10. Wm. Hart, Esq., J.P. • .. • . • • .. • .. • . 58 24. The Hon. W. L. Crowther, Esq., M.L.C ... 93 11. W. Tarleton, Esq., J.P................... 62 25. D1·. Huston ......................... .. 95 12. Mr. R. T. Edwards................ • .. 64 26. Dr. Brmson ..... , .......•.........•.•.. 98 13. Dr. Coverdale . • • • • . • • • . • • • • •• 65. 101 27. Replies to Queries put to Rev. F. Hudspeth, 14. Mr. G. W. Edwards...................... 66 .M.A ............................... 09 APPENDICES. A. Returns of Expenditure on account of Charitable Institutions for 1860 ....... , ... , .. ,. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 107 ib. B. Return of Expenditure on account of Charitablo Institutions fo)· 1870 ... • • • , , • • • • • • • • • •
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