Dated November, 1881
Following the first 2 annual reports (January and December 1866), the Northern Counties' Asylum for Idiots and Imbeciles was called the Royal Albert Asylum
Consists of an illustration of the asylum, a prospectus (Winmarleigh, Matthew William Thompson, Edward Lawrence, James Diggens), list of trustees, presidents, officers and central committee members, a report of the general annual meeting at Leeds on 17 November 1881, the report of the central committee (Winmarleigh, chairman), the report of the medical superintendent (G. E. Shuttleworth), the report of the Commissioners in Lunacy (C. S. Bagot, Robert Nairne), the auditor's report (William G. Welch), financial and statistical statements (James Diggens, G.E. Shuttleworth), a list of clergymen and ministers, presents received, census of idiots and imbeciles and a list of places that inmates came from.