Report of the Committee of Visitors of the Lunatic Asylum for the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire : presented at the Epiphany quarter sessions for the respective ridings, 1859 together with the superintendent's twelfth annual report, read at the Easter sessions, 1859 and an account of the receipts and payments to the end of the year, 1858 / North and East Ridings of Yorkshire Lunatic Asylum.

  • North and East Ridings of Yorkshire Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1859
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Credit: Report of the Committee of Visitors of the Lunatic Asylum for the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire : presented at the Epiphany quarter sessions for the respective ridings, 1859 together with the superintendent's twelfth annual report, read at the Easter sessions, 1859 and an account of the receipts and payments to the end of the year, 1858 / North and East Ridings of Yorkshire Lunatic Asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    North and East Ridings of Yorkshire Lunatic Asylum. Farm and Garden Account for the Year 1858. RECEIPTS. EXPENDITURE. £. s. d. £. s. d. Sale of live stock and produce 241 9 3 Value of live stock 1st' 853 13 0 Potatoes and other vegeta-'' January, 1858 - - hies consumed in the 262 £ h Purchase of live stock - - 112 11 6 house and valued at 0 { Implements - - - - - 32 16 4 wholesale prices - - J Labour ------ - 35 0 0 Milk, 9434 gallons, at 8d. - 314 9 4 Manure ----- 6 3 4 Pork and bacon, 1080 st. 351 1 £ Garden pots - - - - 1 12 0 3 lbs., at 6s. 6d. - - 0 Provender - - - - - 422 19 8 Beef, 426st. 81hs., at 5s. 74d. 119 10 7 Seeds and potatoe sets - - 196 10 5 Mutton, Lamb, and Yeal,' 222 11 a Valuing off-going crop - 2 2 0 794 st. 4 lbs., at 5s. 7jd. _ Taxes ------ - 22 16 Of Wheat, 264 qrs., at 40s. - - 53 0 0 Grinding wheat - - 4 2 6 Estimatedlabour of horses & men Cattle medicine - - - 8 2 6 in works not comiected with Hog wash ----- - 15 0 0 the farm and garden: viz • l Rent of land, 133 acres, ■ 399 0 0 Leading 859 tons 7 cwt. 64 9 1 at £3 - 3 qrs. of coals, at Is. 6d. Balance ----- - 348 6 41 Carting soil for improve- . 7 7 0 ments and levelling, &c. f 7 t Leading bricks, sand, lime, and sundry jobs - - 59 17 2 - Keep of fat stock for killing 20 0 0 Value of live stock 31st] 744 15 0 December, 1858 - - Total - £2460 15 8 Total - £2460 15 8 North and East Ridings of Yorkshire Lunatic Asylum, Contract Prices of the Principal Articles of Consumption} 1858. PROVISIONS. Quarter ending 31st March. Quarter ending 30th June. Quarter ending 30th September. Quarter ending 31st December. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. Flour. per sack 1 14 6 1 10 0 1 9 0 1 10 0 Oatmeal. ditto 2 0 0 1 17 0 1 18 0 1 18 0 *Beef (by the carcase) about. per stone 0 5 0 5 Hf 0 5 Hf 0 5 Hf * Mutton (by the car- case) about. ditto 0 5 Hf 0 5 Hf 0 5 Hf 0 5 Hf Cheese . ditto 0 7 6 0 7 10I 0 7 9 0 7 9 Butter. ditto 0 13 6 0 13 6 0 13 6 0 13 6 Pease . ditto 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 Rice . per cwt. 0 19 0 0 17 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 Scotch Barley .... ditto 0 14 0 0 17 0 0 17 0 0 17 0 fBeer . per gall. 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 0 6 Porter. per barrel 2 12 0 2 12 0 2 12 0 2 12 0 Coffee. per lb. 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 11 Tea. ditto 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 0 94 0 2 H Sugar (moist) .... ditto 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5~ Tobacco. ditto 0 3 6 0 3 6 0 3 6 0 3 6 Snuff. ditto 0 5 0 0 4 9 0 4 9 0 4 9 Pepper . ditto 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Mustard. ditto 0 0 7 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 8 Salt. per cwt. 0 2 0 0 1 9 0 1 8 0 1 8 * These averages are the result of purchasing Fat Live Stock, and slaughtering it on the premises, a practice now being followed for the seventh year. 4 Subject to a fluctuating discount.