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:—
| Judicial Statistics, 1880. | |
| 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 |