PROPERTY.

The value of the property of this institution is estimated as

The district from which patients are drawn for this institution is composed of the following counties: Dearborn, Ohio, Switzerland, Jefferson, Ripley, Jennings, Scott, Clark, Floyd, Washington, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe, Brown, Bartholomew, Shelby, Johnson, Morgan, Owen, Clay, Vigo, Vermillion, Parke, Montgomery, Boone, Hamilton, Tipton, Clinton, Tippecanoe, Fountain, Warren, Benton, Carroll, Howard, Putnam, Hendricks, Marion and Hancock.

CAPACITY.

The capacity of this institution without crowding is 1,400.

The following table will show the number of patients treated and the average daily enrollment for the last ten years:

The following is a statement of the receipts and expenditures for the years ending October 31, 1899, and October 31, 1900:

*$160 per capita for each person actually present over a daily average of 1,515.

NEEDS.

The following are the needs of this institution as represented by the Superintendent for the years beginning November 1, 1901, and November 1, 1902:

Additional maintenance of $160 per capita per annum for each person over a total average of 1,515.

SPECIFIC APPROPRIATIONS.

The following specific appropriations are asked for by this institution:

The average daily number of patients present in this institution for the past year was 1,620. At $163 per capita the cost of maintenance would approximate $264,000, and the committee would recommend an appropriation for maintenance of $264,000. Extensive repairs are much needed in this institution, and the committee feels that the sum asked for for this purpose would not be too much to meet the needs of the institution in this particular, and therefore recommends an appropriation for repairs of $15,000. The committee would also recommend additional appropriations as follows:

NORTHERN HOSPITAL FOR INSANE.

DR. JOSEPH G. ROGERS, SUPERINTENDENT.

This institution is appropriately named "Longcliff," from its location on a rocky elevation extending along the Wabash river, near Logansport. It is built on the cottage plan, there being eight buildings, besides the administration building. Two of these buildings are new and were provided for by the appropriations of the last General Assembly.

The capacity of the institution, including the new buildings, is sufficient to accommodate eight hundred and twenty patients. The number present December 10, 1900, was 610, and it is estimated that the capacity of the institution will be sufficient for the next

For the years ending October 31, 1899, and October 31, 1900: