Citizens-J. PUTNAM BRADLEE, WM. M. FLANDERS, WM. EATON, JUSTIN JONES, JONAS FITCH, AMOS A. DUNNELS, JAMES RILEY, JOSEPH T. BAILEY. The following gentlemen compose the Board of the present year 1864 — viz : MOSES KIMBALL, ESQ., President. Alderman-S. A. DENIO, Councilmen - GRANVILLE MEARS, JONAS FITCH. Citizens-J. PUTNAM BRADLEE, AMOS A. DUNNELS, JUSTIN F. C. MANNING, HENRY A DRAKE, WM. Fox Reports are received daily at the City Office, 8 and 10 Niles Block, from the Superintendent of the House of Industry and Reformation, the Lunatic Hospital, and the Master of the House of Correction, as to the number of admissions, discharges, visitors, deaths, births, &c., with a statement of the condition of all sick in hospital, and all matters of unusual occurrence which may have taken place on the day previous. Requisitions are received daily at said office from the Superintendents of the several Institutions, containing a list of all articles necessary to be purchased, which is examined by the Committee on Supplies, and, if approved by them, the goods or other articles are purchased, unless otherwise ordered by the Board. A list is also furnished daily at the City office, of all goods received at the houses the day previous; with the price * In place of James Riley, deceased. and condition of the same, and any comments or remarks which the Superintendent may consider it necessary to make in relation thereto. REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS. The following extracts from the Seventh Annual Report of the Directors to the City Government, of their doings in the year 1863, are here inserted for the information of the citizens at large. The Report is dated 15th January, 1864. The Directors say the increased cost of subsistence and supplies has enlarged the expenditures of the Institutions considerably beyond the expenses of last year. The gross sums will be found elsewhere in the Report, but as the details are given annually in the Report of the City Auditor, they are omitted. Substantially the expenditures for each Institution are as follows: HOUSE OF CORRECTION. Average number of prisoners for the year, 285. Average number of patients for the year, 168. Gross Expenditures Improvements and Extra Expenses $32,799 38 3,563 31 * These Expenditures are for the municipal year 1863 (January 1 to December 31), while the Auditor's accounts are for the financial year, being from May 1, 1863, to April 30, 1864. HOUSES OF INDUSTRY AND REFORMATION. Average number of inmates for the year, 612. Gross Expenditures Improvements and Extra Expenses Expenses for support Receipts for products sold Net cost for support Net cost of an inmate per annum Net cost of an inmate per week $79,305 60 17,129 13 62,176 47 4,139 78 58,036 69 94 83 1 82 A comparison with the last year gives the following results: The average number of inmates of the Institutions for the years 1860, 1861, 1862, and 1863 is as follows, viz: The number of inmates remaining in each of the Institutions January 1, 1864, was as follows, viz:— The Board fully realize the important and responsible trust that has been confided to them. They know that public service is, at best, a thankless one, and that consciousness of an honest discharge of duty is the only reward they can expect. Thus far they have managed the Institutions according to their understanding of right, despite the interference of outside parties, which they have been more than once compelled to repress. By their record they will stand, and as they have done, will continue to do so long as they remain in power. Statute law gives them the sole and entire control of the Institutions, and they will not allow parties to infringe upon their rights or dictate to them, or to their Superintendents, for whom they are responsible, and in whom they have the most implicit confidence. The Directors and Superintendents will pass away, but Boston and her History will remain. The Directors have not failed to exercise a judicious, scrutiny in the economical administration of the Institutions, and a careful supervision over the management and discipline of the same. Constant visiting by the whole Board at stated times, by committees and by individual members, together with reports received daily at the office, of events at the Institutions, including a record of punishments, enables the Directors to be so thor |