ancestry), amounts to 36 per cent;" while Mr. Briscoe declares (Journal
of Mental Science, Oct. 1896) that 90% of the insane have a heredity of
insanity.

The following table from Dr. MacGregor's reports gives an account of two
families in New Zealand and their Asylum history.

Cost per head.
Number. Name. Rate £1 Total
Per week. Cost.
Family of B (Brothers). £ s. d. £ s. d.

I. A.B. 80 0 0
II. C.B. 274 4 0
III. D.B. 230 2 0
IV. E.B. 8 2 0
V. F.B. 8 2 0
--------- 600 12 0


Family of C.

I. A.C. (wife) 472 2 0
II. B.C. (husband of A.C.) 418 0 0
III. D.C. (daughter of A.C.) 834 2 0
IV. E.C. (ditto) 1,318 2 0
V. F.C. (illegitimate
daughter of E.C.) 169 8 0
VI. G.C. (husband of F.C.
but no blood relation) 5 2 0