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TRUSTEES.
JAMES H. TITUS,
FRANKLIN TOWNSEND,
ALLEN MONROE,
LYMAN CLARY,
GEORGE F. COMSTOCK,
E. W. LEAVENWORTH,
FREDERICK D. HUNTINGTON,
LAKE I. TEFFT.

STATE OFFICERS-EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEES:
SAMUEL J. TILDEN, Governor,
WM. DORSHEIMER, Lieutenant-Governor,
DIEDRICH WILLERS, JR, Secretary of State,
NELSON K. HOPKINS, Comptroller,
NEIL GILMOUR, Sup't. of Public Instruction.

PERMANENT CHAIRMAN:
JAMES H. TITUS.

SECRETARY AND TREASURER:
ALLEN MUNROE.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
E. W. LEAVENWORTH,
JAMES H. TITUS,
LYMAN CLARY.

OFFICERS.
SUPERINTENDENT.
HERVEY B. WILBUR, M.D.

MATRON:
Miss ALVIRA WOOD.

ASSISTANT MATRON
MRS. F.A. HARDY.

HOUSEKEEPER:
Miss MATILDA STANTON.

TEACHERS:
MISS S. P. YOUNG,
MRS. M. B. COOK,
MRS. R. VAN VLEEK,
MIS L. E. KNIGHT.
MISS BESSIE B. SHEW.

STEWARD:
BENJAMIN N. EASTMAN.

STATE OF NEW YORK. No. 22. IN ASSEMBLY, January 14,1875.

TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE NEW YORK ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS.

To the Legislature of the State of New York:

Agreeably to the provisions of the act establishing this institution, the undersigned, trustees, respectfully submit this their twenty-fourth annual report.

The total cash receipts for the year ending September 30, 1874, as will he seen by the treasurer's report, herewith annexed, were as follows:

RECEIPTS.

EXPENDITURES.

From the above statement it will be seen that there was in the hands of the treasurer --

The liabilities of the asylum at the same date were as follows:

The small excess liabilities over the cash assets of the asylum ($862.18) is compensated by supplies on hand, of a larger amount, available for use during the coming year.

As the cost of support of the inmates of the asylum during the past year has been about the same as during the preceding year; namely: about two hundred dollars for each pupil, the trustees still continue of the opinion that the maintenance and instruction of the pupils for the next year can be met by an appropriation based upon the experience of the last two years.

It will be remembered that a special appropriation was asked for in the last annual report; for the purchase of a corner lot of some five acres, lying between the grounds of the asylum and the public road. The legislature of last year made the necessary appropriations, the money has been drawn and a complete title to the property named is now in the hands of the state authorities.

The mortality in the institution, notwithstanding the increased number of pupils, has been less than that of last year, as will be seen by the superintendent's report.

The institution continues to be somewhat embarrassed by having forced upon its charge others than those who are capable of being trained and instructed, which service was considered to be the special object for which it was established by the state. Besides, the opportunity of performing this specific work is curtailed by the necessity of retaining in charge some who have arrived at an age, or at a state of improvement, which would warrant their removal to some other institution of a more custodial character, if such an institution existed.