Copies of communications from the government, and transactions of the Board of Governors of the Belfast District lunatic asylum, with reference to the appointment of chaplains, from April, 1853, to March, 1854.

  • Belfast District Hospital for the Insane.
Date:
1854
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Credit: Copies of communications from the government, and transactions of the Board of Governors of the Belfast District lunatic asylum, with reference to the appointment of chaplains, from April, 1853, to March, 1854. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    payment of the salaries of the several Chaplains. The Lords of the Treasury have been requested to direct the Issue accordingly.—I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Theobald M'Kenna, Clerk of the Council. “The Manager of the District Lunatic Asylum, Belfast.” “ Dublin Castle, 28th February, 1854. “Sir,—I am directed by the Lord Lieutenant to acquaint you, for the information of the Governors of the Belfast District Lunatic Asylum, that application has been this day made to the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty’s Treasury for an advance of £1,935, 11s. : 9d. for the sup¬ port and maintenance of the Asylum.—I am, Sir, your obedient servant, “ (Signed) Thomas A. Larcom. “ R. Stewart, Esq., M.D., Resident Physician, &c., Belfast.” The Board considering that the words “ issued accord¬ ingly,” contained in the letter now read of the Clerk of the Council, required explanation before any cheques were drawn, the granting of the money appearing to depend on the Board’s ordering “the payment of the salaries of the several Chaplains,” which had been included in the Issues by Government, Dr. Nugent undertook, on his return to Dublin, to call the attention of the proper quarter to the above point, and communicate the result to the Board with¬ out any delay; and, thereupon, it was Ordered—“ That this Meeting, at its rising, do adjourn until Friday next, the 10th instant, at the hour of one o’clock, the Governors being specially summoned for that day; and that, in the meantime, the signing of cheques for the payment of the accounts of January and February be postponed till then, and also the consideration of the Tenders for Contracts for the year to commence on the 1st proximo.” Sir Robert Bateson having requested information from the Physicians of the Institution regarding the effects pro¬ duced on the inmates by the attendance of the several Minis¬ ters of Religion, who had been visiting the House since