2. Of private patients in asylums, one thousand one hundred and twenty-eight (1,128); and in private dwellings, thirty-five (35): making a total of both classes of seven thousand one hundred and fifty-seven (7,157). During these ten years, therefore, from 1860 to 1869, inclusive, the total number of insane persons in Scotland, of which the Board had cognizance, advanced from six thousand two hundred and eighteen (6,218) to seven thousand one hundred and fifty-seven (7,157), giving a net increase amounting to nine hundred and thirty-nine (939). I introduce the table as before to show the relation this bears to the number of the population: In 1860 one in 487 " 1861 " " 487 " 1862 " " 480 " 1863 " " 490 " 1864 " " 490 " 1865 " " 487 " 1866 " " 480 " 1867 " " 473 " 1868 " " 467 " 1869 " " 458 It will be observed that the increase has not been uniform, as was the case in relation to that of England. There was a decrease for two of the ten years, 1863 and 1864, but from that time forward an increase. Referring next to the second decade, from 1870 to 1879, inclusive, it is found that in 1870 there were: 1. Of pauper insane persons in asylums and poorhouses, four thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight (4,728); and in private dwellings, one thousand four hundred and sixty-nine (1,469). 2. Of private insane persons, in asylums, one thousand one hundred and sixty-three (1,163), and in private houses forty-nine (49): making a total of the private and pauper insane of seven thousand four hundred and nine (7,409). In 1879, there were: 1. Of pauper lunatics in asylums and wards of poorhouses, six thousand two hundred and ninety two (6,292); and in private dwellings, one thousand three hundred and ninety-eight (1,398). 2. Of private lunatics in asylums, one thousand three hundred and fifty-eight (1,358); and in private houses, one hundred and ten (110): making a total of both classes of nine thousand one hundred and fifty-eight (9,158). The advance, therefore, during this decade was from seven thousand four hundred and nine (7,409), to nine thousand one hundred and fifty-eight (9,158); which equals one thousand seven hundred and forty-nine (1,749), as against nine hundred and thirty-nine (939) during the preceding decade, or nearly one hundred per cent. larger. In relation to the general population it was as follows: In 1870 one in 448 " 1871 " " 440 " 1872 " " 438 " 1873 " " 434 " 1874 " " 436 " 1875 " " 432 " 1876 " " 420 " 1877 " " 408 " 1878 " " 400 " 1879 " " 392 exhibiting a decrease in relation to the total of population for one year only of the decade, and on the whole a steady increase for the whole twenty years.