But as far as we can learn sufficient advantage has not hitherto been taken of the Act. Owing to the fact probably that the curative treatment has to be carried on within the precincts of an ordinary lunatic asylum, the relations of habitual drunkards are naturally averse tp committing them to a place where, after they have recovered from the imme diate effects of drink, they meet with little that is likely to render them cheer ful and happy, and help towards their full restoration to health. Nor are the officials of the asylums, as far as we can ascertain, at all anxious to encourage the introduction of dipsomaniacs within their walls. Dr. Skae, for example, in his last annual report on the asylums of the colony, was at some pains to explain that the reception of habitual drunkards into an asylum was a cause of great annoyance to the officers, and was productive of very little benefit to the patients themselves. Speaking of , the Sunnyside Asylum, the Inspector ; stated that at the commencement of the year, three of each sex were in the Asylum, two males and three females were admitted for the first time, and one female re-admitted; making twelve in all under treatment. Two males and four i females were discharged as recovered, | two males and one female as not im proved, and one male and two females remained at the end of the year. And, although in every case bnt one the judge's order directed that they were to be detained for twelve months, only one remained for the whole time, the rest remaining from two to seven months. " It can hardly be supposed," Dr. Skae goes on to say, " that, when a man's moral powers have so utterly broken down nnder the influence of drink as to justify his being placed in confinement, two or three days repentance, or a few months of rebellious grumbling, are likely to secure his recovery. 