Even a sane mother may forgeb her sucking child and cease to have compassion on the son of her bosom, so ib is not surprising thab some lunatics do nob care for children, bub a great majority of those I know are the essence of kindness. Whilst I was there one day a Maori woman was brought in looking ill and worn-out,, and another native female patient at once came and sab by her to soothe her. There is a blind woman there who has been blind and an inmate for over twenty years, and. she is a living monument bo bhe care and kindness of bhe pabienbs and attendants ; there is also a blind man whom another patient never leaves in the daytime. He always pits beside hinij invariably holds his

hand, brushes the flies off him, and does _ thousand necessary little offices of charity which are priceless to the poor sutlerer. Three brothers,' too, aro there, of ages vary ing from 30 to 40 years, and when one does nob geb to the fortnightly dance his brothers secure a bit of cake for the absent) one. They sleep in three separate beda beside each other, and love as brethren, are pitiful and courteous, bearing each other burdens and setting sano men a good example. RECENT ADMISSIONS. Several women have been admitted lately, mostly through worry; but tho gumtields seem to induce a good deal of insanity. Ido nob know what the cause it ; cannot say whebher ib is the solitary life, the injurious liquors, worry, or bad habits, bub the gumdigger class gravitate largely to the Asylum. Ia conclusion, I would liko to remind those who are blessed wibh reason and bhe en ioymenbs of life, bhab close to us are "hundreds of our afflicted fellow creabures, ladies and gentlemen who once in other and happier days graced society ; and poor souls who have been unequal to the struggle and strain of life. Some are burdened with unutterable fears, and others ara happy under peculiar delusions ; some are numbering the days when they will once more return to " Home, Sweet Home," and all can be made more or less happy by a little loving-kindness. 