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[page 706] and comparing this with other asylums you found that this compared favorably as to the number of attendants to the number of patients. Ans. With one or two exceptions. Ques. You have regarded the quality of attendants as good as could be expected. Ans. I think they have improved in that regard during the last three or four years as to older persons being employed; that I regard as a good thing. Ques. You have been on the visiting committee which exercises sort of detective duties and also on the board of trustees. Ans. Yes sir. Que. When on the visiting committee, was it your habit to inform yourself as accurately as possibly, as to the condition of affairs inside of the asylum. Ans. I tried to. Ques. To do that did you take steps to visit at irregular intervals. Ans. Yes sir. Ques. And without the knowledge of the officers. Ans. Yes sir. Ques. You succeeded in getting at more or less of the inside workings, whatever it was in the institution. Ans. Yes sir. Ques. Have you seen anything when you visited to indicate that there had been any change recently