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[page 488] a number were there not, under that legislature act, sent home in order to give more room in the hospital for other patients within a few months- a much larger number sent home as incurable? A. The law stated, I believe, that all harmless and imbecile patients should be sent home from time to time, as they became so. And the fact is that they are being discharged at stated periods of 3 or 4 times a year. I dont know the number. Q. What is a fair estimate of the number of insane in Maine? Have you any idea? A. I have no statistics bearing upon that; I should think likely there might be 1200, perhaps 1500 Q. I have heard it estimated from 1500 to 2500, but really know nothing about it? A. I think it would average two in a town. Q. So that our hospital at the present time does not really accommodate one- fault of the insane people of Maine? A. Perhaps a third Q. Have you visited hospitals outside of Maine? A. Yes, sir. Q. What is your idea of the percentage cured