compensation based on length of service, as provided by the statute, (2) the adoption of a new schedule of officers' salaries which went into effect on July 1, 1912, (3) the increase in the cost of food supplies and other commodities generally, (4) the expenditures made necessary by the commencement of a new hospital at Mohansic, (5) the contributions made necessary to the retirement fund established by chapter 59 of the Laws of 1912. The net increase in population during the year was 573. Had it not been for the activities of the Bureau of Deportation, which was responsible for the removal of 1,753 persons from the State during the year, this increase would have amounted to over 2,000. The following is a comparative statement of cost of maintenance during the years ending September 30, 1911, and September 30, 1912, including all liabilities incurred during each of these years, with a statement of increase during the past year: The new schedule of officers' salaries, effective July 1, 1912, resulted in an increase of $11,500. The balance of the increase, $15,500, resulted from the increase in population requiring the creating of six new positions for medical officers. The increase in wages, shown in the above tabulation, viz., $130,728.33, is due, first, to the necessary increase in the number of employees (an increase of approximately $60,000); next, to the opening of the Mohansic State Hospital with necessarily heavy initial expenses, also the amount of $9,200 paid into the retirement or pension fund by reason of lost time, and finally statutory increases for length of service, amounting to $40,000. An increase of $221,599 has been due to the advance in the prices of food supplies, as will be noted from the appended tabulation: Approximate increase in cost of supplies during 1912 as compared with 1911 Two thousand six hundred dollars, representing the commutation and maintenance of employees, have been paid into the retirement fund during the year. The per capita cost of clothing has increased about sixty cents, or a total of $21,679.34, due to the general increase in prices. The increased expenditures for furniture and bedding are due to the natural increase in the patient population and an unusual expenditure for renewals. The increased amount expended for books and stationery is due very largely to the use of additional books, forms, blanks, etc., required by the special system of accounting recommended by the Audit Company of New York. The expenditure for fuel and light represents the increased cost of coal and the larger amount required on account of the severe weather during the winter and the opening of new buildings. The appropriation for maintenance in the various institutions for the year ending September 30, 1911, as contrasted with the appropriation during the fiscal year just ended, are shown by the following tabulation: Attention is called to the reductions in each instance. As will be noted, the Commission in an effort at economy reduced the request for direct legislative appropriations for mainte nance from the preceding year by $161,775. This, in view of the advance in prices above referred to, proved to be an inadequate appropriation, with the result that the year ended in a deficiency of $260,969.14. The amount of the appropriation for the purpose of maintaining the manufacturing department of the Utica State Hospital was reduced from $79,955.53 to $72,640.30. The amount ap propriated for the maintenance of the manufacturing fund at the Rochester State Hospital was increased from $30,449.30 to $30,817.16. BOARD MONEYS AND MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS The total receipts from board moneys during the year increased $13,535.62, i. e., from $486,940.20 in 1911 to $500,475.82 in 1912; and the miscellaneous receipts increased $13,945.81, i. e., from $32,743.71 in 1911 to $46,689.52 in 1912. The amount allowed for construction, additions and improvements at the State hospitals during 1911 was $1,025,000 and for the year 1912, $1,842,424. EXPENDITURES It will be observed that comparatively little construction was provided for by the Legislature for the year 1910. This economy, while commendable and possibly necessary, resulted in an increase in the expenditures necessary for construction during the subsequent years of nearly 100 per cent. Building operations must be carried on constantly as a result of increasing insane population and for the purpose of providing for the overcrowding, which now amounts to 4,871, or over 18 per cent of the total hospital population. Constant expenditures are necessary to replace old buildings which have outlived their usefulness. To remedy the overcrowded condition of the wards and buildings, the erection of three new hospitals has been undertaken by the State, at Yorktown Heights, at Marcy, and on the abandoned Creedmoor rifle range. An appropriation of $500,000 was granted to commence work at the Mohansic State Hospital. This will permit of the construction of the railroad spur, power-house, cold storage plant, bakery and other service buildings. To complete one group for 600 chronic patients, it will be necessary to obtain an additional appropriation during the coming year of $200,000. There was also appropriated for the purchase of a new site for the Utica State Hospital the sum of $115,000, and for the commencement of building operations, etc., on the new site, $50,000 was appropriated. The limited number of additions to existing facilities made during the year 1910-1911 renders large expenditures for the year beginning October 1, 1912, an immediate necessity. An appropriation of $500,000 will be necessary for the development of the Utica State Hospital on the Marcy site, of which one-half should be made available for use during the coming year. An equal amount should be appropriated for the purpose of commencing construction on what was formerly the Creedmoor rifle range for the purpose of increasing the facilities of the Long Island State Hospital. One-half of this amount, or $250,000, should be made available for use during the coming year. The following construction providing additional accommodations has been recommended at other hospitals: Building for reception and acute wards. . . . . . . 100,000 00 Kings Park State Hospital: Ditto for acute and hospital patients. . . . Additional accommodations for employees.. .... 150,000 00 100,000 00 The total amount asked for building operations during the coming year, to provide additional accommodations, is therefore $1,172,000, exclusive of the amounts asked for the development of institutions at Yorktown Heights, Marcy and Creed moor. BOND ISSUE RECOMMENDED FOR CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT OF BUILDINGS FOR THE INSANE During the last fifteen years the total amount expended by this Commission for construction and equipment of new buildings is $9,190,910.82. The constant increase in population mak |