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confinement of lunatics. The noise he made attracted attention and the constant nuisance required utterly demoralizing the limited staff of the Gaol. And the Medical Officer attached to the Consulate, who, like myself, knew the facilities for treatment afforded by the Civil Hospital at Hong Kong strongly recommended his removal thither; and there was another reason for forwarding him to Hong Kong in the fact that, as all homeward bound Men of War either call or start from there, opportunities of forwarding the man to his settlement at home without expense continually recur if ever it was done. It appeared to the Colony here... which rarely. It appeared therefore that both in the interest of the patient and of the Government that I should act, and I did, so as it appeared that Rodd's lunacy was soon ascertained to be of a permanent character, and that I could not have done otherwise without neglecting instructions to make my instructions efficient attainment of the desired ends combined with due regard for economy in the means adopted for attaining the object of my...