Mr. Presidentand Gentlemen,–Inthe annual report of the resident physician of Bethlehem for 1864 the following observations on the comparative statistics of Bethlehem Hospital and the English County Asylums occur:–The attention of the Governors and of all those interested in obtaining accurate information on the important question of the cure of the insane is earnestly requested to the following statistics collected by Mr. James Ellis, Medical Superintendent at St. Luke's Hospital, from the admissions into forty-four public asylums in the united kingdom, and from actual returns from each asylum. It shows the total number of patients received into each institution, and distinguishes those which would be from those which would not be admitted into Bethlehem Hospital. It also shows the numbers and per centage of the cures and deaths of such admissible patients during the first year of residence. [Here follows Mr. Ellis's table.]