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4. When the claims have been audited and the total expenditure on which the contribution from the Local Taxation (Scotland) Account is to be distributed has been ascertained, the contribution will be divided among the various Parochial Boards who have established their claims at such rate per £ as will exhaust, or as nearly as may be exhaust, the whole amount of the contribution.

5. No claim on account of any pauper Lunatic will be recognised unless the certificate from the General Board of Lunacy is to the effect that, in their opinion, the Lunatic has been necessarily detained and properly cared for in the place in which the said Lunatic has been maintained.

6. All claims, without exception, must be made in the subjoined Form

7. The Pauper Lunatics are to be entered in the sub-joined Form in the class to which they belong:—Class I., those in which the net cost to the Parochial Board has been 8s. and upwards per week and Class II., those in which the net cost has not amounted to 8s. per week. In the case of a Lunatic who has been chargeable in both classes, the name will be entered in each Class with the same number.

8. The Inspector of the Parish in which a Pauper Lunatic has his admitted settlement at 14th May 1890, will enter the name of the Pauper Lunatic in the claim . Accounts between Parishes as to the cost of maintenance of any Pauper Lunatic should be finally adjusted and settled before the case is included in the claim. If the settlement of the Pauper Lunatic has not at the above date been determined, the claim will be made by the Inspector of the relieving Parish.

9. When a Pauper Lunatic has been detained in more than one place during the year, the name of each place in which he has been detained must be stated in a separate line under columns 2 or 9 (as the case may be), and the other columns filled up with reference thereto.

10. The Inspector of Poor will enter in columns 4 or 11 (as the case may be), the number of complete weeks during which the Pauper Lunatic has been chargeable. Fractional parts of a week will be omitted, and the year will be held to consist of 52 weeks.

11. In the case of Pauper Lunatics residing in private dwellings, receipts from the persons with whom they are boarded for the payments made by the Parochial Board on account of the Pauper Lunatics must be furnished. A statement showing separately and specificially the amount paid for aliment and for clothing, &c., should be transmitted along with the vouchers. The weekly cost in columns 5 or 12 (as the case may be), will include aliment, clothing, & c.