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THE salary of Dr. Pitt, medical officor of DistrictNo. 1 of St. George’s in the East, has been increased to.6280, in consideration of the additional area included in hisdistrict.AN examination for cadetships at the Royal Military

College, Sandhurst, is announced to take place a,t the Uni-versity of London, on Monday, July 5th, and following days,the first day being devoted to the medical examination ofthe candidates.IN the North-West provinces and Oudh during the

past year (says the Bombay Gazette), 1051 persons and 7214head of cattle were killed by wild animals, and 3168 personsdied from snake bites. Wolves and leopards were mostdestructive, both among men and cattle. The total numberof wild animals returned as destroyed is 4495, and the num-ber of snakes killed is set down as 1697, the amount paid inrewards for their destruction being about Rs. 11,000. The

number of snakes returned as destroyed (1697) gives a veryimperfect representation of the number actually killed.SUNDAY LECTURE SOCIETY.-In connexion with

this society, a lecture is announced to be delivered at St.George’s Hall, Langham-place, on April 4th, at four o’clock,by Dr. Spencer Cobbold, F.R.S., on "Trichinosis, and onthe dangers arising from the consumption of Flesh Food."

BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL. - The report of thisCharity, read at the sixty-ninth annual meeting of itsfriends and subscribers, stated the number of fresh casestreated during the past year as 2592, 2535 out-patients and57 in-patients. The total number of recipients of the benefitsof the hospital since its establishment amounted to 83,514.THE ABERDEEN HOSPITAL FOR INCURABLES is

doing a good, though unostentatious, work. Thirty-onepatients were enjoying its welcome succour at the beginningof the present year. The total expenditure during thetwelvemonth had been £707 12;?., and fl200 had been addedto the endowment fund, which now amounts to £12,000.

QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY IN IRELAND.-At a meetingof the Senate, held in Dublin Castle on Tuesday, the 30thult., the following were elected examiners in the under-mentioned subjects :-In Medicine : Professor 0’Connor.In Surgery : William Thomson. In Midwifery : WilliamK. McMordie. In Materia Medica : G. F. Duffey. InMedical Jurisprudence : M. O’Keefe.

ST. JOHN’S AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION. - It is re-

ported that several new centres in connexion with thisAssociation are in course of formation. Among the latestestablished, that of Dublin is likely to prove a great success.Altogether there are now seventy-seven centres in differentparts of the United Kingdom, besides fifty-nine detachedclasses formed pending the institution of regular centres.DEVONSHIRE HOSPITAL, BUXTON.-In recognition

of Dr. Robertson’s assiduous services to the institution, thecommittee of management of this hospital propose to com-plete the buildings of the hospital, now in course of exten-sion, under the grant of :E24,000 from the Governors of theCotton Districts Convalescent Fund, by the erection of a por-tico and clock tower at the principal entrance, and an addi-tional lodge, essential and integral parts of the plan of thearchitect, in accordance with the strongly and repeatedly-expressed wish of Dr. Robertson, consulting physician tothe hospital, and chairman of the board of trustees and com-mittee of management.

Medical Appointements.Intimations for this column must be sent DIRECT to the Office of

THE LANCET before 9 o’clock on Thursday Morning, at the latest.

ANDREWS, Mr. T. M., has been appointed Medical Officer for theWorkhouse of the Pontardawe Union.

BENTLEY, C. E., L.R.C.P.Ed., L.R.C.S.Ed., has been appointed MedicalOfficer for the Kirton District of the Boston Union.

BLACKER, E. J. L., M.D., has been appointed Medical Officer to theB District of the Thrapstone Union, vice Bird.

BLOOD. Mr. F. W., has been appointed House-Surgeon to the BucksInfirmary.

BROOK/FIELD, J. S., B.A., M.D., has been appointed one of theHonorary Physicians to the Kilburn, Maida-vale, and St. John’s-wood General Dispensary, vice Gawith, resigned.

COOPER, W., F.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Consulting OphthalmicSurgeon to the Hospital for Epilepsy and Paralysis, Regent’s-park,vice Wells, deceased.

DONOVAN, J., M.D., has been appointed Medical Officer to SkibbereenDispensary and Workhouse, vice Donovan, deceased.

GEORGE, G. A., L.R.C.P.L., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed MedicalOfficer for the Workhouse and the Dorchester District of theDorchester Union, vice Emson, resigned.

HARGREAVES, M. K., M.B., C.M., has been appointed ResidentAssistant Medical Officer to Shoreditch Infirmary, vice F. H.Walmsley, M.D.

LUNDY, L. F., M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A.L., has been appointed Medical Officerfor the Sunbury District of the Staines Union.

MACGREGOR, P., L.R.C.P.Ed., has been appointed Medical Officer tothe Crossland Moor Workhouse, Huddersfield Union, vice Rhodes,resigned.

McLINTOCK, J., M.B., C.M., has been appointed Medical Officerforthetwo Marsden Townships of the Huddersfield Union, vice Hessle.grave, deceased.

MURRAY, Mr. H., has been appointed House-Surgeon to the RoyalWestminster Ophthalmic Hospital, vice Martin, whose term ofoffice has expired.

STURGE, A., M.D., has been appointed Physician to tbe Hospital forEpilepsy and Paralysis, Regent’s-park, vice Clarke, deceased.

TAYLOR, M., M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A.L., has been appointed Medical Officerfor the Workhouse of the Cannock Union, vice Blackford, reo

signed.TITLEY, J., M.D., L.R.C.S.Ed., has been appointed Medical Officerfor

the Broughton District of the Glanford Brigg Union.WALMSLEY, F. H., M.D., has been appointed Resident Assistant to

Leavesden Asylum.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.

BAKER.—On the 19th ult., at The Cedars, Tenterden, Kent, the wife ofCharles Eaton Baker, M.R.C.S.E. &c., of a son.

DEANE.—On the 23rd ult., at 42, Albion-road, Stoke Newington, N., thewife of John Deane, M.R.C.S.E., L.R.C.P.Ed., of a son.

DICKSON.—On the 20th ult., at 33, Albany-street, Edinburgh, the wifeof Frank K. Dickson, F.R.C.P.E., of Wye House, Buxton, of a son(Francis Henry).

LYLE.-On the 23rd ult., at Westbourne-square, Bayswater, the wife ofWilliam Vacy Lyle, M.D., of a daughter.

PILGRIM.—On the 20th ult., at Bridge-road, Leighton Buzzard, the wifeof Forster John Pilgrim, of a son, which survived its birth but afew hours.

SALT.—On the 26th ult., at Egremont, Bournemouth, the wife of HenrySalt, M.D., of a daughter.

WALKER.-On the 28th ult., the wife of Arthur de Noé Walker, M.D.,of a son.

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MARRIAGES.HODSON—WIENHOLT.—On the 30th ult., at St. Paul’s, Herne-hill,

Henry Algernon Hodson, M.R.C.S.E., L.R.C.P., of BoveyTracey,South Devon, to Sarah Wormald, only child of William Wienholt,Esq., J.P., of Llanwern, Monmouthshire.

MARRIAN— WATKINS.— On the 17th ult., at the Parish Church,Wellington, by the Vicar (the Rev. Thomas Shepherd), James R.Marrian, L.R.C.P.Ed., of Birmingham, to Eliza, elder daughter ofthe late Richard Watkins, Esq., of Adzor House, Wellington, inthe County of Hereford. ,

VIVIAN—SUGDEN.—On the 31st ult., at St. Paul’s, Winchmore-hill, bythe Rev. A. C. A. Drought, M.A., Vicar, assisted by the Rev. JamesBaird, M.A., Vicar of Southgate, R. T. Vivian, Surgeon, of ChaseSide, Southgate, to Annie, daughter of Samuel Sugden, Esq., ofOak Lodge, Southgate, N. _

DEATHS.ADAMS.-On the 30th ult., at Eastham-street, Bungay, Suffolk, from

acute pneumonia, Edward Burman Adams, M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A.L.,aged 54.

BARLOW.—On the 18th ult., at Norfolk House, Albion-road, Dalston,Matilda Mary Ann (Mary), wife of Robert Barlow, M.R.C.S.E,Friends will kindly accept this intimation. Colonial papers, pleasecopy.

CORBETT.-On the 25th ult., at the Garrison Hospital, Haslar, Brigade.Surgeon A. P. M. Corbett, M.D., aged 49.

HEATON. - On the 25th ult., at Stockwell House, Leek, CharlesHeaton, M.D., in his 64th year.

KINGSTON. - On the 27th ult., at his residence, Sunnylands, Bath,Strickland Kearney Kingston, M.D., in his 78th year.

NASH. - On the 24th ult., at his residence, Pulteney-street, Bath,Joseph Nash, M.D., also of Brockley Hall, near Bristol, and Major1st Somerset Volunteer Engineers, aged 58.

PILGRIM.-On the 24th ult., Charlotte Madeline (Lottie), the belovedwife of Forster J. Pilgrim, and daughter of the late G. S. D.Harris, Surgeons, both of Leighton Buzzard.

ROBINSON. - On the 28th ult., of typhus fever, after a short illness,Samuel Robinson, M.R.C.S.E., of Skibbereen.

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