Aug., 1913.] SERVICE NOTES. 333

^race Jtofes. The Annual Indian Medical Service Dinner was held at

the Hotel Cecil, London, on Tuesday, 10th June. Tho Hon'ble

Sir Charles Pardey Lulds, K.C.S.I., the Director-General, was in the chair. The guests weie the most Honourable the Marquis of Crewe, Secretary of State for India ; Sir Thomas Holderness, K.C S.I., Permanent Under-Secretary of State

for India ; Sir Francis Champneys,President of the

Royal Society of Medicine ; Sir William Watson Cheyne, Bart., O.B-, President of the Medical Society of London ; and the Editors of the Lancet and British Medical Journal ; General Sir Beaucliamp Duff, G.C.B.; Sir Thomas Barlow, Bart., K.C.V.O., President of the Royal College of Physicians ; Sir Rickman John Godlee, Bart., President of the Royal College of Surgeons ; and Mr. Austin Low, were also invited, hut unable to attend.

Eighty-five members of the service, on the active or retired list, were present at the dinner, the gathering being the

largest yet held. The senior ofiicer present, was Surgeon- Major Robinson Boustead, a veteran whose first commission dates back to 23rd July of 185S, fifty five years ago. He served with the Turkish contingent in the Crimea in 1855-56, and received the fifth class of the Medjulie ; in the Mutiny; in the Central India campaign ; in the second Chinese War in 1S60 ; in the Abyssinian War in 1866 ; and in the Soudan in 1835, in the actions of Hashin, Tofrek. and Tamai. No other officer attended whose services began under the

East India Company. The next senior were Surgeon- Generals James Cleghorn, C.S.I., and Sir Lionel Spencer, K.e.B- ; and Colonel A. Porter, all of whom entered on 1st April 18G5, in the first batch commissioned after the service had been closed for five years. At the I.M S, dinner held in Edinburgh ten days earlier,

on 30th May, the chair was taken by Surgeon-General Sir Alexander Christison, Bart., whose first commission was dated 20th October 1851, nearly seven years before that of Surgeon-Major Boustead. Surgeon-General Hay was present at both dinners. After dinner the Chairman proposed the healths of the

King and the Royal Family, and then that of the Marquis of Crewe, and in a short speech pointed out that the conditions of service offered were never better than at present, mentioning the settlement of the "fee question," the grant of annually graduated pensions, and other recent improve- ments. He also stated that the quality of the latest recruits, as shown by their degrees and diplomas, fully maintained as high a standard as ever- The Marquis of Crewe, in returning thanks, praised the medical profession in general and the I.M.S. in particular. Later on, Surgeon-General Cleghorn proposed the health of Lieutenant-Colonel Freyer, who has managed the annual dinners for the last fifteen years; and Colonel Freyer, in responding, spoke of the rarity with which honours and rewards were given for purely professional merit. The following officers were present at tho] dinner in

London

SurgeonGenerals.? Sir R- "? yharles, g.c.v.o. ; J.

Cleghorn, C.S.I. ; J. P. Greany ; G. Hay ; Sir L. D, Spencer,

Colonels.?Siv A. M. Branfoot, k.c.i.e. ; C. W. Carr-

Calthrop ; G. W. P. Dennys ; D. ffrench-Mullen ; B. B.

Grayfoot; G. F. A. Harris, C.S.I. ; P. Hehir ; D. E.

Hughes ; C. C. Little ; M. D. Monarty ; R. d. Murray ; A. Porter ; P. A. Weir. .

Lieutenant-Colonels.?W. G. i? Aipin ; J. Anderson; R. J.

Baker; R. H Castor; W- H. Cadge:; J. T. Calvert; D. G. Crawford: P. J. Freyer, C ? R ? M. Green; H. Greany; E. A. W. Hall; J. Jackson ; E. Jennings ; E. R. Johnson ; D. F. Keegan ; M. A. Ker ;; D. P. Macdonald ; W. Molesworth ; J. Moorhead ; T. R. Mulroney ; W. H. Ogilvie ; K. Prasad; W. G. Pridmore; J. J. Pratt; W. H. B. Robinson ; W. H. Thovnhill ; D. Warliker, H. 11. Woolbert; H. G. L. Wortabet. , ,

Majors.?W. R. Battye ; Boustead ; P. p. Chapman ; S. R. Christophers; De ^ ? Condon; A. 1. Gage; A. A.

Gibbs; C. M.Goodbody; E. Hutclieson ; F. H. G. Hutchin- son ; J. H. Hugo, D.s.o.; W. Lethbridge; E. A. C. Matthews ;

J. H. Macdonald ; F. O. N. Moses ; C. R.

Pearce; E. L. Perry; Sir Ronald Koss, k.c.b,, f.r.s.; S. A. Ruzzak ; R. F. Standage; J- W. Watson ; J. M. Woolley. Captains.?C. H. Barber ; F. P. Connor ; W. T. Finlayson ;

C. A. Gill ; D. P. Goil; D. L. Graham ; J. B. D. Hunter ; H. H. G. Knapp ; J. L. Lunham; G. E. Malcolmson ; E. S.

Phipson ; R. D. Saigol; H. B. Steen ; J. Taylor; W. P. Williams.

Surgeox-Gexrral Sir Charles Pardey Lukis, the

Director-General, has been appointed Honorary Surgeon to the King from 20t,h February 101'i vice Surgeon-Genera George Bidie, deceased ; and Surgeon-General A. W. Croft

has received the same honour from 2nd March 1913, vice Surgeon-General Sir Colvin Colvin Smith, k.c.b., deceased. These are the first vacancies, and the first appointments, under the recent orders of Sth August 1911, by which appoint- ments to the King's Honorary statf will in future be filled up from the active list. Two Bengal officers take the place of two men of the Madras Service. Bengal has now got much more than its fair numerical proportion of thesa appointments, nine out of twelve, Madras has now only one, and Bombay two. The I.M.S. officers holding these posts are as fol- lows, all but the two last being on the retired list.

Honorary Surgeons.

Surgeon-General J. Cleghorn (B.),'5th October 1898. Surgeon Major-General P- Turnbull (Bo.), 20th September

1902.

Honorary Colonel Sir W. Hooper (B.), Sth August 1804. Surgeon-General Sir L. D. Spencer (B.), 27th January 1906 Surgeon-General Sir 0. P. Lukis (B), 20th February 1913. Surgeon General A. M. Crofts_(B.), 2nd March 1913.

Honorary Physicians. Surgeon Major-General J- Pinkerton (Bo.), 22nd March

1891.

Surgeon-General C. E. McVittie (M.), 23rd March 1S98. Surgeon-General SirB. Franklin (B.), 23rd March 1898. Surgeon-Colonel J. Richardson, (B.), 26th September 1903. Honorary Colonel K. McLeod, (B ), 2nd May 1906. Honorary Colonel D D. Cunningham (B.), 4th December

1907.

Brigade Sunn eon James John Durant, Bengal Medical Service, retired, died at Crouch Hill, London, on 14th May 1913. He was born on lltli December 1831, and after serving for eight years, 27th April 1850 to 1858, as a

Civil Sub-Assistant Surgeon (equivalent to the modern Assistant Surgeon), went to England in 1858, and took the M.R.C.S. the same year. He entered the I.M S. as

Assistant Surgeon on 10th February 1859, became Surgeon on 10th February 1871, Surgeon-Major on 1st July 1873, and retired, with a step of honorary rank, on 1st July 1883. The Army List assigns him no war service.

Lif.utexant-Colonel Arthur Theophilus Lodoe

Patch, Madras Medical Service, retired, died at Bangalore on 27tli April 1913. He was educated at Aberdeen, where he took the M.B. and C.M. in 1880, also the D.P.H. subse-

quently in 1894, and entered the I.MS, as Surgeon on 2nd April 1881, becoming Surgeon-Major on 2nd April 1893, and Lieutenant-Colonel on 2nd April 1J01, retiring on 19th Juno 1901. He served in Burma from 1887 to 1890, in the

operations of the third Brigade, in operations round

Nyingyan, and also with the Myaing column, receiving the medal and clasp.

The Council of the Royal College of Surgeons, England, have adopted a resolution congratulating the I.M.S. centenarian, Surgeon-Major H. B. Hinton, on the comple- tion of his hundredth year. Dr. Hinton took the M.R.C.S. in 1835, seventy-eight years ago !

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Charles Leffler Armin, Bombay Medical Service, retired on 30th June 1913. He was born on 2nd January 1S63, took the M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P., London, in 1887, and the D.P.H., of the London College in 1892, and entered the I.M.S. as Surgeon on 31st March 1888, becoming Major on 31st March 1900, and Lieutenant-Colonel on 31st March and being placed on the selected list on 25tli April 1911. The Army List assigns him no war service. His substantive appointment was that of Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, Guzarat Registration District, but since 8th June 1911 he had been on furlough.

As we have already announced, the designation of the

Secretary to the D.-G., I.M.S., will in future be Deputy Director-General, I.M.S. Lieutenant-Colonel Bruce Seton, v.H.S., I.M.S., continues in

that appointment, while Major J. Gould, M.B., i.m.S., is

appointed to be Assistant Director-General, I.M.S. (Stores) with effect from 4th April. The Secretary to the D.-G., I M.S. in the Sanitary Department, will in future be known as the Assistant Director-general I.M.S. (Sanitary).

Lieutenant Colonel Kanta Prasad, i.m s., retired from the service in June 1913. He has had leave out of India on medical certificate since November 1911. He took the M.B. & M S., Edinburgh, and also the triple qualification in 1885. He entered the service in March 1888, in the same batch as the late Major D. M. Moir and Sir James Roberts, c.i.e. He spent most of his service in civil employ in Burma. He is an expert linguist and passed examinations in Burmese, Kacliin, Maru, Manipuri, Pushtu, Shan, and holds the degree of Honour in Urdu.

334 THE INDIAN MEDICAL GAZETTE. [Aug., 1913.

The Commander-in-Chief in India is pleased to make the following appointment:? Major C. W. F. Melville, I.M.S., is confirmed in his ap-

pointment as Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services (Mobilization), 1st (Peshawar) Division, with effect from 19th December 1912 (Reference India Army Order No. 2 of 1913).

The following paragraph is going round the papers : " The 'Father' of the Army.?The distinction of being

Father of the British Army is said to belong to Surgeon- Major H. B. Hendon, late of thelndian Medical Service who reached the patriarchal age of 100 on March 7. Born two and a half years before Waterloo, he became assistant-sur-

geon in the Bengal Army in 1839, during the Viceroyalty of the second Lord Auckland and when General Sir Jasper Nicolls was Cominander-in-Chief in India. He served in the Maliratta war in 1813, which ended in the victories of Maha- rajpore and Punniar, fought on the same day, and during the campaign in 1845-46 in the battles of Sobraon and Aliwal. He retired forty-five years ago, and has since resided in Australia." We gave an account of this I.M S. veteran's service in our

columms (I. M. 0April 1913, p 165).

Dress?British Officers of the Indian Army.?The Govern- ment of India have been pleased to sanction the adoption by British officers of the Indian Army and Indian Medical Service of the stand-up collar pattern frock, serge, universal, described in Dress Regulations for the Army, 1911, para- graph 28, with the following modifications

(i) It will be of serge of the colour authorised for the present serge frock in those units wearing other than blue.

(ii) Coloured collars and cuffs, piping, etc., will be retain- ed in those units and corps for which these distinctions are at present authorised.

2. Existing patterns may be retained until worn out when officers should provide themselves with the authorised pattern.

The undermentioned officers have been permitted by the Most Hon'ble the Secretary of State for India to retire from the service, subject to His Majesty's approval, with effect from the 30th June 1913. Colonel Herbert St. Clarke Carruthers, Indian Medical

Service, Madras. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Robert Woolbert, M.B., F.R c.s.,

Indian Medical Service, Bengal. Lieutenant-Colonel John Bland Jameson, m.b., Indian

Medical Service, Bombay.

Lieutenant-Colonel Mackintosh Alexander Thomas Collie. M B., Indian Medical Service, Bombay, is permitted to retire from the service, subject to His Majesty's ap- proval, with effect from the 30th June 1913.

Colonel Carruthers was educated at Charing Cross Hospital and took the diploma of L. R. C.P. & S., Edinburgh, in 1878. He entered the service on 30th September 1878 and served in the Afghan war of 1879 80- He was for a long time Medical Store-keeper at Madras, and was appointed I. G. of Civil Hospitals, Burma, on 30th June 1908; he went on 7 months' leave on 9th November last and completed his tour of 5 years as an Administrative Officer on 29th June 1913. His place in Burma has been taken by Colonel A. O. Evans, who has been confirmed iij this appointment.

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Woolbert, m.b., f.r.c.s., I.m.s., took the M. B., London, in 1884, and the English F.R. C.S. ; he entered the service on 1st October 1885, and has been for long in civil employ under the Foreign Department; he was put on the selected list on 1st April 1910. He went on leave out of India on 29th March 1912; he gets one of the compensation pensions of ?100 for the current financial year, but would not have completed his 30 years' service till 23rd December 1913. The Army List assigns him no war service.

Lieutenant-Colonel John Bland Jameson, i.m.s., m.b., entered the service on 11th March 1890. He served in the N. W. Frontier Miranzai Expedition of 1891 (medal and clasp); the iMohmand Expedition 1897-98, despatchps, medal and clasp; and in the Tirah Expedition of 1897-98, and Bara Valley in December 1897 (clasp). He has been in civil employ, Bombay, for several years. An elder brother of his, Surgeon-Major Jameson, died in India about 13 years ago.

Lieutenant-Colonel M. A. T. Collie, i.m.s., was educa- ted at Aberdeen and took the L. R. C. P. & S. of Edinburgh in 1878 and M.B., M.S. of Aberdeen. He entered the service on 31st March 1883, and has been chiefly in civil employ in Bombay and was well known as Physician to St. George's Hospital in Bombay. He completed 30 years' service for pen- sion on 29th June 1913,

The following promotions are made, subject to His Majesty's approval

Captains to be Majors, I.M.S.

Frederick William Sumner, M.B., F.R.O.S.E,,?27th Decem- ber 1912- William Duncan Ritchie, M.B. } John Kenneth Sprot Fleming Evelyn Charles Hepper George Charles Lovell Kerans Christopher Bird wood McConagliy, M.B. John Beresford Christian J?27th June 1913. Andrew Murphy, M.B. Frederick Troughton Thompson, m.b. Laurence Percival Brassey, M.B. Colin Forbes Marr, M.B. Patrick Laurence O'Neill J

Captain F. W. Summer therefore gets accelerated pro- motion, his first commission dates from 29tli January 1901, and in a previous notification Captains G. Fowler and S. Bose of this batch were gazetted Majors with G months' accelera- tion.

Major J. W. Watson, i.M.S., an Agency Surgeon of the 2nd class, is granted privilege leave for two months and thirty days, with effect from the 23rd May 1913.

Captain T. S. B. Williams, i.m.s., an Agency Surgeon of the 2nd class, on return from leave, is posted temporarily as Agency Surgeon in the Eastern States of Rajputana, with effect from the 23rd May 1913.

The following promotion is made, subject to His Majesty's approval

Lieutenant to be Captain, I.M.S. Cecil George Howlett, M.B.,?29th January 1913. Captain Howlett's first commission is dated 29th January

1910, and he has recently been officiating in medical charge of 9th Bhopal Infantry.

Major F. W. Sumner, i.m.s., Civil Surgeon, on completion of his training at Kasauli, was posted to Farrukliabad.

Professor W. J. Simpson, c.m.g., left London in June for the East Coast of Africa, where he will conduct an inquiry in regard to plague and sanitary matters generally. During his absence Colonel W. G. King, C.I.E., i.m s. (retd.), will act for him.

Captain A. F. Babonau, i.m.s., plague medical officer, Jhelum, was granted two months and G days' privilege leave from 15th June 1913.

Captain N. AI. Wilson, i.m.s., made over charge of the duties of the Superintendent of the Dera Ghazi Khan District Jail to Senior Assistant Surgeon S Dalip Singh on the fore- noon of the 2nd of June 1913.

Captain A. C. Keates, i.m.s., made over charge of the duties of the Superintendent of the Campbellpur District Jail to Assistant Surgeon Feroze-uddin on the afternoon of the 3lst of May 1913.

Major C. A. Spravvson, m.d., i.m.s., has b->en appointed Professor of Medicine at King George's Medical College, Lucknow, with effect from 1st July 1913.

Captain J. H. Horton, d.s.o.,i.m.s., joins the Bombay Civil Medical Department.

Lieutenant-Colonel E. V. Hugo, f.r.c.s., i.m.s., is

granted furlough from 1st October 1913, for one year.

Captain H. H. Thorburn, i.m.s , an officiating Agency Surgeon ff the 2nd class, is posted as Agency Surgeon, Meshed, and ex-officio Assistant to His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General and Agent to the Government of India in Khorasan, with effect from the 1st June 1913.

Captain F. E Wilson, i.m.s., an officiating Agency Surgeon of the 2nd class, is granted privilege leave for three

months, combined with furlough for one year and study leave for nine months, with effect from the 6tli May 1913, under Articles 233 and 308 (b) of the Civil Service

Regulations, and the Regulations prescribed in the Notifica- tion by the Government of India in the Army Depart- ment, No. 867, dated the 6th September, 1912,

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No. 1075, 1st class Military Sub-Assistant Surgeon Zahir- ud-din Khan, Indian Subordinate Medical Service, is appointed to hold charge of the current duties of the office of Agency Surgeon, Meshed, in addition to his own duties, with effect from the 6th May 1913, and until further orders.

Mr. E. W. Marsh, l.r.c.p. & s. (Edin.), d.p h (Edin ) who was appointed to be a Civil Assistant Surgeon on proba- tion in the Burma Civil Medical Department, Notification No. 315, dated the 9th October 1911, is confirmed in that appointment, with effect from the 21st October 1911.

The following appointments and postings are ordered in the Civil Medical Department. Burma :?

Captain E. A. Walker, I.M.S., is deputed to Kasauli for training in Clinical Bacteriology and Technique. Captain H. W. Farebrother, k.a.M.C., is appointed to hold

collateral charge of the Civil Surgeoncy, Meiktila District, during the absence of Captain E. A. Walker, i.m.s.

Captxin F. P. Connor, F.RC.S., i.m.s., lias been granted by His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, study leave from the 1st November 1912 to the 22nd April 1913, less seven day's excessive vacation.

His Excellency the Governor of Bombay in Council is pleased to make the following appointments, vice Lieutenant- Colonel M. A. T. Collie, M.B. (Abdn.), C.M., i.m.s., retiring:? Lieutenant-Colonel T. Jackson, M.B , n.cli. (k.u.i.), I.m.s., to be Physician, St. George's Hospital, Bombay. Major H. Bennett, M.B., c.M., B.sc. (Edin.), f.b.c.s. (E.),

i.m.s., to be Civil Surgeon, Alimedabad.

Major R. W. Anthony, m.b., c.M. (Edin ), F.R.C.S. (E.), i.m.s,, to be Civil Surgeon, Karachi.

Major A. F. W. King, i.m.s., has been granted privilege leave of absence for two months and twenty-eight days, with effect from the 19tli June 1913, or the subsequent date of relief.

His Excellency the Governor of Bombay in Council is pleased to appoint Captain M- p. A. Kureishi, i.m.s., to act as Civil Surgeon, Aden, ill addition to his own duties, during the absence on leave of Major A. F. \\. King, f.r.c.s. (E.), I.M.S,, or pending further orders.

Captain W. E. Brierley, i.m.s , has been appointed a Specialist in Operative Surgery from lotli June.

Captain P. M. Rennie, i.m.s., is appointed substantively Medical Officer of 32nd Sikhs.

Captain F. Stevenson, i.m s., is appointed to the medical charge of 39th C. I. Horse.

Owing, it is said, to the reduction of the garrison in S.Africa only 5 Commissions were available at the R. A. M. C. Entrance Examination on -3rd July 1913.

The services of 2nd Class Assistant Surgeon J. C. Milburn, I.S.M.D., are placed at the disposal of the Government of Burma, for employment on plague duty, with effect from the 22nd March 1913.

Major H. Innes, I.M.S., Civil Surgeon, Kliasi and Jaintia Hills, Assam, is appointed to officiate as Civil Surgeon, first class, with effect from the 8th May 1913, vicc Major A. Leventon, I.M.S-, on leave-

His Excellency the Governor of Bombay in Council is pleased to make the following appointments Lieutenant-Colonel S. E. Proll, m.b., b.s. (Lon.), i.m.s., to

act as Health Officer of the Port of Bombay during the absence on deputation of Lieutenant Colonel VV. E. Jennings, m.d., c.M. (Edin ), D P.H. (Dub.), I.M.S., or pending further orders.

Major J. L. Marjoribanks, M.D., D P.H. (Edin.), I.M.S., to act as Health Officer of the Port of Aden and Medical Officer, European General Hospital, Aden, vice Lieutenant- Colonel S. E. Prall, I.M.S., pending further orders.

The Civil Surgeon of Bahraich is ordered to hold visiting medical charge of the Gonda district, vice Major R. F. Baird, i.m.s,, transferred to Benares.

Lieutenant-Colonel J. K. Close, i.m.s., Civil Surgeon Allahabad, is placed on special duty at Naini Tal.

Lieutenant-Colonel \V. Young, i.m.s., Civil Surgeon, Cawnpore, is placed on special duty at Naini Tal.

Lieutenant C. G. Honvlett, i.m.s., medical officer, 9tli

Bhopal Infantry, is appointed to officiate, in addition to his

military duties, as Cantonment Magistrate, Fyzabad, vice

Major E. G. S. Trotter, granted leave.

The civil assistant surgeon attached to the sadr dispensary, Conda, to hold civil medical charge of that district, in

addition to his other duties, vice Major II. F. Baud, I.M.S., transferred to Benares.

Captain N. S. Simpson, i.m.s., officer on plague duty, on completion of his training at Kasauli, is posted to the charge of the Lucknow circle.

Captain A. F. Babonau, i.m.s., was transferred on 19th

May to Ambala as Plague Medical Officer.

Lieutenant T. A. Hughes, i.m.s., was appointed Specialist in the Prevention of Disease, Bannu, with effect from 5th

May 1913. ?

Captain A. J. Lee, i.m.s., is appointed Specialist in

Electrical Science, 6th (Poona) Division, from 30th April 1913.

Captain W. It. J. Scroggie, i.m.s.. was granted 2 years and 15 days' leave and is not due out till 28th Mayll915.

Major S. A. Russak, i.m.s., got an extension of 5 months' study leave and is due out 01111th November 1913.

Major J. J. Kobe, i.m-S., returns from furlough on 25th October 1913.

Major J. W. Cornwall, i.m.s., is due out from two years' leave on 9th September 1913.

Captain A. G. McKenhriok, i.m.s., is not due out from

furlough till 23rd February 1915.

The services of Captain F. W. Cragg, i.m.s., have been

placed at the disposal of the Government of India, Education Department, for special duty.

Privilege leave for three months, in combination with furlough for one vear and study leave for six months, under Articles 233 (i), 200, 303 (ii) and 308 (b) of the Civil Service Regulations and Rules 2 and C of the Study Leave Rules, was granted to Captain M. F. lteaney, m.p.., d.p.h., m.r.c.s., l.r.c.p., i.m.s., Civil Surgeon, Akola, with effect from the 29th June 1913, or subsequent date.

Captain F. P. Connor, i.m.s., f.r.c.s., and Captain C. A. Gill, i.m.s., d.p.h., have both taken the Diploma in

Tropical Medicine and Hygiene of the Royal Collego of Physicians, London.

Lieutbnant-Colonel W. Molesworth, i.m.s., is due out from furlough 011 Hth December 1913.

Lieutenant-Colonel F. C. Pereira, i.m.s., has gone on 14 months' leave and is not due out till June 1914.

Lieutenant-Colonel R. H. Elliot, f.r.c.s., i.m.s., is due out from combined leave on 18th November 1913.

Major W. J. Niblock, i.ms., Professor of Surgery, Madras, is due out from 15 months' leave in December 1913.

Major G. B. Harrison, i.m.s., was due out from lon^ leave 011 lltli July 1913.

Major A. Miller, i.m.s., got one month's privilege leave in June 1913.

The services of Lieutenant Colonel C. Duer, m b., f.r.c.s. I M.S., are replaced at the disposal of the Government of Burma, with effect from the 1st May 1913.

Lieutenant-Colonel C- H. James, c.i.e., f.r.c.s., i.m.s. is confirmed in the appointment of Civil Surgeon' Simla (West), with effect from the 1st May 1913.

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Major E. O. Thurston, m.b., f r.c.s., i.m.s., is appointed to officiate as Professor of Surgery, Medical College, Calcutta, and Surgeon to the College Hospital, during the absence 011 leave of Lieutenant-Colonel R. Bird, M.v.o., c.i.e., m.d., f.r.c.s., i.m.s., or until further orders.

336 THE INDIAN MEDICAL GAZETTE. [Aug., 1913.

Tiie services of Lieutenant-Colonel H. B. Melville, m.b., I M S., are placed at the disposal of the Chief Commissioner of Delhi.

Major Thomas Stodart, m.d., is promoted to be Lieutenant-Colonel, I.M.S., with effect from 30tli January 1913, and he also receives accelerated promotion.

The King has approved of the confirmation of the commis- sion of the undermentioned Lieutenant on probation of the Indian Medical Service, with effect from the 27th July 1912 :? Jordan Constantine John, m.b.

Military Assistant-Surgeon' Mill was appointed Civil Surgeon of Sambalpur, vice Major A. Sanderson, i.m.s., transferred.

On relief by Captain W. J. Fraser, M B., F.R.C.S., i.m.s,, on return from privilege leave, senior grade Civil Assistant Surgeon Lakshmi Narayan Chaudliri, l.m. & s., Officiating Civil Surgeon, Chhindwara, is re-posted to the Main Dis- pensary, Saugor.

On relief by Civil Assistant Surgeon Muhammad Ali, l.m. & s., Major V. H. Roberts, F.R.C.S-, i.m.s , Officiating Civil Surgeon, Seoni, is transferred in the same capacity to Chanda.

On relief by Major V. H. Roberts, f.r.c s., i.m.s., Major J. C. S. Oxley, F.R.C.S., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.T.M., I.M.S., Civil Surgeon, Chanda, is transferred to Amraoti.

On l-elief by Major J. C. S. Oxley, f.rc.s., m.r.c.s., L.R.C.P,, d.t.m., i.m.s., Captain J. M. A. Macmillan, m.a., m.b., ch.n., f.h.c.s., L.RC P., i.m.s., Civil Surgeon, Amraoti, is transferred to Hoshangabad.

On relief by Captain J. M. A. Macmillan, m.a., m.b., cIi b., F.R.C.S., L.R.c.r., I.M.S., 1st grade Civil Assistant Surgeon Bipin Behari Gupta, B-M. & s., officiating Civil Surgeon, Hoshangabad, is re-posted to the Main Dispensai'y, Hoshangabad.

On return from the leave granted him by Orders No. 578, dated the 14th March 1912, and No. 276, dated the 3rd February 1913, Major G. Fowler, L.R.C.P. & s., D.p.ii., i.m.s., Civil Surgeon, is posted to Akola.

Major D. H. F. Cowin, i.ms., Civil Surgeon, 2nd class, is appointed Medical Adviser to the Patiala State, with effect from the date on which he assumed charge of his duties, vice Lieutenant-Colonel C. H. James, i.m.s., transferred.

Major H. R. Nutt, i.m.s , has been granted an extension of leave for one month and 13 days up to 31st October 1913.

Major H. W. Illius, i.m.s., officiating Civil Surgeon, Rae Bareli, is deputed to Kasauli for training in clinical bacteriology and technique.

The services of Captain H. C. Brown, i.m.s., officer on

special duty, are replaced at the disposal of the Government of India, Department of Education, with effect from the date on which ho relinquishes charge of his present duties.

The Civil Surgeon, Lucknow, to hold visiting medical charge of the Rae Bareli district, vice Major H. \V. Illius, i.m.s., deputed to Kasauli.

Mr. H. G. H. Munrowd, officiating Civil Surgeon, Garo Hills, is vested with powers equivalent to those of a Magistrate of the third class as defined in the Code of Criminal Procedure (Act V of 1898) and with the powers of an Assistant Commissioner under the rules for the adminis- tration of the Garo Hills district prescribe_d under section 6 of the Scheduled Districts Act, XIV of 1874, to be exercised within the Garo Hills district.

In supersession of Government Notification No. 4364, dated the 10th June 1913, His Excellency the Governor in Council is pleased to appoint Major J. L. Marjoribanks, m.d., d.p.h. (Edin.), I.M.S., to act as Health Officer of the Port of Bombay, during the absence on deputation of Lieutenant- Colonel W. E. Jennings, m.d., C.M. (Edin.), d.p.ii. (Dub.), I.M.S., or pending further orders.

Mr. Frank Rodrigues, l.m. & s., has been appointed as a temporary Civil Assistant Surgeon with effect from the 22nd May 1913.

Major W. Glen Liston, c.i.e., m.d., d.imi., i.m.s., Director, Bombay Bacteriological Laboratory, has been granted privilege leave of absence for two months and fourteen days, with effect from the loth of June]913, and placed on deputation for a period of a fortnight after the expiry of his privilege leave.

His Excellency the Governor in Council is pleased to appoint Captain T. H. Gloster, m.b., d.p.h., i.m.s., to act as Director, Bombay Bacteriological Laboratory, during the absence of Major W. Glen Liston, c.i.e., m.d., d.p.h., i.m.s., or pending further orders.

His Excellency the Governo? in Council is pleased to appoint Captain A. J. V. Betts, M.B. (Lond.), i.m.s., to do duty as Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, Western Registration District, vice Major J. L. Marjoribanks, m.d., d.p.h. (Edin ), I.M.S., as a temporary measure, pending further orders.

The following promotions and reversions are ordered in the Civil Medical Department, Burma :? Major F. A. L. Hammond, I.M.S., First Class Civil Surgeon,

sub. pro. tern., is appointed to officiate as First Class Civil Surgeon with effect from the 1st May 1913, the date on which the services of Lieutenant-Colonel C. Duer, i.m.s., on leave, were replaced at the disposal on the Government of Burma.

Lieutenant-Colonel J. Penny, i.m.s., officiating First Class Civil Surgeon, on combined leave, to revert to his appoint- ment as Second Class Civil Surgeon, with effect from the 23rd January 1913, on the expiry of the privilege leave portion of his leave.

Major P. Dee, I M.S., who was appointed to officiate as

a First Class Civil Surgeon in this department Notification No. 30, dated the 17th January 1913, to continue to officiate as a First Class Civil Surgeon in place of Lieutenant-Colonel T. W. Stewart, i.m.s., on leave. Major A. Fenton, I.M.S., who was appointed to officiate

as a First Class Civil Surgeon in this department Notifica- tion No. 31, dated the 17th January 1913, up to the 6th

January 1913, to continue to officiate as a First Class Civil Surgeon up to the 22nd January 1913, in place of Lieutenant- Colonel J. Penny, I.M.S., on privilege leave, and from the 23rd January 1913, in place of Lieutenant-Colonel Castor, I.M.S., on leave.

Major F. V. O. Beit, I.M.S., to officiate as a First Class Civil Surgeon with effect from the 2uth December 1912 to the 6th January 1913, both days included, in place of Lieutenant-Celonel J. Penny, I.M.S., on leave.