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youth, and consequently are very unfit for the of the estate. Should a house be left to two high situations in which they are in manhood or more sharers, to prevent the evil conseoften placed. There is some truth in this;quences described in No. 43, it should be at but when we legislate in India, let us take the once sold and the proceeds paid to the parties. good and leave the bad, when we borrow from I am informed by several English merchants English law hitherto we have usually done who have lived among the people, that they just the contrary. have reason to believe that many of the younger sons, particularly among the Hindoos, would be pleased with such a law to prevent the ruin of the old families and my own enquiries incline me to the same opinion, The operation of it would be peculiarly beneficial among the Mahometan families of rank. The system of the British GovernIment has been to exclude these from all

Three rules therefore are required:

First. The quantity of land in the actual possession of each owner or cultivator having been ascertained, it should be declared that as long as he paid his rent, he should not. be disturbed by anything, but a decree of a Civil court.

Second. To abolish the absurd anomaly official employment; by the division of the between the law and practice, both of Hindoos family property no one of the descendants and Mahometans, and to enact that every man has sufficient to keep up the appearance of shall be absolute bona fide owner of the pro- his ancestors; and the consequences is, that perty of whatever nature which he may now having nothing to look forward to, they too possess or hereafter acquire, without reference often lose all self-respect, spend their lives in to the means by which it was acquired-pro- licentiousness and debauchery, and die in vided, of course, they were legal according to debt and in disgrace. The division of prothe existing law and practice-and that he perty is one great cause of this. All the sons may absolutely dispose of it by gift, sale, of a nuwab, like French counts, are allowed, will, or any other legal mode.

Thirdly. That all real property of any person dying intestate, should pass to his eldest son or heir.

at least tacitly, to adopt the title, and each thinks himself too grand a personage to accept any inferior employment; but the eldest prohibited from adopting the title, their pride would be lessened, and they would be more

N. B. Entails should be absolutely pro- willing to accept employments, especially hibited.

since the very respectable situations of Deputy Collector, and Principal Suddur Ameen are now open to them, and might thus become respectable or valuable members of society.

I cannot see that this slight infringement of their customs implicated in the last rule, would be any hardship on the people, since every one has it in his power to avoid coming under that law. I would even go farther, and to prevent But to conclude. To attempt to rescue the litigation, would enact that when a man divi- land tenures from the "indescribable conded his property to several parties, unless he fusion" to which they have been reduced by had so specified and defined the share left to "settlements made in confessed ignorance," each, so that there could be no mistake, the by "revenue management conducted without will should be null and void, and the real pro-judicial investigation," and by "judicial deciperty should devolve to the eldest. There sion without revenue knowldge." To remedy might also be a minor provision that on an the anomaly and absurdity which exists eldest son succeeding to his father's landed between the law and practice of both Hindoos property, by the latter's dying intestate, he and Mahometans,—and to create some private should be required to give his brother and and defined property in land, are objects of sisters who remained unmarried,* a small paramount importance. The three suggesannuity in money for their lives; the amount of tions contained in this paper, would, if carthis to be reckoned in proportion to the rent ried into effect, do more to regenerate the Upper Provinces, and to attract skill and capital to that part of the country, than any others that could be devised.

* This may surprize some of my readers; but in Mahometan families old maiden ladies are not uncommon; and I have known a Hindoo girl who was unmarried at twenty-six years of age, not because there was any thing against her character; she was of low rank, so there could have been, one should suppose, no difficulty in procuring a husband.

A FRIEND TO INDIA.

July 18, 1835.-Hurkaru.

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A Special General Meeting of proprietors took place at the Bank on Wednesday morning the 9th December, at noon, for the purpose of considering certain propositions for adapting the amount value of shares to the recent change in the currency, and also, of determining generally, as to the disposal of the remaining shares."

Mr. JAMES W. ALEXANDER was called to the chair. The following paper of propositions, by Mr. W. Carr, was then read to the Meeting :

"

As doubts have arisen as to the terms upon which new subscriptions to the Bank should be received, and no provision has been made originally, for adding to the price of shares a premium proportioned to the dividend paid by the Bank; with reference also to the change in the currency of India rendering necessary some arrangement for determining the future value of Shares-it is suggested:

"That the sum of Sa. Rs 33-5-4 per share, be reserved from present dividends, to be added to the capital of the Bank, making the value of each share Sa. Rs 2,533-5-4 or Company's Rupees 2,700; and that it be open to future General Meetings, to reserve further sums in a similar manner out of dividends, for eventual increase of the value of shares, if found expedient.

"Further-that in order to provide against an accumulation of capital stock disproportioned to the probability of immediate business, the Bank be open to subscription during the current year 1836, and until the meeting of January, 1837, to the extent of one hundred shares only, and that the option of subscribing be reserved for the present proprietors only, until the half yearly meeting in July, 1836."

In reference to an amendment of the above suggestions, it was moved by Baboo Dwarkanath Tagore and duly seconded :-

"That each share of the Bank be increasel to 3,000 Company's rupees; the proprietors paying the difference betwren 2,500 Sa. Rs and 3,000 Company's ruwhich will increase the capital stock by two lacks of Company's rupees.

pees,

"That the four hundred unsubscribed shares be withdrawn, and no further subscription be received. If the proprietors hereafter, from the nature of the Bank business, consider it expedient to increase its capital, let them have an increase on their own shares."

tal of the Bank, making the value of each share Sa. Re 2,533-5-4 or Company's rupees 2,70'; and that it be further in the option of each proprietor, by an additional subscription of Company's rupees 300 to increase the value of each share held by him, to Sa. Rs 3,0 0, provided such subscription be tendered on or before the 15th July, 1836."

By Mr. Dick:

"I beg to propose an additional amendment, which is, that we reduce the shares to Company's rupees 2,500 each, paying the difference to such shareholders as like to receive the same, and allowing those who so prefer, to pay the difference, and any surplus required to a fresh share."

After considerable discussion of these amendments and the original propositions, it was moved by Mr. Cockerell and carried by a large majority:

"That the proposals now laid before the meeting be circulated amongst the Proprietors, with a request that they give their vote for one or other of them at the General half yearly Meeting to be held on or about the 15th January next."

It was subsequently proposed by Mr. Dickens and carried nem con:

"That the capital of the Bank be extended by the creation of a new share to each of the present shareholders of 3120 Sa. Rs and such new shares be consolidated with the present shares, so as to make the total amount of each share, Company Rupees 3,0.0, and further that this proposition be circulated along with the others."

It was then further proposed by Mr. Parker:

"That the four hundred shares which have not been

taken by the public be cancelled; and that the stock of the Union Bank shall consist of the six hundred shares already subscribed for, and that if the proprietors hereafter consider it expedient to increase the capital of the Bank, the increase be effected by further payments upon each of the said six hundred shares as above, at such rates as may be determined upon."

These propositions were ordered by the Meeting to be circulated, with the others, to the Proprietors.

Mr. COCKERELL, following up the above proposition of

The following amendments were then proposed by Mr. Parker, moved:

Mr. H. M. Parker:

"That the value of Union Bank shares be fixed at

Company's rupees 2,700-and that the sum requisite for making up this value be reserved out of the next dividend."

By Mr. Fullarton :

"That the sale of the remaining shares be stopped until all the questions now pending, be decided."

This motion was carried nem. con.

The thanks of the Meeting were then voted to the "That the sum of Sa. Re 33-5-4 per share be reserv- Chairman, and the Proprietors adjourned.--Bengal ed from the forthcoming dividend to be added to the capi-Hurkaru.

AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF INDIA.

At a General Meeting of this Society, held in the Town Hall, this-day, Wednesday, 9th December, 1835.

Colonel DUNLOP, V. P., in the chair.

9.--Extract of a note from I. C. Marshman, Esq., to the Officiating Secretary, dated 28th November.

Thirteen Members present, among whom was His stated that the expense of cleaning the cotton by the Excellency the Commander-in-Chief.

The following gentlemen proposed last month, were elected by ballot:

J. C. Wilson, Esq., D. B. Syers, Esq., and Captain W. Speirs.

John Allan, Esq., and Baboo Mutty Loll Seal, were re-elected.

NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED.

Captain A. Bogle, (Assam,) proposed by Mr. John Bell, seconded by Colonel Dunlop.

James Pontent, Esq., proposed by Mr. John Bell, seconded by Mr. Storm.

The name of a native Member was ordered to be withdrawn for non-conformity to the rules of the Society.

The officiating Secretary had received from the press the greater number of copies of the Society's report upon experiments at Akra, which he had distributed to resident Members, and was only waiting a reply from Government, to enable him to forward others to Members in the

Mofussil.

The proceedings of the last Meeting were read and confirmed.

The following communications were read :

1. From His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief to the Officiating Secretary, acknowledging election. 2.-Two letters from Ross D. Mangles, Esq., Secretary to the Government of Bengal, bearing date the 10th and 24th November, on the subject of the Society's bill for monthly allowance.

3. From W. H. Oakes, Esq. Civil Auditor, on the

same.

"In reading the proof, I find that is very confidently churkee far exceeds that of the expense incurred by the use of the sawgin. When at Mirzapore I saw a very elaborate paper by Mr. Truscott, in which by the most minute calculation, it is clearly demonstrated that the I will write to him churkee is the cheaper of the two.

immediately and endeavour to obtain a copy of it, and lay it before the Society. His paper is replete with the most important information and would throw a flood of light on the subject of cotton."

10.-From W. C. Hurry, Esq., to the Officiating Secretary, asking the loan of the sawgin in the Society's room for Mr. Crane.

The Officiating Secretary, satisfied that the Society would have no objection, delivered the sawgin to Mr. Hurry's order, having previously read to Mr. Crane the extract above quoted, who has promised to lay the result of his personal observation before the Society.

11.-From W. C. Crane, Esq., to the Officiating Secretary, dated 30th November, presenting the seed of the ground ratan, which was gathered in July last. The Malays entertain very extravagant notions regarding the interval of its seeding, some not hesitating to declare that it only yields once in a thousand years. It is exceedingly graceful in appearance, and worthy the notice of the curious.

12. The Officiating Secretary presented a yam of unusual dimensions, which he obtained from an Arab in the Bazar, the produce of Malacca, also the stems and heads of large species of grain produced in his garden from New Holland seed received through C. K. Robison, Esq. in June last.

13. From Colonel Dunlop, dated 1st December, presenting some seeds from Cashmere, received through Captain Wade, Political Agent in Loodiana. Sir B. Fane expressed a wish to send part to England, but on examination pronounced the different kinds of grain to be very inferior. The Honorable Mr. Melville proposed notwithstanding to forward some.

4.-From C. K. Robison, Esq., dated 16th November, enclosing two letters to his address from W. Cracroft, Esq., of the Bengal Civil Service, dated Sydney, 11th August, advising the shipment of a small box of garden seeds for the Society, and directing the cost to be imputed to his arrears of subscription, and recommending J. Warren, of Market-street, East Sydney, as Seedsman. 5. From Messrs. Willis and Earle to the Officiating Secretary, dated 17th November, intimating their in-interesting remarks on experiments made in cotton from effectual endeavours to procure for the Society a supply of cotton seed from North America direct, and returning the sum which had been placed in their hands by the Society in 1833.

6.-From Grant Thorburn, of Hallet's Cove, Long Island, New York, to the address of Dr. N. Wallich, dated 1st June, 1835, acknowledging receipt of Doctor Wallich's letter of the 26th December, 1834, with a bill of exchange for £60-12-9, and a box of seed from the Calcutta Botanic Garden-intimating that every care would be taken to execute the order for vegetable and cotton seed, to meet the cost of which the bill was sent, but nothing is said as to when the seeds may be expected. 7.-From Mr. J. W. Masters, presenting in the name of Dr. Wallich the 3d Annual Report of the Royal

Horticultural Society of Cornwall.

8. From Captain A. Bogle to the Officiating Secretary, dated Assam, 7th November, 1835, requesting to be admitted a Member of the Society, and to be furnished with all possible information on the culture of country products, especially in regard to sugar, cotton, oil seeds, the nurture and management of the silk-worm, &c.

The Officiating Secretary had, on receipt of Captain Bogle's letter, sent the several numbers of the Society's transactions already printed, including their Report on Akra, and a copy of his own pamphlet on the growth and manufacture of sugar, &c. in the West Indies..

14. From John Palmer, Esq., to the Officiating Sccretary, dated 26th November, politely promising to precure for the Society, through the medium of an Ameri can friend, a supply of cotton seed, and submitting some seeds sent by him to parties at Jellasore and Cuttack.

15. From Mr. J. W. Masters, dated 30th November, with a copy of a letter from Sir Robert Colquhoun, to the address of Dr. Wallich, on the subject of the Society's petition to Parliament touching the equalization on W. and E. India sugars.

Sir Robert had been peculiarly unfortunate in his mission. Mr. W. Whitmore was out of town, and not a member of the present Parliament: but Sir Robert forwarding the letters of Sir E. Ryan and Dr. Wallica to his address had solicited from that gentleman e benefit of his influence in behalf of the petition.

Earl Fitzwilliam was also absent, but Sir Robert Col

quhoun had forwarded Dr. Wallich's letter and the pe

tition.

In this dilemma, Sir Robert being on the eve of proceeding to Scotland, consulted Mr. W. Crawford, Mein"who had most kindly and ber for the City of London, zealously undertaken to present our petition, and as he enters most feelingly into the justice of the claim, i have no doubt of his giving it full support."

16. From Mr. J. Duhan of Dinapore, dated 13th October, enclosing a memorandum of three cases of seed ordered by the Officiating Secretary on account of the Horticultural Society of Madras,

.7.-From C. K. Robison, Esq., dated 7th December, the Officiating Secretary in the name of Mr. J. J. Dissending a plan of his continuous still. Mr. Robison's well for distribution. former explanatory letter on this subject was read, and the Secretary was directed to lay Mr. Robison's plan and paper on the table for the perusal of any Member who might wish to study it.

18.-A further supply of Indian corn was presented by

The thanks of the meeting were offered for the various contributions. JOHN BELL, Officiating Secretary. Calcutta, Town-Hall, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 1835. [Hurkaru.

MEDICAL AND PHYSICAL SOCIETY.

Proceedings of a Meeting of the Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta, held at the Asiatic Society's apartments, December 5, 1835.

Donald Stewart, Esq., M. D., Assistant-Surgeon on the Bombay Establishment, Dr. Hughes, Surgeon on the Madras Establishment, Dr. Cantor, of Calcutta, and William Brydon, Esq., Assistant-Surgeon on this Establishment, proposed at last Meeting, were elected Members of the Society.

Dr. Macreery and Mr Assistant-Surgeon Burt, of H. M's 9th Regiment, by Dr. Demster and Mr. Hutchinson, and J. Bowron, Esq., Assistant-Surgeon on this Establishment, and Dr. Bain, practitioner in Calcutta, by Mr. Hutchinson and Dr. Cameron.

Read a letter from Mr. Bell of Almorah descriptive of two cases of tumor successfully extirpated by him. The subject of Mr. Bell's first case was a zemindar, who was admitted into hospital with a fungoid tumor on the back part of his scull, about an inch in height and three in circumference, of soft and spongy texture, intimately connected with the pericranium; the surface was a mass of ulceration of a livid color, which bled on the slightest irritation; discharge thin and fetid, pain severe; it had annoyed him for many years, and had resisted the efforts of many native practitioners to destroy it by escharotics. Mr. Bell removed the diseased mass at once. It bled profusely. In the subsequent dressings of the wound, it was touched with the polassac calee, and in a short time the sore was completely healed. Mr. Bell upon this remarks on the value of using escharo-tics, in destroying the surface of wounds made by the removal of tumors of a doubtfull character. The second case was a female who had a large sarcomatous tumor on the great trochanter and front part of the right thigh: the swelling was firm and hard throughou, and from its strong attachment not in the least pendulous. It commenced five years ago, and having attained the size of an orange remained stationary without pain till within the last six or seven months when it rapidly encreased, causing great uneasiness by its weight, and the dragging of the surrounding parts. Ulceration had taken place on the top, with a trifling and very offensive discharge accompanied by great constitutional irritability. With the assistance of Mr. Darby, Mr. Bell removed the tumor, little blood was lost during the operation and but one artery required to be tied; in a short time the wound healed, and the woman returned home. On examining the mass, it was found to consist of a gristly substance strongly resembling cartilage in some parts, in the centre there was a small cavity containing serum whence Mr. Bell thinks the term ho.o-cartilage might be more properly applied to these swellings than sarcoma.

Read a letter from Dr. Benza, Surgeon to the Hon'ble the Governor of Madras, descriptive of a post mortem examination of a tiger.

The subject of the case was a full-grown male, which died in the Government Park at Madras. The animal for some days before his death had refused his food and appeared very ill, his breathing was deep and quick, he was hot and feverish, and his belly tense and painful. In this state he remained for several days, never attempting to change his position, passing no foeces, and scarcely any urine. The body was examined twelve hours after death. The abdomen coutained about five pints of very offensive thin yellow fluid. the abdominal and viceral peritoneum were highly inflamed. The illum for about

three inches of its lower third was swollen, and converted into a hard tumor, having six perforations through its coats; the widest (more than three lines in diameter,) was closed by a portion of bone, and sharp pointed speculæ were seen projecting through the other foramina: the colon and ilium were much contracted. Within the swolen part of intestine were many loose pieces of bone, and a round ball formed of several angular bits of bone agglutinated and bound together by a kind of net-work of hair and wool. This ball adhered slightly to the intestine by means of an adventitious tissue which was highly injected. Dr. Benza remarks on the singular anomaly of finding undigested bone so low down in the intestine of an animal possessed of such digestive power as the tiger, and accounts for it by supposing, that these pieces of bone became entangled in the stomach with the wool and hair of the sheep, which formed the ordinary food of the animal; these latter substances being more indigestible than the bones, covering them with a sort of felt coat protected them from the action of the gastric juice, and thus the whole ball passed down unchanged into the intestines. At length this ball being deprived of the greater portion of its wooly covering, the spiculæ became exposed and protruded against the intestine, greatly irritating it, thereby causing a thickeaing and constriction, by which these pieces of bone were held in one position, until they produced ulceration. Dr. Benza's account was accompanied by a preparation of the perforated intestine.

PRESENTED FOR THE LIBRARY.

A small work in Sanskrit and Nagree, entitled Chikit Sharnava, or the River of Medicine, by te Rajah Kalikrishna, a corresponding Member of the Society.

The following original communication was presented at the Meeting: "Observations on the uses of lodine and its compounds in Bengal." By D. Stewart, Esq., M. D.

The following papers were then read and discussed, viz. A topographical and statistical account of St. Helena, by Dr. McRitchie, Medical Staff of that island.

Case of dislocation of the eumerus, in which reduction was effected after an interval of one month and four days, drawn up by Mr. Reil, of the Colingah Dispensary-and presented by Principal Bramley.

Esq., M D.
Notes on irregularities of mensturation, by D. Stewart,

Dr. McRitchie states the island of St. Helena to be situated in 6° 55' South latitude and 5° 43' West longitude, length 11, breath 7, circumference 28 miles, surface in acres 30,300, the exterior in almost all places nearly perpendicular, containing a great number of lofty feet, many others are nearly as high, considerably exeminences, the highest of which, Diana's Peak, is 2,697 ceeding 2,000 feet. With regard to its geology the au thor writes on the authority of Mr. Bloxam that the cliffs which surround the island consist principally of rugged and steep banks of lava, many of them regularly stratified by successive layers of volcanic matter, amongst which in some places veins of a red sandy appearance are visible. The vallies and ridges in the interior are composed of Basaltic lava in its most compact state, together with celiul ir, and many other varieties in every stage of decomposition. All the vallies and intermediate ridges appear to concentrate into one large basin on the South side of the island, which is evidently part of a vol

canic crater from whence this island has been formed. maximum 820 minium 71°. The variations of the BaroThe ridge called Diana's Peak forms one edge of this meter are extremely small. The quanity of rain which erater inclining gradually towards the sea, whence it is fell in 1826 at Plantation House was 40 inches, at Longconcluded that the remaining ridge necessary to com- wood, 39 inches, at James' Town 8 inches . Few opplete the crater is buried beneath the ocean. The vol-portunities occur at St. Helena of observing the fall of canic matter and lava appear to have flowed from this dew very accurately; owing to the light showers and immense crater in every direction, and to have formed mist with which the island is constantly overshadowed. the ravines and vallies and intersecting ridges of the island. The edge of the crater from Diana's Peak round from the West less frequently, and from the North very The prevailing winds are from the South and S. E, to the opposite side is well defined. There is no appear- seldom. The population of St. Helena in December ance of any other crater in the island. In cutting away 1834 was 4977, being 2113 whites, and 2864 colored the lava at Sadddle Hill, many feet below the surface, small bones have been found incrusted with stalactite. people. The average number of deaths annually appear The author accounts for the existence of these bones by to be about 80. The total number of admissions into supposing that the animals may have crept into crevices Hospital of the troops on the island, during the last 4 in the rock, and there died; for if a bed of lava in the years, were 1930, the strength of the Garrison being about 800. The total number of sick of all classes liquid state had flowed over them they would probably have been consumed, and could not have been incrusted admitted into the General Hospital during the same with stalactite. The volcanic fire, Mr. Bloxam says, period including the troops was 2669, of whom 2609 must have ceased at some very remote period, and there recovered and 60 died.-The fatal cases were principally is little probability of its ever breaking out again, as the pulmonary, pepatic and bowel affections. The prevailisland is small, and the combustible matter appears to ing mortality assimilates closely to that of Great Britain, be entirely consumed. especially in the frequency of pulmonary affections. These diseases are most fatal to the former classes. The diet of those people consists chiefly of rice and fish and a good deal of salted meat, and they are much given to the use of spirits and tobacco. Scrophula is a disease well known in St. Helena, Dr. MacRitchie states that blood letting is highly necessary in the inflammatory and mixed fevers of the island, but that people of color do Europeans; rheumatism, gout and nephritic affections, erysipelas, urticaria, and varicella, are frequent, but confluent small pox is unknown. Measles were very mortal in 1807, since which it has disappeared from the island. Tetanus and trismus are almost always fatal, mental ailments are not uncommon, elephantiasis and lepra frequently attack the people of color, puerperal convulsions were very fatal in 1821 as well as croup, and that dangerous modification to sore throat described by Dr. J. Hamilton, Junr., in the 2d edition of his work on female complaints.

The minerals of the island belong to the family in which silex predominates, to the calcareous and to the argillaceous families, to the mineral ore containing iron, and lastly to lava. Silex in the shape of quartz is rarely found, chalcedony and jasper and opal in small quantities. Pitchstone more frequently and obsidian or pumice stone very sparingly and very light. Of the calcareous not bear up so well against the effects of that remedy as earths gypsum is found in several varieties; calcareous spar and stalactites of carbonate of lime are not unfre-, quent. The argillaceous minerals are hornblende in the form of crystals embedded in lava. The clays of the island exist in the form of different volcanic masses in a state of decomposition, vary in color according to the quantities of iron contained; pieces of iron ore are found very rich in the metal. The forms of lava met with are principally close or bassaltic, and honey comb or porous. The highly divided state of the siliceous matter of the soil renders the island almost impermeable to rain and moisture, and in this way entirely prevents vegetation in many places.

The climate is extremely variable between the valley of James' Town which is 600 feet above the sea and Plantation House which is 1684, there is difference of from 8° to 10° of the thermometer. Fires are necessary in the country during the months of July, August and September, but in James' Town they would be very disagreeable at any period of the year. The hardy trees of Europe and of the higher latitudes of Africa cannot be reared in the vallies, but flourish on the hills in singular association with many tropical plants. The island is frequently overshadowed by a fog, which protects it from the rays of the sun for days together; this unlike other fogs is perfectly dry. The cumulus and cirro-cumulus are the most frequent forms of clouds. Thunder is very rarely heard at St. Helena, but lightning is common in dry weather.

There are more than 160 excel'ent springs on the is. land, the hourly discharge of water from 4 of the principal ones, (situated from 589 to 6 0 feet above the sea), in January, July and December, was 3600 gallons, the temperature of the water 69 and during a most severe draught in 1821 and 1825 the number of springs which totally failed did not exceed 4 or 5. The maximum tem- ! perature at Plantation House is 73° minimum 59°; at Longwood minimum 57° maximum 74°; James' Town

The subject of Mr. Reid's case was a Hindoo, 30 years of age, who came to the Colingah Dispensary on the 26th of May, with a dislocation of the right shoulder joint; the head of the os humeri was distinctly felt in the axilla. The man stated the accident to have occur red a month and four days before; but Mr. Reid doubts whether it was not of longer standing, as the limb had already acquired some degree of mobility in its new position, and the arm could be nearly approximated to the side. An attempt was at first made by Mr. Bramley by placing the heel in the axilla, and extending by manual force, but in vain. The patient was then placed in a chair and the shoulder having been fixed by a proper bandage, extention was made by four strong men by means of a folded towel with no better result; the pullies were therefore applied and two grs. of tartar emetic in solution administered; the extension was kept up for eight minutes, when the tape gave way. Mr. Reid however unwilling to abandon the object in view, gave two more grs. of tatar emetic, and again commenced gradual extension; at the expiration of 22 minutes he was agreeably surprised to find that the head of the bone had slipped in its natural socket, and in a few days the man was perfectly well.

Hurkaru.]

JAS. HUTCHISON,
Secretary to the Society.

EXAMINATION AT THE PARENTAL ACADEMIC INSTITUTION.

The thirteenth Annual Examination of the Pupils at this Institution was held on Thursday the 10th December. The room though spacious was crowded to excess on this interesting occasion by visitors, many of whom were unable to find seats. The business of the day commenced at 10 o'clock precisely with the examination of the junior classes. The following statement exhibits the studies in which the boys were principally questioned, the limited

time allotted for this work not permitting a wider range of subjects to be embraced.

The first class was examined in mathematics, natural philosophy, moral philosophy, political economy, history of India and book keeping.

The second in Latin, natural philosophy, mathematics, Scripture history, history of England and history of India.

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