benevolent founder, Mr. Pestonjee Hormisjee Cama, upon ground which was the gift of Government. As it will take two years to complete the building, the Committee have engaged two bungalows for a temporary Hospital, which will shortly be opened. The Report also mentions that twelve female students have taken advantage of the opening of the Grant Medical College to women, and have completed their first year in a satisfactory manner.

The Medical Report of the Dispensary, signed by Dr. Edith Pechey, M.D., states that on July 7th, the day of its opening, nine patients presented themselves, and by the end of the week the numbers had increased to such an extent that it was computed that the crowd asking for admission must have numbered over 300. It was therefore necessary, to avoid clamour and confusion, to restrict the number each morning to 100. The admission was arranged by tickets given out each day. During the five months that the Dispensary has been open 1,961 women and 857 children-in all 2,818 patients have been under treatment for a longer or shorter period. As Miss Ellaby, M.D., now assists Miss Pechey, there has been no restriction since the new year on the number of patients to be admitted. The nationality of the patients is given as follows: Jews, 81; Mussulmans, 1,246; Hindoos, 767; Goanese, 225; Parsees, 453; Europeans, 37. The catalogue of diseases includes a very large variety of medical and surgical cases. It is evident that the Dispensary answers to a real want. The new building, opened by Lord Dufferin, is much more adapted than the temporary one for the work of the institution; but until Hospital accommodation is provided, it will not be possible that all possible good can be done, as many cases that are treated at the Dispensary demand the constant attendance which only a Hospital can afford. The current expenses of the Dispensary, other than the salaries of the lady doctors, are paid out of a monthly grant of Rs. 500, generously promised for three years by the Bombay Municipal Corporation.

The Committee are to be congratulated on the remarkable success which, through their unremitting exertions and the very liberal co-operation of wealthy residents of Bombay, has been attained in less than two years in regard to their important aims.

INDIAN INTELLIGENCE.

The Bombay Factory Commission has issued its Report, which deals fully with the matters submitted for its consideration. The Commissioners recommend that whatever changes are made the law should be similar throughout India, instead of being confined to the Bombay Presidency. They insist on the need of improved sanitary arrangements, and give their opinion that plans for mills to be erected should be prepared by a Committee appointed for that purpose. With regard to hours of work, they consider that no interference is needed for adult males. The Commissioners fix upon nine years as the age below which children should not be admitted to work in factories, and they suggest that the limit should be gradually raised to ten. The limit of the age of children is raised from twelve to thirteen, after which the child is to be looked upon as an adult. The hours of work for children are to be from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., with an hour for rest and meals. With respect to women, it is proposed that they should not work before 6 a.m. or after 6 p.m., and that they should also have one hour for rest and meals. One day's rest in the week is urged to be necessary.

A Meeting has been held at Calcutta, under the presidency of the Lieut.-Governor, to consider the question of a memorial to the late Kristodas Pal. Over 2,000 persons, representing all sections of the community, attended. His portrait had been placed at the back of the platform. The speeches made on the occasion were earnest and stirring, and the characteristics of Kristodas Pal's public life were vividly brought forward. The memorial resolved on was an Eye Infirmary, which was felt to be a fitting memento of one who had laboured unremittingly for the relief of suffering.

Nawab Abdul Luteef, Khan Bahadur, Suburban Police Magistrate, has retired from the service of Government after a course of nearly thirty-six years. He has at different times been a Justice of the Peace, a Municipal Commissioner, and a Member of the Legislative Council, and is a prominent member of the Mahomedan community.

Among the gentlemen who have lately received the honour of being made Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire, we are glad to observe the names of Rev. K. M. Banerji, a

Senior Fellow and an Hon. Doctor of Laws of the Calcutta University, and a Municipal Commissioner of the Town of Calcutta; and Rao Sahib Mahipatram Rupram Nilkanth, Principal of the Ahmedabad Training College.

The Hon. W. W. Hunter presided at the Anniversary Meeting of the Sobha Bazaar Debating Club at Calcutta, at which Mr. N. Ghose read a Paper on Social and Domestic Reforms. Dr. Hunter said that the discussion which followed the paper had shown practical unanimity on two points: first, that a reform in the position of Hindu women had become an urgent necessity; secondly, that that reform cannot be effected by legislative intervention, or by official interference from without. "Get public opinion," he said, "on your side, and custom will soon grow out of public opinion." He dwelt on the necessity of education for women, and of providing a suitable literature for them. He also urged that the Society should translate standard Indian books for the benefit of English people.

We have much pleasure in stating that Mr. Jagadish Chunder Bose, B.A. Cantab., has been appointed Professor of Physical Science in the Presidency College, Calcutta.

We have received a Gujerati song, called GARBI, composed by Mr. K. N. Kabraji (the harmony arranged by Mr. P. de Silva), which was sung by a choir of 100 young native ladies on the day of Lord Ripon's departure from India. The girls were mostly from among the pupils of the Sir Jamsetjee's School, and those of the l'arsee Girls' School Association. They were assisted by about 20 well-known young ladies from Parsee families. Khan Bahadur M. C. Murzban had specially erected a small pavilion on the Esplanade main road opposite the Queen's statue. The carriage containing the Marquis of Ripon and the Governor, and that with the Marchioness of Ripon and Miss Fergusson, pulled up, by previous arrangement, in front of the pavilion. The choir of young ladies then sang standing, to a harmonium accompaniment. During the singing of the Garbi they beat time with their hands in native fashion, with regularity and precision. The performance occupied seven minutes, and it concluded with a verse from the Gujerati translation of the National Anthem, translated by Mr. K. N. Kabraji, who was specially introduced by the Governor to the Marquis of Ripon. Some bouquets and garlands were presented to all the party by the superintendent of the Parsee Girls' Schools, and by the head mistress of the Fort School; and

as the procession left, the girls strewed the ground with flowers from their platform.

An Urdu newspaper, the Jalwai-i-toor, published at Meerut, contains an account of a meeting held on January 4th, by the arrangement of Pundit Ram Pershad, pleader, at Boodhana, which was attended by all the gentlemen of the town and the officers of the Tehsil. After the recitation of some hymns in Sanskrit, the object of the meeting was explained; namely, to form a Dharam Updesh Sabba (a religious instruction Society), to meet once or twice a month, and to start a monthly Journal for the benefit of the members. Two Pundits were appointed Patrons of the Society, and some of the members were requested to agree to deliver lectures on religious and moral subjects.

PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Examiners for the Boden Sanskrit Scholarship have provisionally elected (subject to receiving satisfactory proof of age) L. G. Bhadbhade, commoner of Balliol College, Oxford.

The following gentlemen were called to the Bar on January 27th Kumar Shri Harbhamji Ravaji of Morvi, B.A. Cambridge (Lincoln's Inn); Khirode Behary Dutt, Calcutta University (Lincoln's Inn); Jijibhai Edalji Modi, B.A. Bombay University (Lincoln's Inn); Mohammed Rafique, B.A. Cambridge (Middle Temple); Jitendra Nath Palit, Campbell Foster prizeman, Common Law prizeman and scholar (Middle Temple); Mohamed Abdul Majid (Middle Temple).

Mr. Ardasir C. Homji, of Bombay, who is studying Engineering at the Hendon Institute, Sunderland, has been elected a Member of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders.

Mr. Abu Reza has joined the Inner Temple.

Mr. P. V. Ramasawmi Raju, B.A., Tamil and Telugu Lecturer at University College, London, has been appointed lecturer at Oxford during this term to the Classes in connection with the Indian Civil Service.

Departure.-Mr. Mohamed Abdul Majid, for Allahabad.

The Annual Meeting of the National Indian Association was held on Saturday afternoon, February 28th, at the Society of Arts, and was numerously and influentially attended. The Chair was taken by the Marquis of Ripon, K.G., G.C.S.I., and among those present were Lady Hobhouse, Sir Barrow Ellis, K.C.S.I., Mrs. Carmichael, Sir John Clark, Bart., General and Mrs. Keatinge, General Macdonald, Mr. and Mrs. Jehanghier Readymoney, Arthur Brandreth, Esq., Mrs. Monier Williams, Dr. K. P. Gupta, J. B. Knight, Esq., C.I.E., Miss S. D. Collet, Mr. and Mrs. Fitch, W. Martin Wood, Esq., Rev. J. E. Carpenter, W. Lant Carpenter, Esq., Mrs. D. P. Cama, Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Cama, Dr. D. N. Roy, William Taylor, Esq., James Cropper, Esq., M.P., C. R. Lindsay, Esq., U. K. Dutt, Esq., Pundit B. N. Dar, Rev. James Long, John Troup, Esq., and many others interested in India.

Mr. THOMAS H. THORNTON, C.S.I., moved the first Resolution, "That the Annual Report of the National Indian Association for 1884 be adopted and circulated." He said it would be a relief and a pleasure to some of those present to turn for a time from the strife of parties to the consideration of a policy on which all parties were agreed, the policy of promoting to the utmost the development of friendly relations and good will between the people of India and the people of England. The Report was a