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Sea, the Sun and Solar Phenomena, Light and Colour, theGreat Exhibition Buildings, Electro-Metallurgy, and the Manu-facture of Artificial Precious Stones. Mrs. Lankester contributes a paper upon the White Clover, and Dr. Ashe an essayupon the Human Heart. Besides these, we have short reviewsof various works, and a general summary of recent scientificprogress.

The Rot in Sheep; its Nature, Cause, Treeatnaent, and Preven-tion. Illustrated with Engravings of the Structure andDevelopment of the Liver-Fluke. By JAMFS B. SIMONDS,Professor of Cattle Pathology in the Royal Veterinary Col-lege, &c. pp. 96. London : Murray.So far as we can judge, this appears to be an able monograph

upon an important subject. Mr. Simonds leans to the theorythat associates the true cause of " rot" with the developmentof the distoma 7tepaticu?n.

London and its Environs; a Practical Guide to the Metropolisand its Irtcinity. Illustrated by Nlaps, Plans, and Views.pp. 391. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black.To those of our foreign medical confrères who may be visiting

the " Great Metropolis," and require a guide to its bewilderments and wonders, Messrs. Black’s volume may be recom-mended. A few errors relative to the recent alterations madeas regards the days and hours of admission to some of the publicmuseums, &c., have unfortunately crept in. These, however,must not be allowed to militate against the general excellencies

. of the work. ’

NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONFOR

THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL SCIENCE.

SIXTH ANXUAL MEETING.

THE following is the programme of proceedings for the weekin the Fourth Department-PUBLIC HEALTH.

President: William Fairbairn, Ei=q.. F.R.S.Vice Presidents: William Farr, M.D., F.R.S.; John Simon,

Esq., F.R.S.; Thomas Watson, M.D., F.R.S., Presidentof the Royal College of Physicians.

FRIDAY, JUNE 6TH.-Address of the President of the De-partment.

Dr. Letheby: On the Progress of the Rates of Mortality inthe City.Benjamin Scott : Ancient Water Conduits and Modern

Drinking Fountains of London.Dr. Waller Lewis : On the Health, past and present, of the

Working Classes of the General Post office.SATURDAY, JUNE 7TH.-A. E. Durham : On the Comparative

Hygienic Arrangements of the French and English Hospitals.Dr. J. C. Steel : Hospital Dietetics.Dr. Markham : London Hospital Abuses.Dr. Thnrle: What are the proper Situa,tions for our Metro-

politan Hospitals ?Dr. Miller: Condition of the Pauper Insane.Dr. Dobell : On the Prevention of Disease, and the Miti-

gation of its Fatality.MONDAY, JUNE 9TH.- Mr. Godwin : On Overcrowding-

Remedial Measures.Robert Rawlinson : The Principles of House Drainage and

Town Sewerage.Alderman Mechi: On the Sewage of Towns as applied to

Agricultural Purposes.W. Spooner Hill: Report on the Sewers and Sewage of

Birmingham.TUESDAY, JUNE IOTH.-Dr. E. Lankester: On the Genera-

tion of Typhoid Fever.Dr. Lyons : Fevers.

Two o’clock P. M. -Meeting of the Ladies’Sanitary Association.The Lord Mayor in the chair. ’

Evening Meeting at Burlington House - Discussion on theEtfects of Occupation on Health.

WEDNESDAY. JuNE 11TH. -Dr. Milroy: On the Health ofthe Army and Navy compared together.

Dr. Hassall : Observations on the Employment in the Artsof Scheele’s Green or Arsenite of Copper, and other MetallicPigments.Mr. Ernest Hart: The Sale of Poisons, and the Prevention

of Accidental Poisoning.D. Symes Prideaux: Noxious Vapours.The late Dr.M ’Wiliam: The Health of the Mercantile

Marine.Dr. Edward Symes Thompson: On the Dangers from Sani-

tary Defects in places resorted to by Travellers in search ofHealth.

THURSDAY, JUNE 12TH.-Dr. Letheby: On the Duties of aMedical Officer of Health.

Dr. Graily Hewitt: On a Common Cause of Mortality amongChildren.

Mrs. M. A. Baines: Excessive Infant Mcrtality-How can itbe Stayed ?A. Bryson: On Quarantine as a Means of Preventing the

Spread of Infectious Diseases.Dr. E Haughton : On the Influence of Amusement on the

Public Health.

FRJDAY, JUNE 13TH.-Sir Joshua Jebb: Ventilation.Dr. Sanderson : Observations on the Natural Movement of

the air in Public Buildings similar to Hospitals, and the Appli-cation of Artificial Means of Ventilation, founded on an Expe-rimental Inquiry into the Ventilation of St. Mary’s Hospital,Paddington.

Dr. Aldis: Gas, its Effects upon Health, and the Results ofGas Legislation.

EDWIN LANKESTER, M. D., F. R.,qo.,W. 0. MARKHAM, M.D., ,Secretaries.G. MILROY, M. D.,

Secretaries -

R. RAWLINSON, Esq., C.E., J

THE

ROYAL MEDICAL BENEVOLENT COLLEGE.

JOHN D. JONES, M.D.

To tlu Editor of TaE LANCET.

SIR,-In the conversation respecting the above College de-tailed in THE LANCET of the 17th ult., p. 528, in Mr. Cattlin’svery temperate letter, Mr. Propert is asked, " If, when the newbuilding (enlarging the school) be completed, the charge of theexhibitioners would be reduced to the original promised sum of£30 ?" Mr. Propert answered, that" each exhibitioner cost theCollege £43; therefore he was sorry that he could not hold outqny hope that the sum would ever be reduced below £40."This statement was made at the annual general meeting of the

College on the 12th ult. -

The rules of the College say that each exhibitioner shall paythe prime cost of his education ; but by Mr. Propert’s state-ment it appears the College funds are mulcted this year at leastX3 for each exhibitioner. The Council act thus notwithstand-ing the Solicitor. General’s decided opinion that they have notthe power to devote one farthing of the funds of the Collegetowards the education of the exhibitioners. I think, therefore,that by their own laws and their own construction of the Actof Incorporation they are liable to a Chancery proceeding ifthey do not charge each exhibitioner £43. Next year the primecost may be, for what we know, £50 ; and this necessarilyfluctuates everv year with the cost of provisions, and the generalmanagement of the College. This uncertainty of charge mustcreate dissatisfaction, must lead to perpetual cavilling, and issubversive of the best interest of the school.The class of education cannot be too high, nor the charge

too low, to meet the urgent want of the profession ; and I fullybelieve that, unless a change is made at once before the newschool buildings are occupied, it is highly probable that a rivalschool will be started, and a large falling off in the number ofmembers will naturally take place. All well-wishers of theRoyal Medical Benevolent College must hope that some planmay be devised to render this great institution worthy of ournoble profession. I am, Sir, your obedient servant,

Queen’s-road, Dalston, June, 1862. JOHN D. JONES, M.D.

SUPERANNUATION ALLOWANCES TO MEDICAL OFFICERS.- At the meeting of the Royal Medical Benevolent FundSociety of Ireland, held on Monday at Dublin, resolutions werepassed urging the claims of medical officers to superannuationallowances.