3. In noticing that no portion of the expendi--
ture† objected to, was, to the best of my recollec--
tion, made during my incumbency, I feel satisfied
that my predecessors, in making these outlays,
either acted under the sanction of Government, or
exercised with due judgment, for the benefit of the
hospital , a discretion which, under the then existing system, was fully allowed
to them.
Any data which are wanting may be supplied
from the Office, and by reference, if necessary, to
Mr. Partridge and to Drs. Eatwell, Francis, and
Ewart, during the time of whose administration
of the Principalship the sums noted in the margin
were received, and the various expenditures in ques-
tion from the " Hedger," "Fagan," "Elias," and
"Wise" Funds, were made.*
In the absence of my Office documents, this
explanation must be less full than could be desired ;
but the main questions at issue are readily answered.
Rs. As. P.
Hedger's legacy
... 2,000 0 0
Fagan's
„
... 2,850 0 0
Elias' ,, ...
3,766 1 2
Wise's ,, ...
263 6 0
Robert's ,, ...
600 0 0
„
Medical College Hospi-
tal account
... 2,100 0 0
Sailors' Fund
... 649 1 1
Govt. advance for ready
money purchases ... 3,000 0 0
These were the sums originally received.
D. B. S.
*If I recollect rightly, Dr. Ewart
did not make any such expenditure.
N. C.
Sums originally
received.
†Unless, possibly, the Rs. 880-13-6
from the Fagan endowment, which
were allotted to the asphalting of the
hospital.
The records will show whether this
was the case.
N. C.
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REPORT ON THE CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
Annual interest.
Rs. A. P.
Elias Fund
.., 285 6 8
Medical College Hospital
account
... 86 14 6
Sailors' Fund
... 22. 5 0
Maharajah of Ulwar ... 44 8 2
Gopal Lall Tagore's
Fund
... 399 14 0
Prince Golam Maho-
med Fund
... 1,459 11 0
Hodgson Fund
... 169 7 2
2468 2 6
9. The annual interest on sums now invested
amounts to Rs. 2,468-2-6, as is shown marginally.
10. To this would be added in future the
annual interest on Rs. 1,283-7-3, which it is proposed
to invest as suggested above, paragraph 5.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
DAVID B. SMITH, M. D.,
Offg. Principal, Medical College.
MEMORANDUM.
The following remarks are submitted in explanation of questions raised
in the Inspector-General's letter, paragraph 20, pagel4, and paragraph 14 of the
Government resolution, page 3, printed in the " Report of the Calcutta medical
institutions for the year 1871," which has reached me to day.
Thus it will be seen that the main sums ex--
pended from the Hedger, Fagan, and Elias Funds,
were devoted to the extremely needful object of
asphalting and paving the hospital. I have ex--
pressly shewn in my report (Appendix A, para. 1,)
that the Rs. 2,000 of the Hedger legacy were thus
spent " by sanction from the Bengal Government :"
and I think that reference to the Office records will
show that the like expenditures from the Fagan
and Elias Funds were also duly authorized.‡
‡The expenditure of these sums was
reported to the Government by Dr.
Eatwell, in his Annual Report of the
Medical College Hospital for the year
1859, and allusion is made to the im--
provements thus effected in letter No.
335, dated FortWilliam, 6th July 1860,
from Rivers Thompson, Esq., Junior
Secretary, Government of Bengal, to
the Principal Inspector General, Me--
dical Department.
D. B. S.