dismissal. I would here point out that under existing rules the Principal has
not sufficient power over the pupils, and that his hands require to be
s t r e n g t h - e n e d . D i s m i s s a l i t s e l f c e a s e s t o b e f e a r e d , w h e n i n t h e o r d i n a r y c o u r s e o f
things months elapse before it is sanctioned. The Principal should be armed
with a more summary power of dismissal, power to inflict fines, and to refuse
a n n u a l i n c r e a s e o f s t i p e n d i n c a s e s o f i n c o m p e t e n c e , n e g l i g e n c e , a n d i n a t t e n t i o n .
8. Teachers.—There has been no change in the staff of Teachers since last
report, and I am glad to be able to speak as usual in high praise of the zeal and
efficiency of Babus Doorga Doss Roy, Jadub Kishon Ghose, and Nundoo Lall
G h o s e .
They have all well deserved the increase of salary which has just been
awarded to them. The services of 3rd Class Hospital Assistant Dilawar Khan
in the Anatomical department, and of 1st Class Hospital Assistant Mohammad
Hoosmon, who has given me much assistance in keeping the books and accounts,
have also been found most valuable.
9. General working and progress of the School.—The general working of
the School and the progress of the students has been fairly satisfactory.
10. Babu Durga Doss Roy gave 98 Lectures on the Principles and Prac--
tice of Medicine, 55 on Physiology, and held 45 examinations on the two sub--
jects. He speaks highly of the attention and respectful behaviour of his class.
N o s t u d e n t a b s e n t e d h i m s e l f w i t h o u t l e a v e m o r e t h a n s i x t i m e s . T h e B a b u
regrets very much the failure to a certain extent in attention and earnestness of
the Maratha Bramin Pupil, Ramchunder Vishnu, from whom so much has been
expected. The conduct of this student, he says—" contrasts very unfavourably
" with what he did in former years. Being one of the Maratha race, and pos-
" s e s s i n g g o o d n a t u r a l p a r t s , h e h a s b e c o m e t h e m o s t i n t e r e s t i n g s t u d e n t o f t h e
"whole lot; and as a consequence, we, his teachers, watch his career with a most
"anxious eye. It is therefore no exaggeration to say that his failure during the
"past session has caused the greatest amount of pain to us all. The reason of
"this we have ascertained to be the new rules of the School, which, by doing
"away with the local nature of the service for which they are preparing, have
"rendered it very likely for our students to be sent to foreign service, as indeed
"has been proved in the case of the last batch of our Hospital Assistants.
"Without arrogating to myself any power of foresight, I might be permitted to
"observe that this state of things does not appear to be very well calculated to
"fulfil the objects of our school, which, as is well known, are two, viz., 1st, to serve
" a s a s o u r c e f r o m w h i c h t o d r a w t h e r e c r u i t s o f t h e l o w e r g r a d e s o f t h e s e r v i c e ;
"and 2nd, to disseminate through its alumni the modern European Medical sci- -
"ence among the people of this part of the country. I need say nothing with
"regard to the first object, since there can be no question the service could be
"recruited by any person duly qualified. As regardsthe 2nd object, the new rules,
"inasmuch as they recognize only one general military service for the whole
"of India, prove a great drawback to us. While I fully admit the validity of
the argument that two different rules cannot be made for the same service, I
can- "not persuade myself to believe that a compromise at the hands of our liberal Go-
"vernment is too much to ask. The compromise I allude to is like the one
"obtaining in the Bengal School of Medicine, where in addition to the Military
"class of the Vernacular department, they have a Bengali one, the pupils of
"which are allowed an opportunity to serve the Government as Bengali class
"native doctors, a service which I believe is purely local."
The Babu's remarks on these points appear to me to be worthy of consider-
action and I do not therefore hesitate to quote them at length. I fully agree