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and Surgeon-Captain Clark were deputed to the duty of medically examining
the passengers by trains, and to their careful work, disagreeable as it was and
at hours that kept them early and late at the Railway Stations, must be ascribed
the decided check very early given to the movement of the sick. Assistant-
Surgeon MeMullen, at Kotri, also was useful in this work. In this work, too,
were associated the Lady Doctors, Miss Duggan and Miss Nash, and one or two
Nurses. And in every possible way the Lady Doctors were most helpful—in
searches, in treating the very few Pardah sick, and in giving confidence by their
mere presence.
The successful exertions of Mr. M. D. Mackenzie and Mr. Vaughan, I. C. S.,
at Tatta, where they were well aided by Diwan Shiwandas, the Vice-Président
of the Municipality, and of Mr. Brayson at Kotri, where Seth Lalchand, a
Municipal Commissioner, maintained the camp at his own cost, have been
narrated.
To Seth Vishindas, of Karachi, a very special tribute is due, both for
building and maintaining at his own charges a temporary hospital, where all
castes were welcomed, and which was well managed to the last, and also for
establishing grain shops in the camps and in several parts of the city at a time
when, owing to the flight of the Banias, or petty shop-keepers, grain was
getting dangerously scarce. This benevolent gentleman sold the grain at cost
price, and personally supervised both shops and hospital, and is entitled to the
special notice of Government. The Acting Commissioner tenders to him his
hearty thanks.
And also to another gentleman, Mr, Motiram Advani, is special recognition
due, who in an incredibly short time produced ample funds for the Plague Relief
Fund, and then rendered the signal service of expending the money in the most
judicious and careful way, so that the sick and the Nurses lacked nothing, and,
so far as he could ascertain; the indigent and the orphan were helped.
Passing to other districts, Mr. Dodgson, I. C. S., the Collector of Hyderabad,
worked with an energy and judgment that had already won the Acting Commis-
sioner's high commendation, when the over-strain, to some extent caused by the
attitude of the upper classes who failed in the commencement to understand
that plague results from the transgression of certain laws, obliged him to take
furlough and leave his unfinished task.
Mr. C. E. S. Steele, who acknowledges in unqualified terms the assistance
he received from Mr. Gloster, took charge of the Collectorate, and carried his
heavy and extensive charge safely through the crisis, displaying qualities that
won him general confidence. With him were associated Surgeon-Lieutenant-
Colonel Henderson, of whom mention has been frequently made, Major Price,
Commanding the Baluch Regiment, and Surgeon-Captain Cater Jones, A.M.S.
Major Price rendered the full assistance of the Military, and himself took
charge of a part of the town. Surgeon-Captain 0. Jones organised and manag-
ed the camps. Of both officers the Collector speaks highly, and also of Mr.
Hiranand Khemsing, the President of the Municipality. To Mr. Hiranand it
was specially due that the plague measures were supported by the Municipality
and that the opposition already alluded to quickly subsided. These officers
were assisted by Mr. Knight, I.C.S., the Judge, who took charge of a quarter,
Mr. Rieu, I.C.S., who also is specially mentioned by Mr. Steele as having pre-
pared the Hyderabad report, by Captains Fowler, Tighe and Southey, and by
Lieutenant Dyke, by Mr. Divatia, by Messrs. Heskath and Bayliss, and by Surgeon-
Major Avetoom and Surgeon-Captain Jackson. Several Municipal Commis-
sioners also helped, among whom Mr. Kauramal did specially good work. The
Collector also favourably notices the work done by Diwans Manghirmal and
Thawardas, Mr. Rozare, A'bkári Inspector, Mr. Chuharmal, Public Prosecutor,
Mr. Contractor, Head Master, Mr. Kotwal, Municipal Secretary, and Messrs.
Tarachand and Poredi, Health Officers. Of the work of the Revd. A. Canney,
C.M.S., and of Miss Pigott, Zenana Mission, in Mr. Dayaram's Plague Hospital
notice has been taken.
In the Shikárpur District, Mr. W. ,H. Lucas, I. C. S., did a splendid bit
of work. The Collector awards him high praise. Surgeon-Major Corkery
and Mr. Ingle, the Secretary to the
both Members of the Plague