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JUNE 14. 1853.

gOje. ACADEI
tjaA RaIIII3II
Aten onelugno,

ONDON and
11-WESTERN RAIL-
Of the Proprietors
that a Special General Meeting
rroprietors of tilt. North-Western Railway Com-
s-station, Euston-square, London,
for tOrd be held at t. aY, the 25th day
...we, 1853, at Twelve
o'clock at noon,
Aills P"rPcse of considering and approving, or otherwise, certain
'l,(ane"OW before Parliament, promoted by the London and North-
ipectiorl Itailwa Company, or in which they are interested, re-
entitleY d as follows :
4nYtßlll to enable the London and North-Western Railway
Railway
03afet", Oxford, Wortester, and Wolverhampton Railway, and to
init. Certain other powers with respect to the last-mentioned rail-
slA
t
Daily 0 enable the London and North-Western Railway C. o
a m-
branth''
tconstruct a railway from near Tring to Oxford, with a
bin Oxford, and for other purposes."
PttayA f, to enable the London and North-Western Railway Com-
illa f; construct branch railways to Saint Alban's and Amersham,
a...tiler purposes."
kny to"' to enable the London and North-Western Railway Com-
borough construct a railway from Northampton to Market Bar-
kid other Wlth a branch therefrom, all iu the County of Northampton,
parposesp
)m3,4113111 to enable the London and North-Western Railway Com-
With tii,'ecnistruct branches to Stotubridge, and to form a Junction
TORnah„
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway, in the
Other „..P of th,per Swinford, in the County of Worcester, and for
,:orpotes.”
Ploy 4to enable the London and North-Western Railway C0m-
.„.1114 IraZnstruct a Railway from near WellinAon to Coalbrookclale
'ire IN, ridge, with a Branch to the Hadley Station of the Shrop-
Ptata.o—°ll Railway, all in the County of Salop, and for other pur-
.
C.:tamjut for enabling the London and North-Western Railway
etherwitY to construct a Railway from Crewe to Shrewsbury, amt
Naar '4lB in connection with their undertaking, and for ether pur-
r. nut thereto."
Aid4' 1 for conferring additional powers on the London and
.North-
their %%Railway Company with reference to the construction of
branch, and for making an 4ll for alteration in such branch,
`,',`..er Purposes."
era tu for making a Railway from the London and North-West-
P 4 rekt,ZantaY,
Junction at Willesdßailwen, to
ay, the
with East a
branchand W
tothest Indie
Dcks and
forthloottuk and
4,ll4.lresterc Junction Railway, to be called The North and
1,
other estern, Hampstead, and City Junction Railway,' and for
e~rtailtre
tt fcr s"”
Making a Railway from Worcester to Hereford, with
"'oft Branches therefrom, for mating Arrangements with the Mid-
eulier palvolnaTi and North-Western Railway Companies, and for
4 till f es'
It era or Making a Railway from the London and North-West-
-10 tiatat7aY,`ln the parish of Milverton, in the county of Warwick,
~41101 th7l,, Leamington,
in the same county, with Branches, to be
"a 7." '"uanaington, Warwick, and Stratford-upon=Avon

Br GEORGE BOTTOULEY, ESQ., F. R. C. S. t
I consider the sanitary measures, as carried ant in
Croydon, of national importance. The doings of the
Croydon Board of Health having been attended with
most disastrous consequences to life, health, property,
and trade, too much publicity cannot be given to them,
to prevent other towns from falling into a similar mis-
take. The Board of Health at Croydon has evidently
entertained an erroneous opinion that the medical pro-
fession, as a body, are opposed to any and all sanitary.
improvements. I therefore deem it necessary to re-
move such a feeling ; for, on the contrary, they are
desirous and hail with delight any proceeding that
will improve the public health. Upon the completion
of the tank for the supply of water to the town, a din-
ner took place at the Greyhound, Croydon, at which
forty or fifty gentlemen, principally members of the
Board at Croydon and their friends, and some gentlemen
connected with the London Board, attended. Upon
that occasion there was not a medical practitioner, con-
nected with Croydon present. The truth was, that the
charge for the dinner was 215., and the medical men of
Croydon thought it too much ; and indeed it appeared to
them rather intended to make it exclusive. At that
dinner one of the gentlemen from London, in returning
thanks for his health having been drunk, alluded to the
there was a
nots unfortunate
being
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va
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owkaesr
Croydon,
prhaasctiptrioonveersd
awomulodstbemaatrkaeddisfcaoiluun
absence of the medical men of the town, which he said
evidently arose from their dislike to sanitary improve-
ments, for it would no doubt remove fever, &c. , and that
camTeheintucbonutalarct
very commencement to the present time.
there would be but little for them to do. 'I he remark
odfradirnasi drainage, :gspcoaoxisri
mot out
scattered
itlolibdeirarlt then), when they
swyistthemo d
lay the pipes at the backs of hous es, tbie workmen,
discount
en— fromn
ordersh thert
to
the contents about, thereby saturating the earth with
their contents. When the rain came, accompanied
with a high state of temperature, poisonousgases were
exhaled from the earth. This with the network
of
small pipes taking very tortuous courses, occasioning
stoppages in all directions, both in the premiss of
private dwellings, as well as in the- public streets • the
getting rid a those obstructions, for which the •
p
were removed and the contents
pumped tip into i
thees main streets, and the sewaze allowed to find its way
along the gutters, throwing ;_off poison as it went, the
surface water drainage allowed to remain undisturbed,
and the open gratings pouring forth smells of the vilest
character. Not only were the abominations permitted
to remain, but their course cut off, and their contents
allowed to percolate the earith ; and the receptacle f or
the sewage is close to the to•wn, and the ditches in its
neighbourhood, filled with the sewage, pouring forth
more stinks and more poi: don ; and the contents of
that receptacle, sold as rn anure, is carried through
the town in the night, and allowed to be put into
a hole which is open ; so that there were not only
one or two causes, but many . These may be thus sum-
med up :—The distributing of the old drains and cesspools,
the escape of sewage in privy to dwellings, and the pump-
ing of it up into the public streets, arising from the
stoppages frequently occurring in the numerous small
pipes, which run a very tortuous course ; the surface-
water drainage ; the resenvirs for the sewage on the
west, and the accumulation of the contenta....carried
through the town to the east, and then allowed to lay
exposed and strewed over the fields in all directions, so
that we are hemmed in on all sides, as well as in the
town, with poisonous gases ; and the streets in the town
dirty and filthy, and not a scavenger to be seen. I think
I have stated quite enough to, account for the fearful
fever of Croydon. As to prevention, nothing short of
main-street sewers, and the dra.i'ns of every large house
going directly into them, and where there are a cluster
of small houses, let them be united and go directly into
the main sewer, will be effective.
Croydon has always been a very healthy town ; in fact,
there is everything to make it so, in 'regard to situation,
soil, &c. Both my private and public practice will bear
me out in this, for upon referring to my book containing
the certificates of death, I find only eight deaths from
fever in the last five years, and most of those traceable
to some immediate local cause. I have written to many
places to ascertain the extent of fever in other parts of
the country. It is reported in Croydon that fever pre-
vails all over, not only this country, but the Continent ;
and, as far as I can learn, that has not been the case.
I have, in addition, seen medical gentlemen from Man-
chester, Northampton, Oswestry, Shrewsbury, Guild-
ford, Dulwich, Dorking, &c., who all declare therti is
not now, nor has there been, any fever in their respec-
tive localities.

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No. 18,941.]

PRICE SD.

SOCIETY for PROMOTING the AMEND-
MENT of the LAW.—A PUBLIC MEETING will be held
to-morrow WEDNESDAY, June 15, at the Rooms of the Society,
when the A, ndanctee is requested of all persons who feel interested
in the important object of the Amendment of the Law in any of its
branches.
Lord BaouoliAst will take the Chair at three o'clock precisely.
By order of the Council,
GEORGE TENNANT, Clerk.

NOTICE.
M
R. COULTON'S ROMANCE OF LIFE.
" FORTUNE !"

MIDDLE SEX PRISONS.—To Bakers, But-
chers, Mealmen, Coalmerchants, Oilmen, Grocers, Brush-
-1 makers, Leathersellers, Slotwellers, So:tin:toilers, and Others.
WANTED, at the Houses of Correction at Coldbath-fields and
Westminster, and at the House of De lion at Clerkenwell, SUP-
PLIES of the undermentioned ARTI ES—viz., about 19 cwt. of
Breadcdoanilsisy,tinhgt loaves ofanvdarisotiucskisvngt ,ox ,•
Hgooeadscl
,Ox Beef without
bone,
average 23 lbs. each ; Mutton, consisting of breasts, andwneecies,ingon an
ribs;
Molasses, Sugar. Rice, Potatoes, Scotch Barley, Oatmeal, Oats from
which Scotch round Oatmeal is made, at s-- per Quarter ; Salt, Soap,
Oils, Brushes, Leather, Clothing, Virukillen Cloth, Bedding, and
Linen, from the 24th June instant, to' ,the 25th of December, 1853.
And for Coals from the 24th of June kit to the 24th June, 1854.
Persons willing to contract may see prittersis and samples according
to which the tenders are to be made,-And obtain the necessary
forms of tender, upon application at either of the said Houses of
Correction.
Sealed tenders are to be delivered' before Eleven o'clock on
OR FRIDAY. the 17th instant, at the Sessions Douse, Clerkenwell-
green ; and the persons tendering must attend there at that hour
personally, with the names and addresses of their respective
sureties. The Visiting Justices do not bind themselves to accept
the lowest, or any of the tenders. '
Dated this Ith day of June, 1853.

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS,

according
fromce
oieamicably,
Constantinopleubilnitygl.n
Tier
cs ns states ttersu thatthi n theh eP
all it canthotaosexigsesitvtintelneg
dileeettidijeosnffsetrhetaontctest with
would be
heeru,....orweeonoisci
English squadrons to enter the Dardanelles, for
p
equivalent to a declaration of war. The Russian
urdotliinagt
troops will not cross the Pruth, except the Porte
should permit a foreign power to enter the Darda-
nelles.' Another letter from Vienna of the same
date, in the Nuremberg Correspondent, says :
" General Lomanosow arrived here last evening,
with instructions to M. do Meyendorff, probably
concerning the Russo-Turkish difference. This day
M. de Meyendorff had an audience of the Emperor,
to whom he presented an autograph letter from his
sovereign. Count de Leiningen, Governor of Cra-
cow, has been ordered by electric telegraph to come
here immediately. It is said that he is to be sent on
on a mission to St. Petersburgh."
The *Augsburg Gazette contains a letter from.
Vienna of the 7th, which says :—" A rumour pre-
vailed here to-day that Baron de Meyendorff had
brought a note announcing the occupation of the
Danubian principalities by the Russians. On the
other hand, M. de Meyendorff expresses himself in
a pacific sense."
The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa of the Bth
says :—" The last letters from Constantinople state
that an ardent spirit of resistance was manifesting
itself amongst the Turks, for the defence of the
empire and of their religion. The great function-
aries continue to offer to the Sultan large gifts of
money. One of the Ministers, Mustapha-Pacha,
has given, it is said, 40 millions of piastres (10
million of francs . Great enthusiasm was displayed
by the infetria
• •

Will be ready in a feW days, in 3 vols.
"It has long been a question whether Fortune or Conduct exercises
the greatest influence over life. The ancients, we know, leant to
the divinity of Fortune, and the greatest of orators esteemed her the
supreme mistress of human affairs. But, in modern times, Prudence
is placed above her; and it is held that every man can shape his
destiny as he pleases. Perhaps, as is commonly the case, Truth lies
somewhere between the extremes. Fortune, or Fate, or Accident,
or Providence fixes for each one at birth his capacity and his apti-
tudes, his position and circumstances; and with the particular
talents and station there is a certain task assigned too, though what
that task be, few know till the best part of life be past. Perhaps,
if our view were clearer, we should see that there is snore order in
the reign of Fortune than we can now perceive or understand, and
that in the great scheme of society, each being has that part allotted
tc him which he is best able to fulfil."—Extract from Mr. Coulton's
Preface.
Published for Henry Colburn, by his successors, Hurst and Blaekett,
13, Great Marlborough-street.

21, Regent-street.

LUCCA AND PISTOJA RAILWAY
COMPANY.
(SECOND NOTICE.)
Notice is Hereby Given that the THIRD CALL of 1/. per share
on the Preference Shares in this Company will fall due on SATURDAY,
the 18th day of June instant, and that the same is to he paid at the
Yanking House of Messrs. Straiten, Paulo, and Co., 217 Strand. The
Bankers' Receipts, together with the Share Certificates, must be
produced and left at the offices of the Company, 25, Tokenhonse-
yard, Lothbury, in order that the receipt endorsed on the Certificates
may he signed by the agent of tho Company.
Interest at the rate of 51. per cent. per annum on the amount paid
upon the shares will be payable on the 31st July next.
K. AfACKENZIE, Agent to the Company,
25, Tokenhouse-yard, Juno 13, 1853.
N.B.—ln case of non•payment of the call on any of the shares for
15 days alter the 18th instant, such shares will, by the constitution
of the Company, become forfeited.

I. P. ALLEN, Clerks.
I. WSIGHT,

SPORTING INTE4IGENCE.
TATTERS ALL'S.-L.MorrnAv.
The room was crowded to stjligh pressure degree
throughout the afternoon, the raft preventing the sub-
scribers from having the usual Age and accommoda-
tion on the terrace and lawn adjoining. Much incon-
venience would, however, have been obviated had a
suitable awning been spread over the whole length and
breadth of the terrace ; for all such occasions some pro-
vision of the kind should be made.
The chief business was the settlement of the Ascot
accounts, which were for the meet part heavy, and on
the wrong side of the book for the ring." Several
balances were left open, and the non-contents were un-
questionably in a majority.
We would suggest that it be made a rule of the room
that all parties who settle by dvuty should- be com-
pelled to give noticelliered to thrkeeper of the room,
whose business it should be to place a written announce-
ment to that effect on a board especially provided for
that purpose.
Late in the afternoon a few bets were made at the
prices given below. The principal investments were on
Colsterdale and Goldfinder for the Northumberland
Plate-- 5 to 1 was taken to upwards of 2001. about the
former, and 8,7, and 6 to 1 to various sums about the
latter, the last bet that was booked about him was 600
to 100.

OE)RGE ANSON, Chairman.
ROBERT BENSON, Deputy Chairman.
IL BOOTH,
Zaino CHAS. E. STEWART, } Secretaries.
Station, London, June 8, 1853.
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4 to 1 agst Captain Lowther's Rackapelt (t)
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Statements have been made by the Board of Health,
and others of a vague and unsatisfactory character, as
to the rate of mortality, &c. As far as lam able to
state, about 1,600 cases of fever have occurred since the
Ist of September to the present time (the 12th of Feb.).
For the same period about 256 deaths were registered,
70 of which were from fever. Although that may ap-
pear a small rate of mortality, the number of cases is
truly alarming ; many of them will be many months
before they recover sufficiently to enable them to follow
their avocations. The number of deaths is great ent of
such a population as that of Croydon, and many of the
deaths have occurred amongst the respectable trades.
men in the High-street. The fever altogether has done
so much mischief to the town and neighbourhood that it
will take years to remove.
The fevel44.is of the gastro-enteric form, which soon
ran into a low typhoid remittent character, ocea.
sionally maculated, accompanied with congestion of
some vital organs, as the brain, lungs, liver, bowels, &c.,
requiring prompt and active treatment. Diarrhoea was
frequent, as well as vomitting in many cases, and occa-
sionally htemorrhage from the bowels to an alarming
extent, diarrhoea being one of the first symptoms. Cre-
taceous medicine, with aromatics and opium, and elle,
mate with starch and opium, were of service ; and when
hannorrhage from the bowels occurred, enemata with
gallic acid and opium proved successful, in conjunction
with the administration of gallic acid by the mouth.
These, with liberal doses of quinine, ammonia, scrpen-.
tary, and opium, and occasional small doses of mercury-
with-chalk, with Dover's powder, counter-irritation by
mustard poultices and blisters, formed the chief means
o4treatrnent. By carefully watching and almost antici-
pating symptoms, the cases I found in my practice to be
thus successfully treated. It was stated by some to be
a new form of fever ; I did not discover anything more
than might be reasonably expected when so much poi-
son was generated and-inhaled, and what I had occasion-
ally witnessed, as well as most other practitioners, in
the course of my practice.
After having said so much about the cause, the effect,
and result of this severe form of fever, which I am happy
to say is now decreasing, in justice to the gentlemen of
the Board of Health, I wish to say that I respect every
member of that board, which I am sure was most
anxious to carry a sanitary plan that would have been
satisfactory to the inhabitants. But the l'oard was to
blame in adopting an almost theoretical system of
drainage, and one so ill adapted to the town o f3roydon.
I do hope that the Board of Health at Croydon will
possess sufficient moral courage to institute a perfectly
impartial, searching inot'ry, and if possible to take im-
mediate steps to remove the cause of fever. If not, it
will then be the duty of the inhabitants and rate-payers
to come forward for that purpose.
Since the above was forwarded to us on February 12,
and which pressure of matter has prevented us from in-
serting, Mr. Bottomley h-s again addressed us (Jim
4). He says :—" The publication of my paper, on
the sanitary state of Croydon, would be of much value
even now, seeing that the Government is making a great
stir in the matter. It would therefore be of great ser-
vice to point out its evils, that other towns might not
fall into the same error. We have had to the present
time outbreaks of fever, though to a very limited extent;
but I am very apprehensive, from the defective system
of drainage, we may have it to an alarming extent in the
autumn, when, what with frequent showers and a hot
sun, the poisoned condition of the neighbourhood will
give rise to another outbreak, unless very active meas-
ures be now taken to avert the direful calamity:—
Lancet.

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qrs,,--- oirtha assure DUOS. on again, ny
—tes. aY, on the ORDINARY and on the Duo= system
" TIIE ORDINARY SYSTEM.
The sum the ordinary
The sum the 'Life Offices would give
• ordinary Life ihim if he were unable
'A_ At th Offices would to pay, or if he omitted
hd 8. Ins give him for to pay his current
euji °f policy the surrender annual premium of
ta 4astbra,yeararty
at that or sale 81.68., 3d. after he has
the „..ten age, of his policy, ;paid into their coffers
•• "ztY In case after thirty 1249/.73.6d., and which
is fl
Y of ears' ayments they have had the use
evrillhav
h e-!.% °ld , Y P
death amounting to of at compound
Paid e will be 2491. 7s. 6d. ' interest or in
theoffice. worth,whichtheyhavethe event of his death
had the benefit! one hour after such
I .4t ,'of at compound omission or inability
I interest, to Pay.
249148.64
little more
.1
5001. than 801. NOTIIING.
perhaps 901.
°N. THE DEPOSIT SYSTEM.
If unable to pay, or not
desirous of paying or
omitting topay,thePo-
Hey would still remain
of its FULL value,
522/.2s.7d.tilldeath, if
20 years after, no fur-
ther payment beingre-
quired. Ifhowever the
party, from any cause,
wished to cancel the
10!,11. Policy, he could not
vs (:)4 onlydraw out all hehas
225,
5221.257 d 2871. 28. 9cl put in, viz., 225/., but
a certain bonus of 621.
* 2s. 9d. in the bargain,
which is more
than one-fourth of the
whole of his payments,
or he could either draw
out a part, 201. or 501.,
diminishing the Policy
only by the assured
value of the sum se
drawn out at the age
when withdrawn. See
pagess and7in detailed
1t°44,,k pamphlet, by
F. G. P. Nelson, Esq.
a h nr,11,k4

PRICES IN 1852 AND IN 1853.—1 n butter, cheese,
bacon, and meat, there has been a very great rise in the
past 12 months. Dorset butter has risen from 80s. per
cwt. to 100 s., and Cork butter from 565. to 925. ; bacon
from 525. to 665. The rise in meat is 34 per cent. on

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latuor tti--11/4
~,o
4 141VItokiVt1 6t. these two tables it will be seen that a peursewo!
(I,tirt.„ tat, IlYsteM of DEPOSIT assurance can secure the
la 't.• ii.linnt 'l:lz., lat. For a less sum, paid annually, he can assure
Nets N'he even'', ease of death than under the ordinary system.
or 1,...t 14,,hIlan,f',er a desire to surrender his Policy he can receive
ef n,-.4bilit;,%%lts ir;",_ the above example which applies to all agensi
44 sail sa,„, or pia as on the ordinary s; stem. 3rdly. In the eve
bathl4y c'te vatiluitmalon to pay, his policy remains still his property,
IN 44Ther nras It was though be cease his current paYTDC ti
h Wilt. n Years • '
11 - .di nary system,,,he gets
YRt of hi . st,„ . w ereas on the or na y
„t'lnit I, tullld he require to increase or decrease the
114 % alas %net Y: he can do so at pleasure. He can at any.tim_e2
ha Vtith,Nt of Mats notice, withdraw any part from 11. up to the
It% IN tr7rllw, PrilVio3 payments and with interest. After he
, :rzt,,,ay t one year he can, by a singje payment, thr,een
,Ine..„%liat e_erioatiZ.efterivards. raise his policy to a greater or
ee:s,e.e
Lla 1.1.101111,v1n,8`13..13by this system he can at all timeelitrygul..li
elelst rt,nt, wlriiß ‘,:,,11 annual expenditure, with the faci I
same as
..,_` tea Lai tatt 'und to fly to in case of necessity, the
anecaraeltelsney % Palpable advantage, however,
t.‘ %L Ch. hissaaald ill ease of death his family receive more than
.4 ".esetn,lt 4,--,',,n.gs• In ordinary Life Offices be can do no
that be gets lnte-
,lia 0 113,-Lrly hf.vv.,c37 at once lapses or is cancelled the moment
lnoelatlo for itrdeurrent premiums, and.
i,..tlti fi'letillaL44 his ',„4111'12 hail-earned savings become forfeited to
instead of having any
.-iq t)t. g 4,;17 e4),,,sB7rekOrtlllleS serve to benefit the pockets of his
Sr r,NIT rilLn la ton ra*
r,or., a..._reecaore la the only system of assuran"
t•ltii: all —Uran - equitable and too striking to be overlooked
Lif ta'r% gre-"%edi , dstx,l4!liad adopted when the principles are impar-
which can be
;I'4 teNt an-tt kivnan—r'' Dalllable benefits become widely diffused. It
-a.sa: ertiti ease of—ages than a batik because it allows a fair rate
roetttt Coe,p:ithdrawal
bv.,l i the,
co Y to the re
411, still ino
NTA °Mining the parneasegnivteastitvivofththe
eampoeupnostitoinrtihne
is la , Cis OF
•Ata,,,4%e cin.,IIANE WITH THE BENEFITS OF
Ailart ~-,0 --"°uRANCE COAIPANY.
V 4_
reesnttriaksiseurances the advantages of the DErost
I (3rES op .. g•
6.06n° thou Llb-1,:48 COMPANY UNDER THE ORDINARY
—I -1111 n -, ASsint - Lis on e - Arere ANCE BRANCH.
tejac;es itl `lery itt,o r this branch Polici granted from 201. to
Nar'" l'Yaleiti.bet thwe ilPrhtelide thereof." are
tt4,4131:„.e.ner oftc.l'st stages of disease, and such as have been.
a4k 4 4„„, ,oi - are taken at rates equivalent to the Pant
~ I'l'„%ltletilal, eriaattnuP,„wards granted on every kind of security,
,twit;:eit‘tc,ii,::eu,ei.:t,,ortirove:ettcl:_ra.errt equitable terms to the borrower
tut,ettara, ,
ee__(!f• tt pollerion granted on very favourable terms.
will case of inability to pay the currant
I,ell htlllotbituti,e ado n`; itueF. purchase the Policy at a fair
et., ve be g n ne in ueu thereof, less 5 per cent., into-
ki nad , en it.,,..,t0 the whole of the previous payments
tat, %Ysteeospeet,";`,,le.
v't to the tre an'yeakrWti.th tables In further illustration of the De-
nt
,_.
the
information may be obtained on appli-
ert:eiTth country, or to
kr, ttLP,S W. BEVAN, •
Resident Secretary.
k,
kitisPtilmat44
ul all Parts of the World.