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 The dcuSely crowded native quar‘ tens, the crotkcd and ill-designed Strefts. and the thotL‘ands of in- samtaty bustees make the work of the municttal (3'16ch one 0t great dﬁtculty. Mr. MacCahe cncrgettcally threw himself tnto the work of reorganizing and n:- constructtng his drparttnt‘ut. and [he {tuition of hrs «themes “1” he hopefully looked toward tn. Mr. XacCaln: was made a Member of the Institution of C. E. tn 1902. Before arriting in India he dcx'ottd much time to the study oi (lazmtst- ry in its relation to Engtnt‘crmg. He stud icd under Str C has. Cameron. C.B., MD, Health Otftwr and Public Analyst tor Dubkn, and Profrssor J. 1-2, Rt-ynolds, FR 57 Thu spa-rial knowledge should prm’e of particular value- In his ['lt‘él‘nl Wnrk. Mr. MucCatl' clttcn'd the Art.ller_\' (‘utnpmtt- nl tht- (‘alcutta Port Dctr-nct- anunleerﬁ .tntl ltu‘ wn‘cd its a Lirtttcnant unre- Novcmlu-r too}

Llcul.-Cnl"ﬂ('l R. D. )Il’RRAY. .\I.B., I.M.S.. lttstﬁtOI-Ct‘lleml of Civil Hospitals. was born tn

Rossshtrc. Scotland. on the 30th

August 1851. He was cducnttd at the Abudccn and Edit.th h l'niursttits, tilting his 3-! . degrtc Vtith honous at the latler. He jcimd the Indian Mcdtcal Service in 1575 and mailed in military tm lty to the tst Match 1876. 0n 1 2 1st Apri 1876 be

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was appointed Civil Surgeon of Chittagong. and held charge till ISSO. He then served as Civil Surgeon 0t Rajshahi and Bhagal~ tor. and tn Dcccmherof 1882, he was appﬂinted to Calcutta, where he acted as Residt-nt Surgem ot' the Medical C liege Hospital {or ﬁve motttlLi He next acted itt turn asCtt-tl Surgeon of Mozilﬂerpur. Burdwan. jessore and Sad ya, and returned to CllJﬂtn in 1884. In 1380 his services Wen- placed at the disposal of the Military Depart- ment tor employment in Buma. For his good éen'iCcs there he Was mentioned in Despatchcs and ream-ed the Burma Medal with clasp. Next year he was promoted to Surgt‘ﬂn‘MﬂjOl', and in t337 he returtwd to Civil t-mploy under the Government at Bengal. He was appolntt'd First Residcnt Surgeon at thn- Prwidcncv (iotwral Hospital and Superintendent ul tht- Frust- tlcnrv Asylums In 1883 he scrwtl .u (in! Summit of (-lllmplrilll. and In 18‘)" its. Civil Strgi-on tit (viva. In [‘92 lw was. appointed Citi'tl Surgmn and ln-‘pcctot ol Factories at Howrah. In 1895 he nlﬁt'ialt‘d .15 Proteser of Sn ﬂy at the Multh Cullcg: and ¢toa§icio tst Surgct n to the Cottage Hospital, hung conﬁnith ttt tltnt appointment on the tqth Angust tl'los. He was promoted to the rttnk ot th‘lut“ nantl‘olont-l on the 5tst Martin this. and tn toooltt- was Selected (or prrmuttun to the admin strutivc grade. (in "in 1*! April up“. Lit-utettantt‘olom-l Murray's scr- virus wcrc- plant! at the ([5 toml at tlwtiovcmmcntol India. omc Department. llt- Served as [new-(:- torJ‘u-ttcrnl 01 (Ml Hospital, for the United Provinnrs and also as Principal hlcdirul ﬂtccr nl lllt‘ Lahore Diviainni On January 17th. 193. he wzu uppointrtl to offtcmtc a: lnsrcctur-ticm-ral 0! Ctth Hus- pttals, Bengal, and on 29th March was appointed lnstwctur-(ivnrrnl ot Civil Hospitals in the L'ttttt-(l Provinces of Agra and ttdh. Livtttrnztnt-t‘ulonel Murray has contributed manv valuable. articles to the Medical Journals, “ Scnrlut Few-r in India," "Filtccn Months! Surgical Practtcc at the Pilgrim Hospital. Gaya," Scrotul Elephan- (task, a new operation “ Colotexy " for Prolapstts Ani. and papers on

malarial (ﬁver, ﬁgllrt‘ mmt prnmi»

nently among these contributions. He has had a Wide experience. of medical work in India trom many points of View, and he combines with his knowledge a ﬁne capacitv for organization. '

Colonel HENRY DACRES OLI- VIER. R.E,, A..\I.Issr. C.E., Agent.

Bombay. Batodarand Central

India Rdtlw‘ay. ts the son at Rev. Henry Olivier. and was [mm at Pottt-rnt- Manor House, Wiltshirc. in 1850. He l’CCNVt‘d his education at Hailt-yhttrv and Chel- tcnhnm (tillcgr‘. ultcr which he en- tcrt-tl the Royal Military Academy in 1800. and two years later rrcrtv- cd hts Commission tnthc Roval En- glnCt‘fS. He ramc out to India in 1874, joining the Puhltc Works Dnnnrtmcnt in :575. From 1878 to 1880 he was cmpltwt-tl tn Balurhts- tan, whrrc he tmk part tn both the Afghan campaigns. hung attach- NI to Sir Donald Stewart's staff, He was sulx‘wqucntly apmnted Executive Engincrr and Deputy Consulting Engineer tor Railways. ln IRRS ht' was engaged on the Qnudnn Railways and tn t887 ammtnted l‘tttlrr-Sccrctan' to Government tn the Public “’orks Department. In ISM he was ap- tointed Agent to the Bombay, aroda and Central India Rail~ wav (0. He retired (rom Govern. ment employment in 1904. Col. Olivier tal'oc a I‘M" inn-fut in