The following is a list of the pupils in the English class at the close of the session:

Of the natives, seven are Mahommedans, the remainder Hindus.

In the Military Class there are ninety-nine pupils upon the full pay of five rupees per mensem, and nine pupils from Assam, making in all one hundred and eight.

Of these ninety-two are Mahommedans, and sixteen Hindus.

Of the Hindu Students there are

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2 Brahmins. 10 Chuttries.

4 Kahars.

Eighty of the pupils are natives of the North Western Provinces, and 28 of Bengal.

The following is a tabular statement of the attendance of the pupils of the Medical College, during the Session 1847-48:

Bodies dissected in November 1847,

106

78

The Contingent charges for the same period were as follows:

Chemical Department,

...

Museum and Dissecting Departments,...

Medical College ditto,

Stipends to Students,
Book allowance,

...

...

...

Changes in the Instructive Establishment.

Total, Co.'s Rs.

66,955 7 3

There have been several changes. among the Professors during the past

session.

In consequence of the recognition of the College by various Institutions in Europe, it became necessary permanently to separate the chairs of Anatomy and Midwifery, formerly held by Dr. Goodeve.

The services of Mr. Pearson having been transferred to another department, Mr. H. Walker, Surgeon to the late Governor General, and an officer of distinguished character and attainments, was appointed to the Professorship of Anatomy, upon a staff salary of 800 rupees per mensem, with a prohibition to engage in private practice.

The return of Dr. Goodeve from England, and resumption by him of the chair of Midwifery, has deprived the Institution of Dr. Stewart's services.

The office of Superintendent of the Botanic Garden and Professor of Botany in the Medical College, having been bestowed by the Honorable Court of Directors upon Dr. H. Falconer, that officer's arrival caused the removal of Mr. McClelland, who had officiated in both capacities since the departure of Dr. Wallich.

Upon the vacation of their chairs by Mr. Pearson and Dr. Stewart, the Council of Education communicated to those gentlemen the high sense entertained of their zeal, ability, and efficiency, and directed that it should be placed on record in this report.

The unremitting exertions of the former officer were attended with injury to his health; and the state in which the Female and Lying-in-Hospital was left by Dr. Stewart, is in every sense excellent and creditable, both as the means of affording practical instruction to the pupils, and of gaining the confidence of the public in a department of medicine more opposed than any other, to native prejudices and predilections.

The high and well earned reputation of Mr. McClelland as a zealous and successful cultivator of science, has been fully

maintained by the able and excellent manner in which he has afforded instruction to the class of Botany. The course was completed and the public examinations of the session were conducted by Mr. McClelland, subsequent to Dr. Falconer's arrival, as it was not considered advisable or expedient for the latter gentleman to undertake a duty which was so near its termination, and which could scarcely have been accomplished with profit to the pupils by any Professor unacquainted with the exact nature and extent of the subjects already taught.

The following extracts from Dr. Goodeve's report for the Dr. Goodeve's first half of the year 1847, are published for general information:

report.

1. "You will observe that the Indian medical students continue to give great satisfaction to the Professors of the Institution in which they are studying, and I am happy to state that my own approbation of their character and private conduct continues unabated.

2. Since my last report in January, the annual class examinations at the College have been passed by these young men with the following satisfactory results :

Bholonath Bose,

.......

Gold Medal in Comparative Anatomy.
Certificate in Surgery.

Ditto in practice of Medicine.
Ditto in Midwifery.

Certificate in Anatomy.

Soorjo Coomar Chuc-Ditto Physiology.

kerbutty,.......

Ditto Materia Medica.
Ditto Chemistry.

Gopal Chunder Seal,... {Ditto Medicine.

Certificate in Surgery.

3. It will be thus seen, as observed by Lord Brougham in his public address upon the occasion of distributing the prizes at University College on the 30th of April last, that the three Indian students have this year obtained nine honorable marks of distinction, independent of the Gold Medal gained by Bholonath Bose; an amount of honor highly creditable to their talents and industry, when we regard the variety of subjects thus embraced in their studies, and the large number of students with whom they contended. Few of the English youths in the College were equally successful. Some of them it is true gained higher prizes in a single class, but with two exceptions amongst more than two hundred pupils no one gained distinctions in so many departments of their professional studies as my young friends.

4. I should mention in justice to Bholonath Bose, that I understand his gaining the Gold Medal in Comparative Anatomy and the Gold Medal in Botany, which he received on a former occasion, is the only instance on record since the foundation of the College of any one student obtaining such distinctions in two branches of study so very dissimilar, with the exception of my late lamented colleague (Bholonath's former preceptor) Mr. Griffith, the distinguished Naturalist and Professor of Botany in the Calcutta College, who, amongst other honors gained by him at University College, carried off the two prizes in question; an example so worthily followed by his former pupil on this occasion.

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5. Bholonath is now busily preparing for the final examination for the degree of M. B. at the London University in November, and he continues, in addition to his professional occupations, to pursue with great assiduity and advantage the study of Latin, a knowledge of this language being not only required in the examination in question, but much coveted by the young man himself.

6. Gopal is equally anxious to appear to advantage before the examiners for this degree; he is paying some attention to Latin, but almost all his leisure time is most judiciously employed in practical study in the hospital, where subsequent to his clinical clerkship under Dr. Williams, he has passed through the allotted period as a dresser under Mr. Liston, with great credit. He has been much engaged moreover for some weeks in preparing for an examination lately instituted for the appointment of House Surgeon to the Hospital. On this occasion he was beaten by the only other candidate, the most distinguished young man at the University; but Gopal's examination was very creditable, and I think he has a fair chance of success on the next occasion, a few months hence. It is an office of high responsibility and importance; of great service to the young man who holds it.

7. Soorjie continues the same career of industry, distinguished talent, and intelligence by which he has always been characterized. He will present himself for the first examination for the degree of M. B. in August, for which he is thoroughly prepared, as well as for the Diploma of the College of Surgeons, for which he will also be examined in a few months. He continues his classical studies with great zeal and profit, and at the same time keeps up the knowledge he has gained of the modern European languages. In the vacation, after the examination for his degree, he proposes once more to accompany his friend, Dr. Grant, to the continent to pursue the study of Natural History in Germany.

8. The moral character and general conduct of all three is unexceptionable, as it has always been, and their health is extremely good when they do not endanger it by over study and anxiety. They passed through the trying severity of last winter without the slightest inconvenience, and apparently enjoyed the climate at that season of the year far more than they do the warmer temperature of summer."

Report of the Dean of the Mr. Liston, the Dean of Faculty of Medicine, Uni- the Faculty of Medicine, versity College, London. reported:

"I have much pleasure in stating that the conduct and attention of Gopal Chandra Seal, Bholonath Bose, and Soorjo C. Chuckerbutty have been very satisfactory during the last six months of their attendance on the classes of the College."

The Council have much pleasure in publishing, without curtailment, Dr. Goodeve's final report to the Honorable Court of Directors:

Dr. Goodeve's report for the last

"In continuation of my former reports upon the progress of the young men under my charge, I have the honor to state that they still conduct themselves with marked distinction in their professional studies, and to my entire satisfaction in regard to their general conduct, thus preserving to the last, the high character they have always borne in this country.

half of 1847.