of this institution It tells of continued progress and Tha importance of a good preliminary
report
has reached
us.
good work. education is fully recognised, and the Calcutta University Entrance Examination has been adopted as a standard of examination qualifying for admission. The aim of the managers of the school is to obtain good students rather than large numbers, and tho idle and unpromising are struck off the rolls without hesitation. Five out of nine candidates passed the final examination for the license, and 6 out of 11 were found " qualified as hospital assistants." Students who fail to attain these ed in the The the
colony
as
Principal
good
qualifications dispensers
usefully employ-
Medical Officer bears testimony to by the licentiates and alumni
service rendered
of the school in the various are
are
and vaccinators.
in which
capacities
they
employed.
The certificates of the school have nized
by
Madras.
the Universities of The school has
turned out 33
licentiates,
now
been recog-
Edinburgh, Aberdeen and up to the present timo
23
of whom
are
employed
in the public service. Private practice does not appear as yet to offer many inducements for youths to study medicine, but this is a mere matter of time. In Ceylon as elsewhere the people will learn to appreciate and seek rational medicine in preference to ignorant