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inkstand which had been presented to him by the 

 College in 1868 in acknowledgment of his services 

 as Honorary Secretary to the Committee on 

 Leprosy, and certain books specifically mentioned 

 by him, 



A thorough master in the branch of study to 

 which he devoted himself, no one was in a better 

 position than Dr. Milroy for suggesting the direc- 

 tion in which the attention of those who may 

 hereafter be appointed to carry out his beneficent 

 design may be most advantageously given ; and 

 thoughtfully and, doubtless it will be found, most 

 usefully he has left behind him an elaborate code 

 of suggestions for the consideration of the Council 

 of the College in its administration of the trust 

 with which it has been charged. As a preface to 

 these suggestions he remarks : " I would take leave 

 to record some thoughts that have occurred to my 

 mind concerning the subject-matters which, as it 

 seems to me, might be most profitable for investi- 

 gation at the present time, and possibly for some 

 years to come. I am far from seeking to limit, or 

 in any measure to impede, the free decision of 



