MEDICAL ATTENDANCE. 169 



Health, with very extensive powers, and composed, for the ma- 

 jority, of members of the legislative council, and medical men in 

 the pay of the government. Members of the legislative council 

 may be " good men and true," but totally unsuited to the office. 

 Special information and training are essential qualifications in the 

 members of any Board of Health. The government is evidently 

 anxious, even in this case, to retain their full and, as usual, undue 

 share of authority. 



