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to the Mission by the Dutch Reformed Union of New York 
City. A large new schooner was built at the mill, and a 
Gloucester schooner, the Lorna Doone, purchased in Boston. 
A volunteer doctor was stationed at the large summer 
fishery at Blane Sablon. Trained nurses from the Johns 
Hopkins hospital took charge of districts on each side of 
the Strait of Belle Isle; nurses teaching sanitation and 
tendingthesick. A skilled teacher was placed at St. Anthony 
and another at L’Anse Amour. Because of the increasing 
consulting and operating work, an additional surgeon was 
added to the staff working either on the hospital ship or at 
St. Anthony. For this work Dr. J. Mason Little, of Boston, 
volunteered. Mr. W. G. Lindsay, of Queenstown, Ireland, 
also volunteer, took charge of the reindeer industry. The 
growth of the medical work is shown by the following 
summary of cases treated this year (1907): — 
In-patients, 193. 
Out-patients, 4720. 
Operations under general anesthetics, 80. 
A doctor’s house was built at St. Anthony. A new motor- 
launch was given in Washington for the doctor’s use, and 
navigated down to the coast by volunteers from Yale Uni- 
versity. Several additional volunteer nurses and workers 
gave their aid during the open season. A large cooperative 
store was started at St. Anthony. Electric power and 
electrical therapeutic apparatus were there installed. A 
permanent nursing centre was built at Forteau. 
The condition of the fishermen and their families in the 
far-off places, even of Newfoundland itself, are described 
in many places by many people. I may quote here from 
Admiral Sir W. R. Kennedy, well known as an author, and 
