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the late Dr. Koch succeeded him. The untimely death of 

 this talented officer in December, 1877, from the effects of a 

 dissecting wound, is still remembered, and the handsome 

 memorial tower erected by public subscription, to hold a 

 valuable and massive clock, granted by the Government of 

 Sir James Longden, will remain a monument to his excellence 

 and usefulness. 



We have now fifty-nine licentiates on our register, twelve 

 of whom have succeeded in obtaining British qualifications. 

 A number of hospital assistants from the secondary class are 

 also employed all over the country. 



The reorganisation of the Civil Medical Department in 

 1873 testified to the desire of Government to place it on a 

 more efficient footing, and make it more useful to the Colony. 

 The Administration Report for the year 1873 was the last 

 furnished to Government by the late Dr. Charsley, who 

 retired in 1874, but did not live long to enjoy his well- 

 earned pension ; he died at the Cape in 1880. It is 

 impossible to avoid adding a tribute to the able and con- 

 scientious manner in which he discharged the duties of the 

 high office which he held in this Island for a period of 

 fifteen years. Dr. Kynsey succeeded him, and took up his 

 appointment as head of the Civil Medical Department at the 

 end of March, 1875. 



Mr. Joseph Fernando, of Moratuwa, erected a building at 

 Beruwala, and the late Mr. Harmanis Dias one at Bandara- 

 gama, in Rayigam Korale, for outdoor dispensaries. The 

 friends of Dr. Anthonisz have given us two comfortable 

 wards at the General Hospital. Of 156,693 patients treated 

 last year in the forty-five outdoor dispensaries scattered over 

 the Island, 13,010 were attended to at the Beruwala dispen- 

 sary, which was the largest number treated at any place 

 during 1885. 



This concludes a hasty sketch of the principal medical 

 events of the Island. We have reason to be grateful to a 

 paternal Government for the deep interest it has always 



