Hospital?.-?Ia Deputy Inspectors-General of
enquiry whether
reply
to
Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, only in his tour of five yeara of for the extra ?250, can take a two years' pension counting 50 per cent, of his allowdraw the new of rules 1S6S, furlough by ances during that time, and then return to India to complete tho remaining portion of his five years for extra pension,?it has been answered by the Government of India that the officer is entitled to the same privileges under the rules of 18G8, if he elect those rules, as any other officer. If entitled to furlough under the the exigencies provisions of those rules, such an officer can, if of the Service permit, avail himself of furlough for two years, his salary; and retaining his appointment and 50 per cent, of to return his duty and complete furlough, at tho expiration of administrative the staff, on provided that servico his tour of an
entitled
to
a
six months' sick leave once
tour remains at that time at his portion of the five years first appointment. J3ut credit, reckoning from date of furlough reckons as a part of the five years tour, and ho could not bo anv
allowed to
return
and
serve
on
for such
in the administrative up five years If a Deputy Inspector-General of
lough dining his feiting his claim
tour to
of
period as would make grade, exclusive of furlough. Hospitals takes ordinary fur-
service, he does so at the risk of forpension for service in that grade,
extra
THE INDIAN MEDICAL GrAZETTE.
44
unless he be afterwards re-appointed or promoted, and so be enabled to complete the period of five years. But re-appointment can only be made at the discretion of Government on public grounds, and is not claimable as a right, nor can it ordinarily be looked for.?Madras Atlienceum, 20th December. It is stated in the proceedings of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, that the Duke of Argyll has recently sanctioned the publication of a Flora Sylvatica, or Forest Guide for Northern India, uniform in size and typo with the Colonial Flora series.
This is to include all the useful trees and shrubs of the NorthWestern Provinces, Punjab, Oudh, and Central Provinces, with concise descriptions and vernacular names, together with all information regarding their condition in under culture. to Dr. J. L.
a
native state, and
The execution of thi3 work has been intrusted
Stewart, who
is
eminently qualified
to turn the
materials to good account. He has established himself at Kew for this purpose. There are no published drawings in existence
showing the character of the Teak, the Sal, the Sissoo, similar trees, and delineating their foliage, flowers or fruit,
and &c.
[Febbttaby 1,
1870.