HONOUR TO WHOM HONOUR 13 DUE. We are very glad to see that the Yiceroy lias conferred the title of Rai Bahadur upon Baboo Kanai Lull Dey, Teacher of Chemistry and Medical Jurisprudence in the Medical College, in
recognition
of the valuable services rendered
by
hiin to the
Baboo Kanai Lall Dey is the
of medical science in India.
cause
third of the five teachers of the vernacular classes in the Medical
who has received the title of Kui Bahadur from
College
Government, and
we
are
fully
convinced that these gentlemen on them. Nevertheless, it
well deserve the distinctions conferred
remarkable, that of all the professors College, only one (Dr. Fayrer) has received any mark of distinction from the Government. This remark applies not only to the medical officers employed in the Calcutta College, but to tlie whole of the Indian Medical Service. On referring to the Army List for 1872, we find that of the Indian Service Dr. Campbell Brown and Dr. Buckle are the only two officers
strikes
as
us
somewhat
attached to the
upon whom a C.B. has been conferred ; whereas in the British Medical Service there are no less than twenty companions of the Bath at the present moment. Nor can it bo said that tlie Indian officers have in lieu of the C.B. been decorated with the
badge
man
with
ally
arises
or
Star of India.
as
to
officers honoured
the
by
Covenanted Service.
deserving
Fayrer
of tlie
meaning
is the
only medical question naturdisparity existing between
name.
The
titles from Government in the British Me-
dical and the Indian
rewards to
Dr.
C.S.I, attached to his
a
Uncovenanted Services, and the Indian It cannot be that Government
grudges
its
officers ; if so, the members of the former
services bould not have been
so amply honoured. It would therefore, either that the officers of the Indian Medical Service are not deserving of the titles which it is in the power of the Government to bestow, or, what we think far more probable, that those whose office it is to bring the claims of deserving officers to the notice of Government have failed to
seem,
do
so.
Medical
not believe that the officers of the Indian Department are more eager than other servants of
We do
Government for titles and
honours
received on
account of
But it is absurd to long are devoid of the proper pride which every suppose they selected by the Government for its Englishman has in being and to which it would seem they are special honours or titles, and
services
probably
as
faithfully performed.
well entitled
as
their brethren in the British Medi-
cal or Indian Uncovenanted Services.
recognition
of the valuable services rendered
by
hiin to the
Baboo Kanai Lall Dey is the
of medical science in India.
cause
third of the five teachers of the vernacular classes in the Medical
who has received the title of Kui Bahadur from
College
Government, and
we
are
fully
convinced that these gentlemen on them. Nevertheless, it
well deserve the distinctions conferred
remarkable, that of all the professors College, only one (Dr. Fayrer) has received any mark of distinction from the Government. This remark applies not only to the medical officers employed in the Calcutta College, but to tlie whole of the Indian Medical Service. On referring to the Army List for 1872, we find that of the Indian Service Dr. Campbell Brown and Dr. Buckle are the only two officers
strikes
as
us
somewhat
attached to the
upon whom a C.B. has been conferred ; whereas in the British Medical Service there are no less than twenty companions of the Bath at the present moment. Nor can it bo said that tlie Indian officers have in lieu of the C.B. been decorated with the
badge
man
with
ally
arises
or
Star of India.
as
to
officers honoured
the
by
Covenanted Service.
deserving
Fayrer
of tlie
meaning
is the
only medical question naturdisparity existing between
name.
The
titles from Government in the British Me-
dical and the Indian
rewards to
Dr.
C.S.I, attached to his
a
Uncovenanted Services, and the Indian It cannot be that Government
grudges
its
officers ; if so, the members of the former
services bould not have been
so amply honoured. It would therefore, either that the officers of the Indian Medical Service are not deserving of the titles which it is in the power of the Government to bestow, or, what we think far more probable, that those whose office it is to bring the claims of deserving officers to the notice of Government have failed to
seem,
do
so.
Medical
not believe that the officers of the Indian Department are more eager than other servants of
We do
Government for titles and
honours
received on
account of
But it is absurd to long are devoid of the proper pride which every suppose they selected by the Government for its Englishman has in being and to which it would seem they are special honours or titles, and
services
probably
as
faithfully performed.
well entitled
as
their brethren in the British Medi-
cal or Indian Uncovenanted Services.
