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To be Surgeon-Majors.?Surgeon Captains Lukis, Whitwell, Waddell, Shewati, Spencer, Clarke, Vaid, Pauk, Mulroney, and Macdonald. INSPECTOR.GENERAL OF JAILS, BENGAL. Dr. Commins has succeeded Dr. Lethbridge as Inspector-General of Jails, Bengal. His report on his mission to the West Indies will shortly be published.

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SECRETARY TO THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS, FORT WILLIAM.

Surgeon-Major G. S. A. Ranking, at present attached to the 5th Bengal Cavalry at Lucknow, has been appointed to act at Fort William as Secretary to the Board of Examiners when Colonel Jarret (joes home on six months' leave. He is the only officer with three degrees of honors, having passed the honors examination and obtained the gold medal in Persiau, Arabic, and Urdu.