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a hair-dressing room, where members will be able to have a shampooand "make their toilet." Then there is a new dressing-room with sixcurtained cubicles, and the servants, who are a very large body and whohitherto have had no special accommodation allotted them for theirmeals, have been provided with a very adequate Servants’ Hall. Con-siderable addition has also been made to the smoking-room accom-modation for members of the House and the Press Gallery. The wholework has cost between .E14,OOO and ;E15,OOO.

Old Age Pensions.Mr. Henry Broadhurst has given notice that he will seek a date for

the discussion of the following motion: " That in the opinion of thisHouse all persons of sixty years of age and upwards shall be entitled toa pension on application to the local authority of the district in whichthe applicant is resident."

Food and Drugs Adulteration.Steps will be taken as soon as possible to appoint a select committee

to resume the inquiry started late last session into this subject.Endeavour wiH, of course, be made to enlist the services of the

members who served on last year’s committee.The Opium Commission.

Mr. Bartley has given notice that he will ask the House to expressthe opinion that no part of the cost of the Moyal Commission on Opiumshould be defrayed by the natives of India.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

THURSDAY, FEB. 7TH.Electric Light Accidents.

Mr. Howard questioned the President of the Board of Trade with’reference to recent electric light accidents in London, and Mr. Bryce,on the course of his reply, said that the Board of Trade was earnestlypressing upon the electric lighting companies the necessity of takingproper precautions to prevent accidents.

Tuberculosis Commission.In reply to a number of questions, Mr. Shaw-Lefevre said the Govern-

ment greatly regretted the delay that had occurred in connexion withthe inquiry of this Commission. During the recess he had been incommunication with the chairman on the subject, and be fully realisedhow much importance was attached to the early publication of thereport. When:the Commission met at the end of the present month orthe beginning of March, a draft report would be before them for theirconsideration.

The Consolidation of the Poor-laws.Mr. Shaw-Lefevre, replying to Mr. Howell, said he was afraid the

engagements of the Government would quite prevent their introducinga Bill to consolidate the Paor-law s during the present session.

Appointments.oSuccessful applicants for Vaeaneies, Secretaries of Public Institutions,

and others possessing information suitable for this column, areinvited to forward it to THE LANCET Office, directed to the Si6b-Editor, not later than 9 o’clock on the Thursday morning of eachweek, for publication in the next number.

BAKCROFT, PETER, M,B., Ch.M. Syd., has been appointed City HealthOfficer of Brisbane, Queensland.

BARNETT, L. E., M.B., C.)A. Edin., F.R.C.S. Eng., has been appointedLecturer on Surgery to the Otago University Medical School,Dunedin, New Zealand, vice Wm. Brown.

BELL, GEO. L., M.B., Ch. B. Mell)., M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P., has beenappointed Government Medical Officer and Vaccinator for thedistrict of Camden, New South Wales.

BRIGHT, J. A.. M.R.C.S., has been appointed Medical Officer to theHearts ef Oak Friendly Society, Glastonbury.

BROOKS, CHAS., L.R.C.P. Lond., M.It.C.S., has been appointed MedicalOfficer for the Gerrard’s Cross Sanitary District of the EtonUnion.

BUTLER. ALBAN, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., LM. Irel., has been appointedMedical Officer for the Walsham-Ie-Willows Sanitary District of theStow Union, vice McNaught resigned.

CAMERON, Hugli F., lii.B., C.M. Aberd., has been appointed ParochialMedical Officer and Vaccinator for Rosskeen, Alness and Kilmuir,vice Sutherland.

CoOPER, W., L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S., has been appointed HonoraryConsulting Surgeon to the Barnstaple and North Devon Dis-pensary.

Devcu;ox, PETER, M.A., M.B., C.M., has been reappointed HonoraryPhysician to the Liverpool Infirmary for Children.

DoBiE.’H. E. N., L.R.C.S. Edin., has been appointed Resident MedicalOfficer for East Kimberley, Public Vaccinator for the Urban andSuburban Districts of Wyndbam and Rural District of East Kim-berley, also Quarantine Officer for the port of Wyndham, WesternAustralia.

rui.Djj:, SYDXEY, L.K.Q.C.P. Irel., L.S.A. Lond., has been appointedGovernment Medical Officer and Vaccinator for the district ofBi isbane Water, New South Wales.

GOING. JOSEPH A., M.R.C.S. Eng., L.S.A., has been appointed a PublicVaccinator for the district of Katakawa and Chalawai, New Zealand.

HALLIWELL, J., L.R.C.P.Lond., M.R.C.S., has been appointed MedicalOfficer to the IVinchcombe Cottage Hospital. ,

HICKMAN, J. E., has been appointed Resident Medical Cfficer to GuestHospital. Dudley, vice P. Templeton, resigned. i

Mob&sox, J. W., M.D., C.M.Aberd., 1VLR.L.S., has been appointed iCon-.ulting Physician to the Exmouth Dispensary. ;

HOWSL, ALTRED 0., L.R.C.P.Lond., M.R.C.S., has been appointed ’,Government Medical Officer and Vaccinator for the District ofWingham, New South Wales,.

HUTTON, E. R., L.R.C.P.Lond., M.R.C.S., has been appointed MedicalOfficer for the Second Tottenham Sanitary District of the EdmontonUnion.

HUXTABE, R. B., M.B., C.M.Edin., has been appointed AssistantResident Medical Officer at the Charters Towers Hospital, Queens-land.

JACOB, E. L., B.A. Lond., M.R.C.S., has been appointed Medical Officerto the Weybridge and Walton Urban District Councils respectively.

JOHNSTON, JOHN, M.D., M.Ch. Edin. Univ., L.S.A. Lond., has beenappointed Public Vaccinator for Great Bolton District, vice WalterMorris, resigned.

KELLAND, JAMES, M.B., C.M., L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S.Edin., has beenoppointed Honorary Surgeon to the Salisbury Infirmary.

KIDI), HUGH C., M.B. Lond., L.R.C.P., F.R.C.S., has been appointedHonorary Medical Officer to the Cottage Hospital, Bromsgrove.

LOCKING, B., L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S., has been appointed HonorarySurgeon to the Napier Rifle Volunteers, New Zealand.

MASSON, GEO. B., L.R.C.P., L.M., L.R.C.S. Edin., has been reappointedMedical Officer for the fifth sanitary district of the DownhamUnion.

NEWELL, B. A., M.B. Syd., M.Ch., has been appointed GovernmentMedical Officer and Vaccinator for the district of Walgett, NewSouth Wales.

OWEN, ARTHUR DEAKER, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Lond., L.S.A., has beenappointed Divisional Surgeon to the Metropolitan Police, viceVaughan Holberton, resigned.

PATCH, H. H. L., L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S., has been appointedAssistant House Surgeon to the Devon and Exeter Hospital.

PEGLER, L. HEMiN&TON, M.D., M.R.C.S, has been appointed Assistant-Registrar to the Central London Throat and Ear Hospital.

ROBERTSON, J. G., M.D., C.M. Edin., has been appointed Medical Officerfor the Third Sanitary District of the Royston Union.

SKINNER G. H., L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S., has been appointed Surgeon,with the rank of Captain, to the Victorian Mounted Rifles, Victoria,Australia.

STERN, ROBERT H., B.A., M.B. Lond., has been appointed House Phy-sician to the Brompton Hospital for Consumption and Diseases ofthe Chest.

S’svaa, R. JOCELYN, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.S.A. Lond., has been appointedConsulting Surgeon to the London Tramways Company, vice Geo.Millson, resigned.

WHEATLEY, A. J., M.B., C.M. Edin., has been appointed DeputyMedical Officer for the Mersea and Peldon Sanitary District of theLexden and Winstree Union.

WRIGHT. FRANCIS G., L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S. Edin., has been appointedResident Medical, Officer for West Kimberley, Public Vaccinatorfor the Urban and Suburban Districts of Derby and Rural Districtof West Kimberley; also Quarantine Officer for the the Port ofDerby, Western Australia.

WRIGHT, JoSEpn PARRALL, L.R.C.P.Lond., M.R.C.S. Eng., has beenappointed Medical Officer to the Western Division of Great Bolton,vice Walter Morris, resigned.

Vacancies.For furtlter information regarding each vacancy reference should be

made to the advertisement (see Index).

CENTBA.LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL, 238A, Gray’s-inn-road, W.C.-House Surgeon. Rooms, coals, and light provided.

DERBYSHIRE ROYAL INFIRMARY, Derby.-One Honorary PhysicianOne Honorary Surgeon. One Honorary Consulting Dental Surgeon.

GENERAL INFIRMARY AT LEEDS.—Resident Casualty Officer. Salary;8100 a year, with board, lodging, and washing.

KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL.-Surgeon.BADCLIFFE INFIRMARY, Oxford.- House Surgeon for six months.

Salary at the rate of E80 a year, with board, lodging, and washing.STAFFORDSHIRE GENERAL INFIRMARY, Stanford.—Assistant House

Surgeon; board, lodging, washing, &c., provided.THROAT HOSPITAL, Golden-square, London--Clinical Assistants.TOTTENHAM AND EDMOTON GENERAL DISPENSARY.—Vacancy on the

Medical Staff. Applications to S. Hedley, Esq., Trafalgar House,Tottenham.

WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL, Broad Sanctuary, S.W.-Fourth AssistantPhysician.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.

BROOK.-On Jan. 26th, at James-street, Lincoln, the wife of W. H.Brook, M.D.Lond., F.R.C.S., of twin sons.

EVANS.-On Jan. 28th, at Denmark Lodge, Clapham-common, the wifeof Lewis Evans, L.It.C.I’. Edin., L.F’.P.S. Glasg., of a daughter. -

LEWIS.—On Feb. 1st, at Farleigh, Pontypridd, the wife of B. M. Lewis,M.R.C.S., of a son.

MARRIAGES.BECBIE—REYNOLDS.—On Feb. 6th, at the Cathedral, Bombay, India,

Francis Warburton Begbie, Surgeon-Captain A.M.S., son of the lateJames Warburton Begbie, LL.D., of Edinburgh, to Catharine Mary,the eldest daughter of Walter Reynolds, J.P., of The Grove, High-gate, Middlesex. (By telegram.)

DEATHS.CHAPMAN.—On Feb. 2nd, at Willow Lodge, West Norwood, John Chap-

. man, M.B.C.S., L.S.A., aged 77. *

MASON.—On Jan. 13th, at Beacon House, Painswick, Gloucestershire,Joseph Wood Mason, M.D., aged 74.

N.B.—A jet of 6a. is charged for the lmertion of Notices of Birtha.drfarrriaqea, and Deaths.