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of the undersigned Petitioners under the "Debtors and Creditors Act, 1862," will be held at the Court House, Dunedin,
on Saturday the 18th day of July inst., for the purpose of investigating the affairs of the petitioners, and of recommending to the Court, Trustees of their respective estates, viz:—

Francis Joseph Fitzpatrick, at 10 o’clock a.m.
Auguste Fischer, at 11 o’clock a.m.
John Andrew Smith, at 12 o’clock noon.
John Urquhart, at 12 o’clock noon.
Saml Solomon, at 1 o’clock p.m.
George Cox Dawson, at 2 o’clock p.m.

Robert Chapman,
Registrar.
Supreme Court Office,
Dunedin, 13th July, 1863.

Province of Otago,
New Zealand, to wit.

I HEREBY CERTIFY that Henry Kemp Bennet, of Dunedin, in the Province of Otago, has this day submitted for my examination his Diploma as a Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, as likewise a Diploma from the same College testifying that he is qualified to practice Medicine, in accordance with the provisions of an Ordinance, passed by the Legislative Council of New Munster, Session I, No. 9 of 1849, intituled "An Ordinance to define the qualifications, and to provide for the remuneration in certain cases of Medical Practitioners."

Dated at the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Dunedin, this tenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

A. Chetham Strode,
Resident Magistrate.

[From the General Government Gazette,
June 4, 1863.]

Circular from Secretary of State respecting Management of Hospitals and Lunatic Asylums.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
New Plymouth, 8th May, 1863.

THE following Circular with its enclosures, transmitted by the Right Honorable the Secretary of State to the Governors of Crown Colonies, is published for general information.

Alfred Domett.

Colonial Office,
19th February, 1863.

The Duke of Newcastle presents his compliments to Sir George Grey, and begs to enclose, as concerning a matter of general interest, a copy of a circular, respecting the management of Lunatic Asylums and Hospitals, addressed to the Governors of all Colonies in which the Government is not responsible.

To Sir George Grey, K.C.B., &c., &c., &c.
Downing-street,
1st January, 1863.

Sir,—Certain evils and defects which have been recently disclosed in the Public Hospital at Kingston in Jamaica, and flagrant abuses and cruelties of long standing which have been detected in the Lunatic Asylum at the same place, have suggested to me the expediency of making enquiry into the state of similar institutions in other Colonies. With this view I have obtained the assistance of the College of Physicians and of the Commissioners in Lunacy in determining the topics to which enquiry should be directed, and I enclose one series relating to Public Hospitals, and one relating to Lunatic Asylums. I request you to fill up the forms under each head, with the fullest information that you may be enabled to afford.

I have, &c.,
Newcastle.

Hospitals.

1st. The laws or written regulations relating to Hospitals, specifying the class of persons for which the Hospital was established, and the nature of the diseases most commonly admitted.

2nd. The site, the aspect, the elevation above the sea, the character of the soil, and other circumstances of the surrounding neighbourhood.

3rd. The water supply, the sewerage and drainage, the position and state of latrines.

4th. The structure of the buildings, including adaptations to climate and arrangements for ventilation, coolness, and warmth. Baths.

5th. The internal dimensions of the several wards, the number of beds in each, the distance between the beds, and the number of cubic feet allotted to each patient; also, what provisions are made by separation, or otherwise, for preventing the spread of diseases commonly held to be contagious.

6th. The number of medical men, distinguishing those who reside within the walls, and stating which of them are allowed to engage in private practice, and specifying the proportion which the number of medical men bears to the average number of patients.

7th. The like numbers and proportions in regard to day nurses and night nurses respectively, distinguishing those who reside.

8th. The average time for which patients remain in the hospital.

9th. The diet table.

10th. The proportion borne to the