Calendar: 1846-1847 Page 57

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT 40 mcnts of the College Many have been brought up in the School and not few have attended the Course of Instruction in the Department of Literature and Science We have more than one Associate of the Department of General Literature pursuing Medical Studies One of the Junior Scholars whom shall have to present to your Lordship to-day has passed through career of distinction in the Department of General Literature and the gentleman who has obtained the Medical Society's Prize is now distinguished student of the same Department We are thus enabled to see the mutual bearing of the various Departments of this great College which no numbers very nearly 000 Pupils receiving instruction within its Avails the School supplying the Senior Departments and the Department of General Literature and Science sending forth its Pupils into the various callings of life It is extremely gratifying to me to be able to report to your Lordship most favourably of the conduct and diligence of the Medical Students It is but rarely that have been called upon to take any notice of misconduct or neglect of duty and am happy to add that when have interfered my remonstrances have been received in proper and becoming manner The general condition of the College and its appliances and means of instruction exhibit progressive improvement Under the direction of our new Curator Mr Masters the Museums are being put into more efficient condition espc- cially the Zoological Collection which had hitherto been much neglected Valuable additions have been made to the Depart- ments of Mineralogy and Geology by Major Cautley who has presented his Indian Collection and by Professor Jones The Botanical Museum has been enriched by valuable presentations from Mrs D'Oyly and Professor Boyle to the former of whom we are indebted for nearly complete series of British plants contained in handsome cabinet The rooms provided for Students within the walls of the College have been fully occupied and almost exclusively by Medical Students From the communications which in my Official capacity have had with parents am able to state Ε