Royal Irish Benevolent Fund Society

It is proposed to establish in the Bengal Presidency a Branch of the Royal Irish Medical Benevolent Fund Society. The object of the Society is to relieve cases of distress among medical men, and their widows and orphans, in Ireland. It is supported by subscriptions from members of the Profession, raised by means of local " Branches," of which the Society has now 36?34 in Ireland; one in Bombay, and one (founded last year) in Madras. In the year 18G9-70, the subscriptions to the Bombay Branch amounted to Es. 777; and those of the recently founded Madras Branch to Es. 210. The annual sum which can be devoted to relieving cases of distress falls very far short of the claims upon it, and a great many applications for relief are unavoidably set aside from want of funds to meet them. As the Annual Meeting of the Society is held in Dublin in June, contributions from India should be sent home not later than tho first Mail in April. Subscriptions to the proposed Bengal Branch will be thankfully received by the Honorary Secretaries, vis.:? Staff Surgeon T. M. Bleckley, a.m., m.d., ll.b., Simla, and Surgeon J. A. Purefoy Colles, m.d., 4th Sikh Infantry, Edwardesabad. The following subscriptions have been already promised:? Staff Surgeon T. 31. Bleckley, M.D. ... Es. 32