( 4 ) AGRA AND MEERUT CIRCLE. In this circle there was an increase of two vaccinators paid out of local funds.

Out of the total number vaccinated (230,149) there was an increase of 25,174 (all being primary cases), and the percentage of success in primary cases was increased by .6.

Dr. Pringle supplied during the season 3,000 tubes of lymph and many hundreds of loaded points from Tehri, Garhwál, and Dehra Dún.

There was a considerable epidemic of small-pox throughout the Meerut circle during the cold season, but owing to the excellent arrangements made last year and during the present season by Dr. Pringle, the city and cantonment of Meerut escaped almost entirely. The progress of vaccination in the Agra and Meerut circle is very satisfactory, and thanks are due both to Dr. Pringle and his Deputy Superintendent, Mír Ahmad Hasan, for their exertions.

The undermentioned native gentlemen are mentioned by Dr. Pringle as con• spicuous for the interest they have taken in the promotion of vaccination :—

Maharaja of Tehri. Nawab Seram-ullah Khan, Raes, Meerut. Nawab Syud Muhammad Ali Khan, ditto. Munshi Muhammad Asgar Ali, Honorary Magistrate, Garhmuktesar. Babu Mohan Lal, Raes, Sikandra, Agra. Lala Ujagar Mal, Tahsildar, Meerut.

Allahabad and Jhánsi Circle.—This circle shows an increase of 20,345 in total vaccinated (138,660) and an increase of 4.7 per cent. of success in primary cases.

Two extra vaccinators (paid out of local funds) were entertained at Cawnpore to meet the large amount of work to be done, caused by an outbreak of small-pox in the city. Dr. Watson had this season the superintendence of the Benares circle, in addition to his own circle of Allahabad and Jhánsi. He reports that during his absence in the Benares circle he was satisfied with the way work was carried on by his two Deputy Superintendents, Nabi Baksh and Mir Ahmad Ali.

The increase of numbers vaccinated proves their exertions.

The undermentioned native gentlemen are noticed for the assistance they gave :—

Muhammad Husain Khan, Tahsíldar, Akbarpur, Cawnpore; Siraj-ud-din Ahmad, Tahsíldar, Derapur, Cawnpore; Maulvi Abdul Hamid, Sarishtadar, Orai; Azaz Husain Khan, Tahsíldar, Kamasin, Bánda ; Syud Manzur Ahmad, Tahsildar, Bánda.

Benares Division.—This division shows an increase of 9,227 in the total vacci• nated (100,811), and an increase of 2.14 percentage of success in primary cases.

Dr. Watson reports as follows :—

" Rae Bakhtawar Singh, Bahadur, the Judge of the Small Cause Court, Benares, has done more for the Vaccine Department than any other native official of his rank in the North-Western Provinces.

" During the cold weather I inspected all the vaccinators of the Benares, Gházipur, Gorakhpur, and Basti districts, and most of the vaccinators of Azamgarh and a few of Mirzapur. I cannot praise sufficiently highly the excellent arrangements made by Pandit Bishan Datt, the Deputy Superintendent, who since Dr. Richardson's departure has managed everything in the Benares circle.

" Pandit Bishan Datt is a first rate officer.