responsibility, this class of officers should be selected. The proposed staff would be as follows:— Per Annum. £. _s._ _d._ An inspector of public health, of the rank of an inspector-general of hospitals in the army, or of 657 0 0 fleets in the navy, at full pay of 1_l._ 16_s._ per diem, at the rate given after ten years’ service A deputy inspector-general, at the rate of the army 438 0 0 full pay of 1_l._ 4_s._ per diem Eight inspectors of public health, of the rank of staff surgeon, at the rate of the army full pay of 19_s._ 2,774 0 0 per diem Two supernumeraries, of the pay of regimental surgeons, 547 10 0 at the rate of the army pay of 15_s._ per diem Ten single horse vehicles, and ten drivers, at 1_l._ 1,638 0 0 1_s._ per week, total 3_l._ 3_s._ per week each ————— —— — Total 6,054 10 0 ————— —— — Ten officers, visiting fifteen cases per diem, would suffice to take order such as described, for the burial of 45,000 persons. They will also be enabled in upwards of 8,000 cases to direct measures for the protection of the survivors and their neighbours from the spread of contagious disease. Supposing that each class of deaths occurred daily, with the same regularity that they occur yearly, the distribution of the duties of verification and examination may be seen from the following table, made from the Registrar-General’s returns.