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   The most important work under construction in Madras was the
remodelling of the Government General Hospital at Madras. H. R. H.
the Prince of Wales Hospital for Children, as an adjunct to the Govern-
ment Victoria Caste and Gosha Hospital, Madras, was completed and
opened during the year. The construction of the new hospitals at Madura
and Cocanada was nearing completion by the end of 1936. A new out-
patient department has been added to the Government Victoria Caste
and Gosha Hospital, Madras and a Venereal out-patient block to the
Government Rayapuram Hospital, Madras.

   Bombay.—During the year 1936 no major works pertaining to Govern-
ment hospitals or dispensaries were undertaken in the Bombay Presidency.
Minor works representing additions and alterations to hospital buildings
costing about Rs. 53,000 were carried out at the several hospitals.

   Bengal.—In Bengal an up-to-date and well equipped block, named Sir
John Anderson Casualty Block, has been added to the Medical College
Hospitals, Calcutta, at a cost of Rs. 2,84,030. It has accommodation for
40 beds and 4 cabins and is likely to remove the congestion in the Medical
College Hospitals. Among the other important new works carried out
mention may be made of the new out-patients department and menial
quarters added to the Mayo Hospital, the new maternity hospital building
in the Belgachia Medical College Hospitals and the extension of the out-
patients department in the Shambhunath Pandit Hospital, Bhowanipore.

   The proposal to rebuild the Lady Dufferin Victoria Hospital, Calcutta,
made rapid progress during the year 1936. The King George V Silver
Jubilee Committee gave a gift of Rs. 4,71,000 while further amounts
were promised by the District Boards of Bengal. With the donations
already received, the construction of the main hospital building is
in progress.

   In the mofussil in Bengal additions of new wards were made to some
of the existing hospitals and many new dispensaries were opened.

   United Provinces.—Due to financial stringency no major works could
be undertaken in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. Certain works
of a petty nature were carried out during 1936 from the lump allotment
of Rs.12,000. The Ursula Memorial Hospital, Cawnpore, was built at a
cost of Rs. 3 lakhs, donated for the purpose by Messrs. Horsman Brothers
of Cawnpore. A building for an X-Ray installation has been constructed
in the compound of the Colvin Hospital, Allahæbad.

   Punjab.—The financial depression continued to stand in the way of
new developments in the Punjab. Several schemes remained in abeyance
for want of funds. The important events of the year 1936 were as follows:—

   (i) Opening of the R. B. Amar Nath Tuberculosis Institute in the
Mayo Hospital, Lahore.

   (ii) Establishment of the Lady Emerson Chatarbhuj Maternity
Home at Amritsar.

   (iii) Construction of the Gujjar Mal Tuberculosis Hospital at
Amritsar.