In : proof of this it may be st.ited that aprintad circular t dated January 2S, 1889, hns been prepared by the chairman (Mr Houghtan) and distributed amoiig his friends and others, with a view to the raising of a sufficient fund for the erection of a residence for the nursing staff, That due prominence is given to the views of the me3ic.il staff is shown by the opening sentence of the circular, which is as follows:—" The need of a special building as a residence for the nursing staff has bren continuously urged by the honorary medical staff as one of the most pressing wants of the hospital, without which the substitu tion of female nurses for male attendants cannot possibly be carried out." 4. The erection of a separate residence for nurses would carry with it the ability on the part of the trustees to give effect to the ttiird proposal made by the honorary medical staff at the conference of May 18S7—viz., the providing of special wards for parti cular rase 3. As explained in the chairman's circular the rooms in the present hospital building " that would be vacated by the nurse* would be utilised by patients requiring speci.il treatment, and as private wards by patients who could afford to pay for the extra accommodation therein' provided." The making of the contemplated changes would in all probablity also enable the trustees to effect some other desirable improvementsin connection with the wards that have been forsome time under considera tion by the House Committee appointed by the trustees. ' The chairman's circular of January 29. was on the trustees' table at their February meeting, and but for the interruption to the business caused by Dr Batchelor the question to which the circular re lates would have been brought under consideration by the chairman. Itj will be a matter of regret to the trustees if Dr Batchetor's recent action should lead to longer delay in affecting further hospital improve ments than might otherwise have been the case. The trustees have a decided objection to their being placed in tho positiou of appearing to do so under coercion what they were perfectly willing and pre pared to do of their own free will at the first pos sible opportunity. 5. 