His Honour : I am under the impression that the, Canterbury echool will have a larger attendance. Dr Stuart : I understood that wegotthe Benmore run on condition of establishing a Medical School. His Honour : That is a condition. Dr Stuart : The Committee haß reported to the effect that it intends to proceed as speedily as funds will allow to build up a Medical School here. His Honour: I had to lay great stress «pon that point in getting the Crown grant. We looked forward to great things, aud I hope that our anticipations will be realised. Mr Cargill said that they ought to give students the best education they could here. But when they came to the practical part of the work, they were told that the utmost they could expect to accomplish was to aeeuro the neceseary instruction for two years. Hia Honour • We ought to avail our selves of medical education to the efxtont our means will admit of. Mr Stanford : f agree with your Honour. His Honour : If you pay clinical lec turers, the Hospital will be throw open lo you. I would like to see the Medical School assume such a shape as that it might take the Hospital into its own hands. Mr bTANFORD s It would be very desir able. Mr Cargill : The School could hardly take the management of the Hospital. _ We are not so badly off as somo of our friends would Buppose. Reference to the papers re cently will fbow that the Melbourne Hos- Sital waa not in a very satisfactory position, ur Hospital is b'tter conducted than any in the Australian Colonies. The Melbourne Hospital has been really a great scandal, Ilia Honoj/b 3ftid that there were oply

The Presbytery held its regular meeting in the First Church on the 7tti, whsn tke-<* were present : Rev. Mr Greig (Moderator), Dr Stuart, Dr Conland, and the Revs. Gow, Sntherland, Johnston (Clerk), Watt, Finlay son, Russell, Mackie, Will, Blake, and M'Naughton. Elders : Messrs Millar, Ivlac kay, and D. Borrie. Proceedings were opened with prayer, after which the minutes of the former meeting were read by the Clerk, and confirmed. CHURCH EXTENSION. 