first volunteer battalion to be selected for the honour of furnishing a complete unit with a frontier expedition. But the impetus given to volunteering by the events of 1893, 1895, 1897, and during the Boer war has died away, and Colonel Stephen is not alone in lamenting the dec

Mr. D. Shearni, C. 8., is appointed Assistant Director of Statistic. RAILWAY BOARD. Mr. W. J. Weightman, Executive Engineer, is permitted to retire. Mr. F. W. Roberts, Executive Engineer, is posted on return from leave to the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway. SIMLA U• S. CLUB Soar, A

I Sum, Atro. 5, The members of the Railway Board entertain I the whole of the Railway Conference and a number of ladies at dinner at the Grand Hotel here to. night. The following were amongst those who were present:— Messrs. Biome, Bonham Carter, Burn, Campbell, Carnell, Conclim

Sums, Aua. 9. The weather in the Punjab and Rajputsas continues to be terri'ily hot and conditions Sr. aill unfavourable for rain there. An increasingly large number of stations in India continuo to show heavy deficiencies in their rainfall. Some of these are: Ratnagiri 38 inche

Ir IA TN AT revs decided erect a memorial tablet at the house of the late Raja Sir Radhakant Deva Bahadur, &.C.S•I., of Subhabazaar Calcutta. This ought to prove peculiarly pleasing to Bengali men of letters, for the deceased gentleman, will be long remembered as a graceful and

A BOMBAY CRITICISM BrIKBAY, JAN. 18. The "Times of India," commenting on the proceedings of the Viceregal Council, says: "We hope the reply of Sir Guy Fleetwood Wilson gave to the Hon. Mr. Dadabhoy's question concerning the proposed inquiry into the high prices of food-stuffs do

• ,„ WV.. Lamont, JAN. 18. - Owing to the prev a l ence o f "5urra".........1 camels in Lahore Division, Major S. A. Coolie, Commandant, 66th Silladar Camel Corps, Montgomery, has been deputed to Bind to purchase camels in that province. No less than twenty camels have just .bee