The annual meeting of the Finance Committee of the Alice Memorial and Nether-sole Hospitals took place on the 2ist inst. The Hon. J. H. Stewart Lockhart was re-elected Chairman, the report and accounts were adopted, and a vote of thanks passed to the retiring Hon. Treasurer (Mr. Wickham), who is going home on leave. The Chairman, before closing the meeting, bore testimony to the able manner in which the work of the hospitals had been conducted by the tactful and able superintendent, Dr. Thomson. He hoped the public would continue to support the institution, which had done such good work in the past. The Committee have since secured the services of Mr. Whiting, of the Naval Yard, as Hon. Treasurer.
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