The standard of excellence is very high in this department whence no bandage is allowed to ne that is not rolled to be as hard as a board. The two bandage parties, Mrs. Campbell's and Mrs. Noel Davis's, have together rolled 2,318 between December 8 and January 12. They have also, as has been stated in the Treasurer's report, been busy getting funds, as they say they prefer to be "self-supporting." In addition to this, Mrs. K. O. Mackenzie has sent in $72, the result of an amusing competition after a tea party she gave last week when all competitors subscribed $1 as a minimum. The "Wednesday Golfers" have also given 870, part of their competition last week. If the laudable ambition of being "self-eupporting" is to be realized the bandage department needs from $60 to §70 a month, that is if they continue their output at the same rate as that between October 1 and January 12, in which time 7,761 bandages were rolled. A present of thirty pieces of material from Ichang which is suitable to their requirements is very welcome.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.