The programme for the Fourth Far Eastern Medical Congress to be held at Batavia from August 6 to August 29 is already fixed and the delegates who will be many from Japan and the Philippine 1s-Jands will be received everywhere with many honours.
Several Dutch East Indian Gov-emmental and private bodies such as the State Railways, the Netherlands East Indian Railway Company and the Royal Dutch Packet Steam Navigation Company are offering many facilities as extra-trains, free tickets, reduced fares, and extra steamers.
Dr. D. Fock, Governor-General -of the Dutch East Indies, will open the Congress ceremonially on the evening of August 6 and from August 8 until August 14 the proper scientific lectures and discussions will take place alternated by visits to local scientific and medical institutions. Before the opening ceremony, a preliminary meeting of the Congress members will take place for which the Governor-General has offered his Ryswyk Palace at Batavia.
On Saturday August 13 the scientific discussions will be closed and the place where the next Congress
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