Hospital at San Francisco, Cal. (erected 1875).—Surg. J. M. Gassaway makes the following report of repairs and improvements at this hospital station:

Four attendants have been continuously employed for ten and one-half months in painting, scraping, burning, and sandpapering the surfaces of executive building, kitchen and dining-room building, officers and attendants' quarters, Wards A, B, and D, pumping station, and stable. Interior work has also been performed by attendants in painting a large portion of the same buildings. The dispensary was remodeled and repaired throughout. The bacteriological laboratory has been fitted up in Ward B, and the new surgical operation room has been installed and equipped in Ward D. A large amount of minor repairs was performed on the heating and ventilating apparatus and on the walls and floors of the various buildings by hospital attendants, at a cost of material only. The executive building has been raised and placed upon a secure foundation, the old supporting walls rebuilt, and decayed timber removed, at a cost of $735. Similar work has been done on the kitchen at a cost of $225. Miscellaneous minor repairs have been performed under contract at a total cost of $370.98.

Under the head of ordinary repairs required during the ensuing fiscal year which may be chargeable to the appropriation "Repairs and preservation of marine hospitals, 1900," the medical officer in command recommends the following as necessary: Material for continuation of painting buildings, $1,500; storerooms for drugs, etc., executive building, $500; rearrangement of stewards and internes' quarters with respect to plumbing to secure adequate conveniences for these officers, $350; partition to make special ward for officers of the Revenue-Cutter Service, $250; lumber for renovating floors and walls, $600; repairs to steam-heating apparatus, $100; smoke consumers for heating plant, $300; electric-bell system, $100.

Hospital at St. Louis, Mo. (erected 1885).—P. A. Surg. W. G. Stimpson, in temporary command, makes the following report of repairs and improvements at this hospital station:

Repairs to boiler-house and boilers, $449.10; kitchen range, $92; new watercloset, $32.

Under the head of improvements or unusual repairs for the ensuing fiscal year, for which a special appropriation must be made, the medical officer in command reports the following needed improvements: Iron fence with stone coping along the front of the reservation, 900 feet, $5,000; wooden fence on remaining sides, 2,220 feet, $900.

Under the head of ordinary repairs required during the ensuing fiscal fiscal year, which may be chargeable to the appropriation "Repairs and preservation of marine hospitals, 1900," the medical officer in command recommends the following as necessary: Renewal of plumbing in wards and tiling floors in water-closets, $1,600; repairs to operating room, including tiling of floor and walls, $400; gas fixtures, $63; tin roof, $180; repairs to mortuary, $150; repairs to plastering, $88; miscellaneous minor repairs, $200.

Hospital at Vineyard Haven, Mass. (erected 1895).-Asst. Surg. John McMullen makes the following report of repairs and improvements at this hospital station:

Repairs and improvements to the old executive building, for the purpose of furnishing quarters to attendants, have been completed at a cost of $670; miscellaneous minor repairs have been made by the attendants, at a cost of material only, in amount $116.20.

Under the head of improvements or unusual repairs for the ensuing fiscal year, for which a special appropriation must be made, the medical officer in command reports the following needed improvements: Improvement of grounds, $1,000.

Hospital at Wilmington, N. C. (erected 1859).-P. A. Surg. C. P. Wertenbaker makes the following report of repairs and improvements at this hospital station:

A new hospital building, one story and a half with basement, has been completed and opened for the reception of patients. This building contains a ward for white patients and another for colored patients, the two being capable of holding 35 beds, a dispensary and an office, a dining room, pantry, kitchen, linen closet, surgical operating room, and necessary lavatories. This hospital building was put in commission on May 25, 1898, and the patients moved from the old wards in the executive buildings. The new structure still needs complete heating and lighting arrangements, a portion of which has been provided. The cost of this building was $6,887. A small isolation ward for cases of contagious disease has also been completed. It is capable of containing 12 beds; cost, $1,176. The grounds have been graded and a fence erected in front of the hospital, at a cost of $185. Repairs to stable, $125; plumbing, $215; fitting of dispensary, $120.

Under the head of ordinary repairs required during the ensuing fiscal year which may be chargeable to the appropriation "Repairs and preservation of marine hospitals, 1900," the medical officer in command recommends the following as necessary: Renewal of plumbing in executive building, $800; painting interior of same and renewing plastering, $500.

Under the head of improvements or unusual repairs for the ensuing fiscal year, for which a special appropriation must be made, the medical officer in command reports the following needed improvements: Completing second story of new ward building, $500; building for laundry, $1,500; new steam laundry plant, $1,000.

CARE OF SEAMEN.

The provisions made for the care of seamen for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1899, at all ports where relief is furnished, are set forth in the following circular:

CONTRACTS FOR CARE OF SEAMEN, ETC.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

OFFICE OF THE SUPERVISING SURGEON-GENERAL U. S. M. H. S.,
Washington, D. C., June 6, 1898.

The following contracts for the care of seamen entitled to relief from this Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1899, are published for the information of accounting officers of the Treasury Department, disbursing agents, commissioned

medical officers and acting assistant surgeons of the Marine-Hospital Service, and custom officers. This circular is to be regarded as official notification of the acceptance of the proposals made by the parties designated, and must be cited, giving its number and date, on all bills for the treatment and maintenance of seamen, and for the burial of deceased hospital patients, as the authority for any expenditure incurred under its provisions. Charges will be allowed for the day of admission of a hospital patient, but not for the day of discharge or death. The right is reserved by the Secretary of the Treasury to terminate any contract whenever the interests of the Service require it. All relief must be furnished in accordance with revised regulations of the Marine-Hospital Service; and, in consequence of the large expenditure for relief, and of the limited sources of income, it has become necessary to give notice that, as provided in the regulations, no allowance will be made for expenditures incurred at any station not named in this circular. Upon admission to a contract hospital of a patient with disease or injury which, in the opinion of the medical officer, the acting assistant surgeon, or physician in charge of the case, will require more than twenty days' treatment in hospital, the officer issuing the permit will at once request authority from the Bureau to transfer such patient to the nearest marine hospital, provided the patient's condition, in the opinion of the medical officer, the acting assistant surgeon, or physician in charge of the case, is such as to admit of transportation.

The attention of customs officers, commissioned medical officers, acting assistant surgeons, or other physicians in charge of patients of the Marine-Hospital Service at contract stations, is hereby called to the necessity of discharging patients promptly upon the termination of the necessary hospital treatment, and without awaiting the expiration of the period authorized in the permit.

The term "contagious diseases" wherever occurring in this circular, specific contracts excepted, includes only those diseases which, under usual municipal regulations, are required to be treated in a special hospital for contagious diseases.

Approved:

WALTER WYMAN,

Supervising Surgeon-General U. S. Marine-Hospital Service.

L. J. GAGE, Secretary of the Treasury.

Albany, N. Y.—The medical attendance to be furnished by an acting assistant surgeon; Albany Hospital to furnish quarters, subsistence, nursing, and medicines, at $1 a day; Martin E. Naugh to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $15 each.

Apalachicola, Fla.-Dr. J. D. Rush to furnish medical attendance and medicines, at $30 a month; Martha Campbell to furnish quarters, subsistence, and nursing, at $1 a day, and to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $15 each.

Ashland, Wis.-St. Joseph's Hospital to furnish quarters, subsistence, nursing, medical attendance, and medicines, at 85 cents a day; contagious diseases, $2 a day, and to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $9 each.

Ashtabula, Ohio.—The medical attendance to be furnished by an acting assistant surgeon; Mrs. Henry Whelpley to furnish quarters, subsistence, and nursing, at $1 a day; contagious diseases, $1.50 a day; John Ducro & Sons to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $9.75 each.

Astoria, Oreg.-The medical attendance to be furnished by an acting assistant surgeon; St. Marys Hospital to furnish quarters, subsistence, nursing, and medicines, at $1 a day.

Baltimore. Md.-Hospital patients to be cared for in the United States Marine Hospital; Albert F. Philbin to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $16 each.

Bangor, Me.-The medical attendance to be furnished by an acting assistant surgeon; Helen M. Stratton to furnish quarters, subsistence, and nursing, at $1 a day; Abel Hunt to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $10 each.

Bath, Me.-The medical attendance to be furnished by an acting assistant surgeon. Patients requiring hospital treatment will, if able to bear transportation, be sent to the marine hospital at Portland, Me.

Beaufort, N. C.-The medical attendance to be furnished by an acting assistant surgeon; Charles L. Duncan to furnish quarters, subsistence, and nursing, at $1 a day, and to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $15 each.

Bismarck, N. Dak.-The medical attendance to be furnished by an acting assistant surgeon; Lamborn Hospital to furnish quarters, subsistence, and nursing, at 90 cents a day; contagious diseases, at $2 a day.

Boston, Mass.-Hospital patients to be cared for in the United States marine hospital at Chelsea, Mass.; burial of deceased patients at the hospital cemetery; burial of foreign patients, at $10 each.

Bridgeport, Conn.-Bridgeport Hospital to furnish quarters, subsistence, nursing, medical attendance, and medicines, at $1 a day.

Brownsville, Tex.-The medical attendance to be furnished by an acting assistant surgeon.

Brunswick, Ga.-The medical attendance to be furnished by an acting assistant surgeon; Johanna Foley to furnish quarters, subsistence, and nursing, at 90 cents a day; contagious diseases, at $2 a day; Charles G. Moore to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $15 each.

Buffalo, N. Y.-The medical attendance to be furnished by a medical officer of the Marine-Hospital Service; Buffalo Hospital (Sisters of Charity) to furnish quarters, subsistence, nursing, and medicines, at $1 a day; contagious diseases, at $2 a day; and to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $10 each.

Burlington, Iowa.-Mercy Hospital to furnish quarters, subsistence, medical attendance, nursing, and medicines, at 85 cents a day; contagious diseases, at $1 a day; I. Prugh & Sons to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $15 each.

Cairo, Ill.-Hospital patients to be cared for in the United States Marine Hospital; L. E. Falconer to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $5.35 each. Cambridge, Md.-The medical attendance to be furnished by an acting assistant surgeon; Dorothy Cornish to furnish quarters, subsistence, and nursing, at 60 cents a day.

Charleston, S. C.-The medical attendance to be furnished by a medical officer of the Marine-Hospital Service; St. Francis Xavier's Infirmary to furnish quarters, subsistence, nursing, and medicines, at 95 cents a day; contagious diseases, at $2 a day; and to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $12 each.

Chattanooga, Tenn.-The medical attendance to be furnished by an acting assistant surgeon; Hamilton County Hospital to furnish quarters, subsistence, nursing, and medicines, at 60 cents a day; contagious diseases, at $2 a day; J. Long to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $15 each.

Chicago, Ill.-Hospital patients to be cared for in the United States Marine Hospital; B. E. Arutzen to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $15 each. Cincinnati, Ohio.-Hospital patients to be cared for in the United States Marine Hospital; dispensary at the hospital, southeast corner of Third and Kilgour streets; P. Gilligan & Sons to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $12.90 each.

Cleveland, Ohio.-Hospital patients to be cared for in the United States Marine Hospital; Flynn, Abel & Froelk to furnish ambulance service, at $1 for each patient, and Hogan & Sharer to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $13 each.

Corpus Christi, Tex.-The medical attendance to be furnished by an acting assistant surgeon; James E. Ellis to furnish quarters, subsistence, and nursing, at $1 a day: Corpus Christi Livery Company to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $15 each.

Darien, Ga.-The medical attendance to be furnished by an acting assistant surgeon.

Delaware Breakwater, Del.-Hospital patients to be cared for in the United States Marine Hospital.

Detroit, Mich.-Hospital patients to be cared for in the United States Marine Hospital; Charles N. Flattery to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $8.50 each.

Dubuque, Iowa.-The medical attendance to be furnished by an acting assistant surgeon; St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital to furnish ambulance service, quarters, subsistence, nursing, and medicines, at 80 cents a day; John A. Voelker to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $10 each.

Duluth, Minn.—The medical attendance to be furnished by an acting assistant surgeon; St. Luke's Hospital to furnish quarters, subsistence, nursing, and medicines, at 75 cents a day; John W. Stewart to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $15 each.

Edenton, N. C.-R. Dillard, M. D., to furnish quarters, subsistence, nursing, medical attendance, and medicines, at $2 a day. For out-patients $1 will be allowed for each medical examination, and 25 cents additional for each time medicine is furnished; L. F. Ziegler to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $11.50 each.

Elizabeth City, N. C.-The medical attendance to be furnished by an acting assistant surgeon.

Ellsworth, Me.-The medical attendance to be furnished by an acting assistant surgeon. Patients requiring hospital treatment will, if able to bear transportation, be sent to the marine hospital at Portland, Me.

Erie, Pa.-The medical attendance to be furnished by an acting assistant surgeon; Hamot Hospital Association to furnish quarters, subsistence, nursing, and medicines, at 71 cents a day; V. Heidt to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $15 each.

Escanaba, Mich.—The medical attendance to be furnished by an acting assistant surgeon; Delta County Hospital to furnish quarters, subsistence, and nursing, at 86 cents a day.

Eureka, Cal.-The medical attendance to be furnished by an acting assistant surgeon; Maria Anderson to furnish quarters, subsistence, nursing, and medicines, at $1 a day; F. F. Pierce to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $13 each. Evansville, Ind.-Hospital patients to be cared for in the United States Marine Hospital; William Abele to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $10.75 each.

Fernandina, Fla.-The medical attendance to be furnished by an acting assistant surgeon; A. G. Webster to furnish quarters, subsistence, and nursing, at $1 a day; contagious diseases, at $2 a day.

Fredericksburg, Va.-The medical attendance to be furnished by an acting assistant surgeon; Amelia Parrott to furnish quarters, subsistence, and nursing, at 90 cents a day; contagious diseases, at $2 a day; George Nossett to provide for the burial of deceased patients, at $12.50 each.

Gallipolis, Ohio.-The medical attendance to be furnished by an acting assistant surgeon; Harriet J. Kinder to furnish quarters, subsistence, and nursing, at 80 cents a day; contagious diseases, $1 a day; and to provide office quarters for the acting assistant surgeon, at $10 a month. Patients who require hospital treatment and whose condition, in the opinion of the acting assistant surgeon, will permit