to that preliminary ordeal. (Signed) " R. BAIKIE, M. D. Superintending Medical Officer." 122 APPENDIX. PRESIDENT'S MINUTE. " I CANNOT leave the Neilgherry Hills without ex- pressing my encreased confidence in the healthful effects of the climate, nor without an anxious desire, to place them within the reach of all classes of persons, (to whatever presidencies belonging) whose health has been injured by the heat of the plains of India. " The expence of house-rent, together with the un- certainty of obtaining a lodging upon the first arrival, restrains many in the subordinate ranks of the service, and especially those who are married, from flying to the Hills, before dangerous diseases have made a fatal progress. To provide for these cases, I have therefore determined to place the bungalows I bought from the Missionary Society at Dimhutty, under the care of the officer commanding on the Hills, and of the principal collector of the district; and I request that they will form such regulations as shall in their opinion be best calculated to afford to persons who really stand APPENDIX. J23 in need of lodging on their first arrival, this essential comfort free of expence. " As the bungalows are now in good repair, no