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Mr W. A. Lyon, of Invercargill (says a recent Melbourne Argus), has jast arrived from New Zealand, bringing with him a choice shipment of the polled Angus cattle, consisting of one stud bull and 17 stud cows and heifdrs, including the winners of two first priz-js, three second prizes, and one commendation at Wyndham, New Zealand, as well as one first and two second prizes at Invercargill. Dr Blache states iu the Bulletin Therapeutique that in chronic and simple bronchitis petroleum in doses of a teaspoonful before meals produces satisfactory results. In phthisis the experiments have not yet been long enough continued to ascertain whether the results are permanently, beneficial, but it diminishes the expectoration, which also loses its pnrnlent character. Tbe vice-director of the medicinal department in St. Petersburg remarks on tho sanitary condition of Russia that in some parts of tbe empire mortality reaches the high rate of 60 to 40 deaths per 1000 inhabitants. The mortality among children is frightful, being 59 per

cant., and in time parts even 79 per cjnt on the whole mortality. There die yearly in Russia about 2,800,000 persons, one million of whom are the victims of the sanitary conditions. In a population of 100,000,000 there are only 1,600 state physician a, abont 1,000 country doctors, and 2,600 privately practising physicians, in all lather more tnan 2,000 doctors, who, however, are chiefly concentrated In the cities. '