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poor from all the other parishes are admitted into it, as well as distressed and destitute sailors. The best medical attendance is procured for them ; wine and other strengthening nourishment administered to the sick ; and three wholesome meals allowed to each individual per clay. Bedsteads and bedding are also supplied, there being " in the female ward six, and in the male ward ten furnished apartments, ready for the reception of patients at the shortest notice." Nor are these the only accommodations this inestimable charity affords to the poor and distressed of our species, there being seven detached houses on the opposite side of the inclosure, capable of containing two, three, or four persons in each. " In these separate dwellings infirm persons are distributed, whose complaints, habits, or tempers, render it expedient that they should be kept by themselves. One house, fronting the burial-ground, is reserved for the reception of the dead previous to interment, and is used for a dissecting room when required. Eighty inmates can be comfortably accommodated at the infirmary." The income for the last year, (1841,) including subscriptions, donations, legacies, and parochial relief, was 1361l. Os. 4 1\2d. currency, the expenditure, 1225l. 4s. 4d. ; the latter sum would have been of greater extent was it not from the kindness of many of the Antiguan proprietors, in presenting each a barrel or two of sugar. Thus have I gone with Mr. Holberton through the " rise and progress of the Daily Meal Society." Perhaps some of the truly charitable inhabitants of dear old England may be induced to send their mite across the waters in aid of this society, of whose existence they may probably not have been hitherto aware ; and as I knew it was out of my power to use more cogent language—language which speaks to the heart—nor advocate the cause so well as our excellent rector, I have therefore quoted so largely from his " brief review," feeling assured he will pardon me, and hoping my readers will bear with me. In conclusion, I will once more use his words and say—" It is undeniable that the hand of