?49 the barracks in a south-east direction whith a nearly W. S. W. aspect and exposed to the prevailing winds, which are westerly and from the sea." Efforts have been made to improve the surface drainage, but water still lies in places after heavy rain, and no doubt the retentive nature of the sub-soil is one of the causes of fever. The wastage water from the plunge-bath and from the dipping well near the filters is carried away by a drain paved with sandstone to a nála between the barracks and the railway, but the stones are porous and the water escapes and forms a line of moisture to the north-east of some of the barracks. Regarding the barracks themselves the only thing I can suggest is that the long rooms be divided into two by a partition wall so as to reduce the draught and that over the doors rectangular windows be provided which should open upwards, as suggested by the Army Sanitary Commission and Mr. Lumsdaine, so as to direct the current of air entering them upwards and not downwards on to the men's cots ; and perhaps it might be well, as an experiment, to hang chicks along the outer verandahs so as to diminish the force of the wind, and if this is found to have any effect in reducing sickness, fixed venetians might be applied. The three Artillery or Somerset Barracks are upper-storied buildings and are out of the line of wind blowing off the swamp. Another great source of safety to them is that, although they are close to the Sadar Bázár, they are to wind- ward of it, and the men are, therefore, not exposed to the danger of breathing air blowing over a foul population group ; and although the men occupying them cannot be said to have been healthy, yet that they have been healthier than the men in the Napier Barracks will be seen by the following table, showing the ratio of admissions and deaths from the principal diseases per 1,000 of average strength : - Period-Six years, 1877-82. Cholera. Enteric Fever. All Fevers except Enteric. Dysentery. Diarrhœa. All Causes. A. D. A. D. A. D. A. D. A. D. A. D. Royal Artillery 0 0 4ˇ6 1ˇ1 1,045ˇ9 2ˇ3 19ˇ5 3ˇ4 45ˇ9 0 1,975ˇ9 17ˇ2 Infantry 0ˇ3 0ˇ3 5ˇ8 4ˇ0 1,642ˇ3 5ˇ 51ˇ8 4ˇ0 115ˇ2 0ˇ3 2,476ˇ1 24ˇ2 I do not wish to lay too great stress on these figures, because for seven months in 1880 the Base Hospital was established in Karáchi and men sent from the army in Afghanistan were treated in it. Still if these admissions are eliminated altogether, it will be seen that there has been more sickness among the Infantry than among the Artillery. It is only fair also to state that the 98th Regiment landed on the 5th September 1880 from Malta and, like all new regiments, suffered on first arrival. The higher rate of dysentery and diarrhœa among the Infantry is a noticeable fact. The analysis of the water in the wells which formerly supplied the Infantry and Artillery is as follows :- GRAINS PER GALLON. PARTS PER MILLION. Total Solids. Chlorine. Free Ammonia. Albuminoid Ammonia. Well supplying Napier Barracks 79ˇ1 29ˇ4 Nil ˇ06 Do. Somerset do. 112ˇ 48ˇ65 0ˇ26 ˇ06 B 357-13