Suva’S Cms Has Record

Year

rS Central Medical School, Suva, Fiji, had a record number of graduates last year—2B medi ;al and two dental finalists, from welve Pacific Territories. This was reported by the Director-General )f the South Pacific Health Service, Dr. J. M. Cruikshank, at the annual graduation ceremony held in Suva lome days before the new Medical School was opened by the Queen.

The Governor of Fiji, in his ad iress to the graduates before pre sentation of awards, said that jresent enrolment included 122 nedical and 23 dental students, as veil as 19 others studying sanita ;ion, five pharmacy, two X-ray, and me taking a laboratory course.

Two Gold Medals in Surgery were iwarded this year. No award had >een made last year. The recipients >f the British Medical Association iward this year were Harnam Singh Pulsi and Jona Baravilala Seni agakali, both of Fiji. Sir Alport Barker’s Gold Medal in Medicine vent to Harnam Singh Tulsi also, rhe Forensic Medicine Prize was iwarded jointly to Jona Baravilala tenilagakali and Samuela Fonua of tonga. Dr. A. S. Frater’s Gold iledal for Head Student went to lamam Singh Tulsi, and Mrs. A. >. Frater’s special prize for most onsistent application to studies was iwarded to Lanuola Sagale of W.

Samoa.

Dr. A. T. Doran, principal of the chool, was able to report that there vere no failures this year amongst hose taking the final examinations ,t the end of the four-year course.

Island Trading Company—the co perative handling US Trust Terri )ry produce sales —reported in Oc 3ber that there had been a heavy ecline in copra export despite le fact that the price to producers jcently rose. ITC also reported, in s survey of the copra market, that le Philippines exported 68,000 tons I copra in October—highest figure cached in any month of this year o that date.