We regret to have to record the death of Mr. R. G. Smith, the eldest son of Dr. Smith, of the Durham County Asylum. He died at the early age of thirty-six, on 3 October last, while undergoing a second operation for fistula in ano. Mr. Smith graduated as M.A. of the University of Aberdeen, and afterwards became B.Sc.Lond., M.R.C.S.Eng., and L.R.C.P.Lond. After serving as Assistant Medical Officer in the Durham, Whittingham, and Newcastle Asylums, he went as Medical Superintendent to Dunston Lodge Asylum, which position he occupied until his untimely death.