The care of the sick and suffering is thoroughly provided for in the well-equipped hospitals of the West Coast, and the medical profession is strongly represented in the various centres; there are five practitioners stationed at Greymouth, three at Westport, two at Hokitika, and two at Reefton, and some of the inland towns also have a resident medical man.

Macandrew, Herbert, M.B. (Edin), Hall Street, Hokitika.

Teichelmann, Ebenerer, F.R.C.S. and M.R.C.S. (Eng.) L.R.C.P. (Ireland), and Associate of Mason's Science College (Birningam), Hamilton Strect, Hokitika. Dr. Teichelmann was born in South Australia, in the year 1859, and is of German and Scotch parentage. He was educated at Hahndorf College, at Adelaide University, and at Queen's and Mason's Colleges, Birmingham, England. Dr. Teichelmann also studied at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, and at the Dublin Hospitals, Ireland. He acted as Demonstrator of Physiology at Mason's Science College, Birmingham. Dr. Teichelmann has been assistant physician and Resident Pathologist at the General Hospital Birmingham, Assistant Surgeon at the Jaffray Suburban Hospital, Resident Medical Officer of the Birmingham Workhouse, and private assistant to Mr. Lawson Tait, Birmingham. He also practised privately in England for two years, and when he landd in Australia he established himself in Adelaide, at Port Adelaide, where he filled the post of Health Officer for two years. In February, 1897, he came to New Zealand to accept the position of Surgeon Superintendent to the Westland County Hospital.

Dentistry.

Coulson, Herbert Maxton, Surgeon and Mechanical Dentist, Hamilton Street. Hokitika. This practice was established in the year 1900 by

Mr. H. M. Coulson.

Mr. McBrearty, of Greymouth, and was acquired by Mr. Coulson in 1903. The premises consist of ground floor rooms, in the Masonic Hall building; the surgery is fitted with every necessary appliance, and there is a commodious work room, and waiting room. Mr. Coulson was born in the year 1879, in London, England, came to New Zealand with his father, Captain Coulson, by the ship “Lord of the Isles,” and arrived in Wellington in 1887. He was educated in Dunedin, removed to the West Coast in 1895, and studied for his profession in Greymouth and Hokitika. Mr. Coulson is a member of the local cricket and swimming club, and is captain of the hockey club. He married a daughter of the late Mr. Richard Watkins, of Timaru, in the year 1904.