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Hongkong.
December 1902
Sir,
Government House
C. O.
0223
Hongkong, 13th. January, 1903.
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I have the honour to transmit for your
infomation the enclosed copy of a report by Dr. Thomson on
the results of an inspection of the nullahs of the Western
part of the City of Victoria with a view to ascertaining the
extent of the prevalence of the larvae of anopheles in this
district.
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In paragraph 2 of his report Dr. Thomson
states that in his opinion the training of the nullah above
Ripon Terrace, West of the Nethersole Hospital is the most
pressing of all measures for the diminution of malaria in
this Colony, and Mr. Tooker of the Public Works Department has estimated the cost involved at $2,400.
3.
There is no Vote in the Estimates for the current year to meet the cost of training mullahs; for you 29will remember that, although in your Despatch No. 230 of the
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31st. of last July you approved of provision being made for
a sum of $9,000, it was subsequently not found possible to 02
make the provision, and I informed you to that effect in my Despatch No. 448 of the 8th. of last October,
4.
In view, however, of Dr. Thom son's strong recommendation and of the urgency of this matter, I have the honour to request your sanction for the expenditure of $2,400
during
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,
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