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the burden of interest and repayment charges at the end of the period.
It may not however be so widely realised
that the Committee are also prepared to Live liberal
assistance towards schemes of public health and
research, which are not the less important because
they involve a smaller outlay. You may rest assured that the economic importance of measures to safeguard the health of all classes of the community is fully
appreciated in this country. Grante have been given
towards works of drainage and water supply, and the
erection of hospital buildings and labourers'
dwellings. In the case of research the Committee is
prepared in suitable cases, to finance not only the
preliminary investigation (such as the visit of an
expert) but the actual research work itself. ain,
the Committed is prepared to assist by paying the cost
of surveys of road and railway projects, or by
contributing towards the expense of such surveys, and
generally