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Massey's report is infected, and the evidence tending to show other places infected is given above. It will be noted that the evidence against Mazanguli is slight.
I hope to visit some of the places supposed to be doubtful, and will let you know further.
With regard to other places being infected with palpalis, the following are authenticated:on the Umkuleshi River, 2, at Busanga, 3, on the Sikalute River, one and a half miles from Mazanguli, and a patch further south of this.
In addition to this the missionary at Koni Station thinks the fly exists there, but this is still quite doubtful, also the places mentioned in Dr. Noble's report.
I am, &c.,
His Honour
The Administrator of
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introduction of sleeping sickness into Rhodesia, I am directed to transmit, for the information of the Secretary of State, copies of letters of the 29th April* and 6th May, from the Administrator of North-Eastern Rhodesia, and of the 5th ultimo, from the Administrator of North-Western Rhodesia.
SHEFFIELD NEAVE.
SIR,
I am, &c.,
A. P. MILLAR,
Assistant Secretary.
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No. 36.
UGANDA.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE ACTING COMMISSIONER.
(Sént 4 p.m., July 4, 1907.) TELEGRAM.
July 4. You may proceed with establishment of camps referred to in your telegram, No. 14.* Medical officers and hospital. assistants will be sent out as soon as possible.-ELGIN.
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No. 37.
UGANDA.
COLONIAL OFFICE to TREASURY.
[Copy to Commissioner, No. 170, and to Royal Society, July 22, 1907. L.F.]
[Answered by No. 41.]
Downing Street, July 19, 1907.
WITH reference to your letter of the 26th of March, † I am directed by the Earl of Elgin to request you to inform the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury that the Sub-Committee of Scientific Experts appointed to consider the measures for coping with the epidemic of sleeping sickness in Uganda recommended by the Com- missioner has now finished its work.
2. The Sub-Committee has taken the evidence of a number of expert witnesses, and, after careful consideration, has unanimously reported in favour of the adoption of the main features of Mr. Bell's scheme.
3. Their report has been accepted by Lord Elgin on the recommendation of the full Committee of the Tropical Diseases Research Fund, and I am now to ask that the expenditure of £10,870 required for this service may be sanctioned by their Lordships.
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No. 38.
RHODESIA.
I am, &c.,
R. L. ANTROBUS.
THE BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received July 24, 1907.)
2, London Wall Buildings, London, E.C., July 23, 1907. WITH reference to previous correspondence regarding the prevention of the
• No. 31.
† No. 16 in African No. 865.
Enclosure 2 in No. 38.
Administrator's Office, Fort Jameson, May 6, 1907.
I HAVE to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 30th March, relating to sleeping sickness, and note that the appointment of an expert medical officer is deferred for the present, owing to the probability that the sleeping sickness Commis- sion will visit the Luapula this year.
I now forward a copy of the part of Dr. Spillane's Annual Report for the year ending 31st March last, which relates to this matter.
Dr. Spillane's scheme is a slight elaboration of that recommended by me in my letter of 2nd February, and would only be carried out in full if many imported cases were actually discovered in North-Eastern Rhodesia or if the situation on the Congo side of the Luapula becomes much more threatening than is happily the case at the present time. His estimate of expenditure is £1,100 greater than mine of 2nd February, and this excess is principally due to the suggested employment of two extra Native Commissioners, which means that two experienced Native Commis- sioners would be detailed for special duties, and be replaced at their ordinary work by newly-appointed men. The present staff of Native Commissioners is only barely sufficient to occupy the necessary stations throughout the country, and to collect the hut tax, and some increase in their number will have, in any case, to be con- sidered very soon. If two new men were appointed they could be readily absorbed in the general staff when no longer required on sleeping sickness duties.
I have at present no definite recommendation to make as everything depends upon what transpires during the next few months, but I hope that steps are being taken to procure a suitable man in place of Dr. Noble. The salary and allowances of this man can be covered by the medical vote already approved, so the objection against increased expenditure should not apply in this case.
As regards the last paragraph of your letter of 30th March, a formal regulation restricting the movements of natives has already been submitted to the Commis- sioner, who has transmitted it to the Colonial Office for approval.
The Secretary
The British South Africa Company,
(A & C.)
2, London Wall Buildings, E.C.
Sleeping Sickness.
I am, &c.,
ROBERT CODRINGTON.
Fort Jameson, May 6, 1907.
Several cases of this disease having occurred in the Congo Free State on the confines of North-Eastern Rhodesia, investigations were started early in 1906 in order to obtain definite information (1) as to the presence of the disease in North- Eastern Rhodesia. (2) The position and extent of the endemic areas in the Congo, and if there was any direct communication between these areas and North-Eastern Rhodesia. (3) The existence of imported cases of the disease in the Congo Free State outside the endemic areas; and (4) the distribution of blood-sucking flies, especially the genus Glossina. This work was carried out by Dr. Noble (whose. report is appended), who travelled along the whole extent of the Anglo-Congolese Border between the Luapula River at its junction with Lake Bangweolo, on the south, and Lake Tanganyika, on the north, and he found (1) that there was no evidence of the existence of either early or advanced cases of the disease in North-
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Not received in Colonial Office.