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2. Lord Elgin would be glad to learn whether you would be good enough to give the benefit of your services in the matter, and act as Chairman of the Committee of Management of the Bureau.
I am, &c.,
No. 24.
FRANCIS J. S. HOPWOOD.
MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE SLEEPING SICKNESS BUREAU.
1ST MEETING 13TH APRIL, 1903, at 2.30 P.M.
PRESENT:
The Rt. IIon. Sir J. West Ridgeway, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., K.C.S.I., P.C., (in
the Chair).
Sir Rubert Boyce, F.R.S.
Sir Patrick Manson, M.D., K.C.M.G., F.R.S.
Dr. Rose Bradford, F.R.S.
Colonel David Bruce, C.B., F.R.S., R.A.M.C.
Mr. H. J. Read, C.M.G.
Mr. Keith (Acting Secretary).
1. The question of the selection of a Director for the Sleeping Sickness Bureau was considered. Sir W. Ridgeway laid stress on the necessity of energy as well as scientific attainments and interest in the person selected. Sir P. Manson gave some account of Dr. Thompson, now working at the Lister Institute, whom he recommended for the post. He had had a successful professional career in the East, had returned home in order to devote himself to science and had published two papers on sleeping sickness, which Dr. Rose Bradford concurred in considering good work. Colonel Bruce stated that Dr. Bagshawe, of the Uganda Medical Service, seemed to him a possible candidate, being energetic and actually acquainted with the country and the work. Sir P. Manson and Sir R. Boyce also mentioned Dr. Low with favour, while it was generally agreed that Dr. Balfour, of the Wellcome Laboratories at Khartoum, would fill the post admirably, if he could be induced to accept it (which Sir P. Manson thought possible on account of his health) and if it were considered wise to take an officer who was already doing such good work away from his post. Dr. Anton BreinT, mentioned by Sir R. Boyce, was ruled out as a foreigner, but Dr. Stephens was considered eligible. Finally it was agreed that the scientific members should make further enquiries and that the several possible candidates should be approached (Dr. Stephens by Sir R. Boyce, Dr. Thompson by Dr. Bradford, Dr. Bagshawe by Colonel Bruce, Dr. Low by Sir P. Manson, and Dr. Balfour by Mr. Read) to ascertain if they desired to be con- sidered for the post, and that a further meeting should be held on the 29th April at 4.30 p.m.
2. It was agreed, after discussion, to leave the question of a translator and a secretary over until after the Director had been appointed and to discuss with him the mode of publication, the collection of information, &c. The salary to be offered was fixed at £500, with a yearly engagement, terminable at six months' notice, and the Director would be required to give all his time to the work, it being understood that he would engage in research during any spare time he had. Sir P. Manson thought a higher salary should be given or only a certain amount of time required, but this was not generally accepted.
3. It was also agreed, on the proposal of Dr. Rose Bradford. to write to the Royal Society and express the hope that though the scheme would not be inter- national they would extend to the Bureau the same facilities (room for Director, secretarial assistance, &c.) as had been promised for the larger scheme.
4. Mr. Read also mentioned as matters for future arrangement the securing of exemption from postal dues for the Bureau's correspondence, and the printing of papers by the Stationery Office.
5. It was agreed to adopt the name *Sleeping Sickness Bureau."
Colonial Office,
13th April, 1908.
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No. 25.
COLONIAL OFFICE to THE ROYAL SOCIETY.
[Answered by No. 27.]
Downing Street, 15 April, 1908. I AM directed by the Earl of Elgin to inform you, with reference to the letter from the Foreign Office of the 22nd of October last, that, the scheme for the estab- lishment of an International Central Bureau in connection with sleeping sickness having fallen through, His Majesty's Government have now decided to establish a National Bureau in London which will be administered on similar lines, but the cost of which will be defrayed from Imperial funds, with a contribution from the Government of the Soudan.
2. It seems probable that the new arrangement will be entirely satisfactory from the point of view of this country, and the Secretary of State would be glad to know if the Royal Society will accept, as applying to this new bureau, the proposals made in the Foreign Office letter.
3. It is proposed that there should be a meeting of the Committee of Manage- ment on the 29th of April to select a Director for the Bureau, and it would be convenient if a reply to this letter could be given before that date.
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SIR,
No. 26.
I am, &c..
C. P. LUCAS.
FOREIGN OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received 18 April, 1903.)
[Answered by No. 33.]
Foreign Office, 16 April, 1908.
I AM directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to transmit to you herewith, to be laid before the Secretary of State for the Colonics, a copy of a despatch from His Majesty's Agent and Consul-General at Cairo respecting the measures to be adopted by the Soudan Government to study the disease of sleeping sickness.
Sir E. Grey will be glad of the observations of the Secretary of State for the Colonies on Sir E. Gorst's despatch.
SIR,
(No. 4. Africa.)
Enclosure in No. 26.
I am, &c..
LOUIS MALLET.
Cairo, 31 March, 1908.
I HAVE had the honour to report to you in my telegram, No. 2, Africa, of to-day, that the Soudan Government are prepared to contribute towards the expenses of the Bureau to be established under the auspices of the Royal Society in connec- tion with the sleeping sickness, as suggested in your telegram, No. 5, of the 18th instant.
2. In informing me of the above the Governor-General of the Soudan adds that Dr. Balfour, the Soudan Government bacteriological expert, considers that as the disease has not yet been found in the Soudan, it could be better studied in Uganda, but that he would welcome an expedition to devise administrative measures for the control of the disease, which could be studied on the boundaries of Uganda and the French and Belgian Congo.
3. The Soudan Medical Officer at present engaged in investigation could be attached to such an expedition, and Sir R. Wingate urges that scientific and administrative observations should be furnished to the Soudan Government as soon as possible. In the event of such an expedition being despatched, its scope of action
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