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REFERENCE TO PREVIOUS LETTER.
Colonial Office Letter, 3524/1907, of March 7.*
DESCRIPTION OF ENCLOSURE.
Name and Date.
Subject.
Lord Cromer, His Majesty's Agent and Consul- General at Cairo: No. 33, Commercial, of April 25.
Participation of Egyptian Government in arrange-
ments respecting Veterinary matters.
Enclosure in No. 131.
DESCRIPTION OF ENCLOSURE.
Name and Date.
Subject.
His Majesty's Ambassador at Berlin, No. 40 Africa,
May 2.
Preservation of wild game in Africa.
SIR,
(No. 40. Africa.)
Enclosure in No. 130.
Berlin, May 2, 1907. WITH reference to your despatch, No. 174, of this series, of the 17th of November last, I have the honour to report that I have received a note from Herr von Tschirschky informing me that no definite decision has as yet been arrived at as to whether all the regulations adopted in London can be suitably incorporated permanently in the legislative system of the German Protectorates and that some time for further consideration will therefore be required before the Imperial Govern- ment can give a definite reply with regard to the ratification of the London Con- vention for the preservation of wild game in Africa.
The Right Honourable
Sir Edward Grey, Bart., M.P.,
&c., &c.,
&c.
I have, &c.,
FRANK C. LASCELLES.
(No. 33. Commercial.)
SIR,
Cairo, April 25, 1907. WITH reference to your despatch, No. 14, Commercial, of the 12th ultimo, enclosing a circular which has been sent to the Crown Colonies and Protectorates with a view to placing veterinary matters in those countries on a better basis, I have the honour to report that I have now received a reply from the Egyptian Government defining the degree in which they desire to participate in the proposed arrangements.
The Khedivial Government is desirous of participating in the above-mentioned arrangements in so far as they concern the choice of veterinary surgeons required for the Egyptian Civil Service (Clauses 9 to 15).
With regard to Clause 16, they make the reservation that, as the Egyptian Government has to meet its own expenses, they do not propose to adopt the principle of contributing to the expenses of investigation, as suggested in that clause.
As the Chief Veterinary Inspector of the Sanitary Department goes to England nearly every year, the Minister of the Interior is of opinion that it would be prefer- able that either the former or his representative should interview the veterinary surgeons chosen by the Civil Service Commissioners for the Egyptian Government, before their services are definitely accepted.
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I have, &c.,
CROMER.
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No. 131.
FOREIGN OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received May 10, 1907.)
The Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs presents his compliments
to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, and, by direction of the Secretary
of State, transmits herewith copy of the undermentioned paper.
Foreign Office,
May 9, 1907.
No. 132. SOUTH AFRICA.
HIGH COMMISSIONER THE EARL OF SELBORNE to THE EARL OF ELGIN. (Received 11 May, 1907.)
(No. 306.) MY LORD,
High Commissioner's Office, Johannesburg, April 22, 1907. WITH reference to my despatch, No. 221, of March 25th,† I have the honour to enclose, for your information, a copy of a despatch from the Governor of the Cape on the subject of the Convention signed in London on May 19th, 1900, for the preservation of wild animals, birds, and fish in Africa.
I have, &c.,
SELBORNE,
High Commissioner.
• No. 59.
• No. 95.
† No. 117.
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