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The Committee feel that although their efforts are not yet ended to raise money, that sufficient has been done to justify their asking the Colonial Office for the promised sum. Unless this is forthcoming at an early date the Committee must recall Dr. Sambon at a moment when the Committee believe that useful work is being done, and that whether the [discovery of the ?] definite cause of Pellagra be the result of Dr. Sambon's efforts or not, a great deal of useful work has been done, and that scientific investigation has been given a fresh impetus by Dr. Sambon's sug- gestions and work in the field.
The Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office.
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LAUDER BRUNTON,
Chairman.
Vice-Chairman.
F. M. SANDWITH,
W. J. SIMPSON. JAMES CANTLIE,
Honorary Secretary.
No. 37.
PAPUA.
STATE.
(Received 23 May, 1910.)
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF AUSTRALIA to THE SECRETARY OF
(No. 100.)
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Governor-General's Office, Melbourne,
18th April, 1910.
[Published as No, 10 in Appendix I. to [Cd. 5514], February, 1911.]
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No. 38.
AGENDA AND MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE TROPICAL DISEASES RESEARCH FUND, HELD AT THE COLONIAL OFFICE ON THE 26TH OF MAY, 1910, AT 4 P.M.
AGENDA.
1. To approve the Minutes of the last Meeting* (print herewith).
2. To receive the accountst of the Liverpool and London Schools for 1909 (print herewith).
3. To receive the Reportst of the Liverpool and London Schools (print herc- with).
4. To receive the Reports of the London School as to the investigations into the disease Kala Azar (print herewith).
5. To consider a Report from the Administrator of Dominica as to malaria in that Island (print herewith).
6. To consider a proposal from the Governor of the East Africa Protec- torate as to the investigation of disease in that Protectorate (print herewith).
7. To consider a Report** from the Governor of the Seychelles on an out- break of beri-beri there (print herewith).
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8. To discuss the value of the work done by Dr. Fraser with regard to the investigation of beri-beri.
9. To consider the question of paying to the Pellagra Committee the sum of £150 provisionally voted at a previous meeting.
• No. 19.
§ No. 30.
† Nos. 25 and 27. Nos. I in Appendix V. and 1 in Appendix IV. to [Cd. 5514].
No. 105 in Miscellaneous No. 227.
No. 16 in Miscellaneous No. 251.
** No. 3 in Appendix I. to [Cd. 5514].
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MINUTES.
PRESENT:
Sir J. WEST RIDGEWAY, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., K.C.S.I. (in the Chair). Sir THOMAS BARLOW, Bart., M.D., K.C.V.O.
Sir DAVID BRUCE, K.C.M.G.
Surgeon-General A. M. BRANFOOT, C.I.E., I.M.S.
Sir THOMAS HOLDERNESS, K.C.S.I.
Sir CHARLES LUCAS, K.C.M.G., C.B.
Mr. READ, C.M.G.
Professor Ross.
Mr. KEITH (Secretary).
(1.) The minutes of the meeting of the 19th March were approved. (2.) The accounts of the Liverpool and London Schools of Tropical Medicine were received.
(3.) The reports from the Liverpool and London Schools of Tropical Medicine were received.
(4.) The report of the London School of Tropical Medicine as to the investiga- tion of Kala-azar was received, and it was agreed that the further sum of £450, being the second half of the grant of £900 made by the Advisory Committee, should be paid over to the School forthwith.
(5.) The report from the Administrator of Dominica was considered. Professor Ross explained that he had not been able to carry out his intention of preparing a report on the replies received from the various Colonies and Protec- torates with regard to Malaria, owing to the pressure of other work, but that such a report on a more complete basis would be laid before the Committee at the meeting in November.
(6.) The proposal of the Governor of the East Africa Protectorate for the appointment of a Commission to investigate disease in that Protectorate was con- sidered at length.
Sir David Bruce strongly supported the appointment of a Commission. He stated that disease in Uganda had been dealt with, and that it was pro- posed to carry on the Laboratory there for further investigations into such questions as, for example, how long the fly remains infective and whether the wild animals around the lake were infected with the disease. Flies had been found to be still infected though the people had been removed from the lake for over two years; while, on the the other hand, on an island in the lake the flies were not infected at all, probably as the result of the absence of some wild animal. l'hese and similar questions would be investigated by the workers in the Laboratory. In the East Africa Protectorate little had been done for the investigation of disease. There were indeed in the Protectorate an Entomologist and a Veterinary Pathologist, who were doing excellent work, but they were liable to have their time occupied by ordinary routine work, and satisfactory results could only be obtained by the appointment of a Commission to investigate. This Commission should consist of a director and two or three assistants; it would last for any period from five to ten years, the men being changed, as far as possible, at intervals of two years, to secure that they should carry out the work with adequate energy and interest. Their main object would be the investigation of animal diseases, as human diseases were to some extent provided for by the investigations carried on in Uganda. The cost would be about £2,500 a year.
Mr. Read indicated that difficulty might be found in getting a suitable man to act as director; he would require veterinary experience, and efforts to secure men well up in veterinary matters had been hitherto attended with not very satis- factory results, although the Colonial Office had the advantage of the advice and assistance of Dr. Stockman.
Sir Charles Lucas suggested that if money were obtained from the Treasury, as would have to be the case for this investigation (East Africa Protectorate being a State-aided Protectorate), it might be difficult to obtain money for more pressing questions, but Sir David Bruce was quite clear that there was a pressing urgency for the sending of a Commission.
Professor Ross concurred that investigation was very desirable, but he depre- cated too large an expenditure being incurred, and after full consideration it was