YOUR EXCELLENCY,
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Enclosure in No. 186.
A copy of my letter No. 61, of 4th May, 1914, has already been before the Secretary of State. I fully concur with the views expressed by the Senior Medical Officer, and consider that the only hope of saving the Gilbert group (including Ocean Island) from the scourge of elephantiasis will be to strictly enforce the restriction referred to in the last paragraph of Dr. O'Reilly's report. As filariasis has now obtained such a firm hold in the Ellice group it is doubtful whether justi- fication exists for imposing restrictions between that group and Samoa.
As regards the Union group, I regret that I am unable to report, but will call for Mr. Inder- maur's opinion by first opportunity. Some inconvenience will certainly be caused by enforcing medical certificates, but so long as we are able to retain a Medical Officer in each group no serious dislocation of trade or recruiting need be feared. The restriction should be enforced between the Gilberts (Ocean Island and Nauru) and Samoa and between the former group and the Ellice. It would be advisable to include the Union group pending Mr. Indermaur's report; if the precaution comes too late the restriction can be removed later.
21st October, 1915.
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No. 137.
E. C. ELIOT.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNORS OF ALL NON- RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT COLONIES AND PROTECTORATES.*
(Circular.)
Downing Street, 9th December, 1915.
SIR,
I HAVE the honour to inform you that, in view of the desirability of diminish- ing as far as possible, at the present juncture, the reports and returns periodically rendered to this Department by Colonial Administrations, it has been decided that the returns of preventive measures against mosquito-borne disease which are sent from time to time to this Department in accordance with the request made in my predecessor's circular of the 20th of December, 1910,† shall be discontinued until the end of the war.
I have, &c.,
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No. 138.
A. BONAR LAW.
COLONIAL OFFICE to THE LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE.
Downing Street, 13th December, 1915.
SIR,
I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Bonar Law to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 30th of October, transmitting reports on the work of the Liver- pool School of Tropical Medicine for the six months ended the 30th of October, 1915, and to inform you that the reports were laid before the Advisory Committee of the Tropical Diseases Research Fund at their meeting of the 19th of November, and were read with interest.
2. The question of the renewal of the annual grant from the fund to the School was taken into consideration at the same meeting. The Committee did not find themselves able, in view of the financial situation, to recommend a grant of more than £1,000 to the School during 1916. The Secretary of State has approved this grant, and the Crown Agents for the Colonies have been authorized to pay to you, on application, the sum of £500 on or after the 1st of January, 1916, and the balance of the grant on or after the 1st of July following.
I am, &c.,
HENRY LAMBERT,
for the Under-Secretary of State.
*Except Gibraltar Malta, Cyprus, Bermuda, Falkland Islands, St. Helena, and Weihaiwei.
1 No. 131.
+ See page 4 of [Cd. 7796].
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No. 139.
COLONIAL OFFICE to THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.
SIR,
Downing Street, 14th December, 1915. I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Bonar Law to inform you that at their last meeting, held on the 19th of November, the Advisory Committee of the Tropical Diseases Research Fund had under their consideration your letter of the 17th of June last, applying for the continuance of the annual grant of £750 in respect of the salary of the Professor of Protozoology in the University of London, and of the additional grant of £100 a year in respect of the employment of an assistant to the Professor.
2. The Committee decided to recommend that a grant of £600 should be made in respect of the year 1916, in addition to £100 for the salary of the assistant. In view, however, of the uncertainty in regard to the financial position of the fund, they were of opinion that no continuance of these grants should be guaranteed beyond 1016.
3. The Committee further suggested that the University authorities should be reminded that the grants were made on the understanding that the money would be expended on the study of protozoology in its relation to tropical disease.
4. The Secretary of State has approved the recommendations of the Com- mittee, and, on your applying to this Department, the necessary instructions will be given to the Crown Agents for the Colonies in regard to the payment of the total grant of £700 on or after the 1st of July next.
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No. 140.
I am, &c.,
HENRY LAMBERT,
for the Under-Secretary of State.
COLONIAL OFFICE to THE LONDON SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE.
SIR,
Downing Street, 14th December, 1915. WITH reference to your letter of the 2nd of October,† applying for a renewal of the grant from the Tropical Diseases Research Fund towards the cost of main- taining the special departments in the London School of Tropical Medicine, and the reply from this Department of the 8th idem,t I am directed by Mr. Secretary Bonar Law to inform you that your application was taken into consideration by the Advisory Committee of the Fund at their meeting on the 19th of November last. 2. The Committee did not find themselves able, in view of the financial situa- tion, to recommend a grant of more than £1,000 from the Fund to the School during 1916, The Secretary of State has approved this grant, and the Crown Agents have been authorized to pay to you, on application, the sum of £500 on or after the 1st of January, 1916, and the balance of the grant on or after the 1st of July following.
I am, &c.,
HENRY LAMBERT, for the Under-Secretary of State.
* No. 119.
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