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4. The Committee of the School are specially gratified at the manner in which the School has gained the confidence of the public, as evidenced by the international nature of its subscription list, and the fact that many of the original subscribers have repeated their donations to the School.
5. It is strongly felt that, as the work and objects of the School are of an Imperial character, the School may reasonably claim a certain amount of State support, and should not be entirely dependent for its maintenance and existence on the generosity of a few private individuals.
6. We are instructed therefore respectfully to suggest that Her Majesty's Govern- ment should give the matter their careful attention, and consider whether an annual grant of money can be made to the School, as the expenses are great and its funds limited; and, secondly, we are to ask that pupils of the School may be placed on the same footing as those attending the London School of Tropical Diseases in the matter of the selection by the Government of candidates for Colonial medical appointments.
We have, &c.,
No. 43.
A. II. MILNE,
Honorary Secretary. ALFRED L. JONEŠ,
Chairman.
15447.
Sir,
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No. 45.
COLONIAL OFFICE to GENERAL POST OFFICE.
[Answered by No. 46.]
Downing Street, May 25, 1900. I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to request you to inform the Postmaster-General that, in accordance with a suggestion made by Dr. Patrick Manson, C.M.G., F.R.S., the Medical Adviser to this Department, it has been decided to test, by the erection of a mosquito-proof hut in the Roman Campagna, the immunity which such a structure would afford from the effects of malaria.
2.
The experiment will be carried out by Drs. Sambon and Low, who have been selected for the purpose, and the Italian Government have expressed their readiness to co-operate in the matter.
3. It is hoped that results may be obtained, not only of great scientific interest, but also of considerable practical value to the many British possessions where malaria is prevalent.
4. The Marquess of Londonderry will observe from the letter of which a copy is enclosed herewith that Dr. Manson desires that, in connection with this experi- ment, Dr. Sambon and Dr. Low should send a supply of live mosquitoes every week to the London School of Tropical Medicine, and Mr. Chamberlain would be glad if His Lordship would be good enough to cause arrangements to be made for meeting Dr. Manson's wishes.
I am,
&c..
R. L. ANTROBUS.
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13972.
COLONIAL OFFICE to THE MALARIA INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE.
SIR,
[Answered by No. 55.]
Downing Street, May 23, 1900.
I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to transmit to you, to be laid before the Malaria Investigation Committee, the enclosed copy of a letter* from Dr. Daniels, relative to his further stay in British Central Africa, and to request that the Committee will furnish Mr. Chamberlain with an expression of their views on the subject.
2. Since this letter was received the telegram,t of which a copy is enclosed, has been sent by Dr. Daniels. In view of what is stated in that telegram, Mr. Chamber- lain considered it advisable at once to authorise the return of Dr. Daniels, and a telegram was sent to him on the 21st of May, giving him the necessary permission.
3. It seems to Mr. Chamberlain undesirable, from reasons of expense, to prolong the mission of Drs. Daniels, Christophers, and Stephens beyond two years, unless the Committee consider that the importance of the results achieved or likely to be achieved entirely justifies such prolongation.
I am, &c..
15792.
SIR,
No. 44.
COLONIAL OFFICE to MR. C. W. DANIELS.
C. P. LUCAS.
Downing Strect, May 23, 1900.
I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram of the 15th of May,† reporting that you had had an attack of blackwater fever, and that you considered it advisable that you should return.
2. Mr. Chamberlain approves of your returning to this country without delay, and he caused a telegraaf to that effect to be sent to you on the 21st of May.
I am, &c.,
C. P. LUCAS.
16972.
SIR,
No. 46.
GENERAL POST OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received May 30, 1900.)
[Answered by No. 51.]
General Post Office, London, May 29, 1900.
I AM directed by the Postmaster-General to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 25th instant, No. 15447/1900,† in which, with reference to certain experi- ments which are to be made in the Roman Campagna for the purpose of testing the immunity from the effects of malaria to be derived from a mosquito-proof hut, you enquire whether it could be arranged for the British officers who proceed to Brindisi in charge of the Indian mails to take charge on their homeward journeys of small boxes containing consignments of live mosquitoes for the London School of Tropical Medicine.
2. In reply, I am to acquaint you that the Postmaster-General will gladly concert measures with the Secretary of State for the Colonies furthering in the manner sug- gested a scheme of which the results are expected to be of practical value in British possessions where malaria prevails.
3. It is thought that the best place for effecting delivery of the boxes to the Indian mail officers would be Ancona, where in alternate weeks on their homeward journey they receive from a messenger of Her Majesty's Ambassador at Rome despatch bag for the Foreign Office. It seems possible that arrangements might be made by the Foreign Office for the same messenger to convey to Ancona the boxes of mosquitoes, and Mr. Secretary Chamberlain may perhaps think it desirable to approach the Marquess of Salisbury on the subject.
4. The homeward Indian mail during the summer usually passes through Ancona on a Friday, about 11 hours after its departure from Brindisi, and in the alternate weeks, when no Embassy messenger is sent from Rome, it would be neces- sary for Dr. Sambon and Dr. Low to make some other arrangement, and also to ascertain, presumably from the Italian Post Office, when the mail would be due at Ancona.
No. 30.
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