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of your opinion as to whether any, or all, of them might be adopted with advantage in the colony under your Government, and if it is decided to adopt any of them in whole or part, whether, and in what way, they can be carried out, viz.:
(a.) That all new buildings, as far as is practicable, and with due regard to expense, be located away from native quarters, clear of jungle, at a distance from stagnant waters, and, where possible, on high ground.
(The Committee were of opinion that while it might be comparatively "easy in some places to carry out this suggestion it would in others be almost impossible (except at prohibitive expense).)
(b.) That wherever possible a space in every Government Quarter used as a dwelling house by Europeans be protected against mosquitoes by wire gauze, thus affording an opportunity to every official to diminish the risk of contagion."
(c.) That all rooms be provided with special means for the destruction of mosquitoes.
(d.) That all European officials now in malarial Colonies should provide them- selves with mosquito nets of approved material, pattern, and mesh, for use both in their quarters and while travelling.
(e) That in every bedroom, messroom, and office in Government buildings, a notice, such as the enclosed notice, which Dr. Manson has been good enough to pre- pare on
Malaria: its cause and prevention" be exhibited.
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(f.) That one or more officers, medical if possible, be appointed to inspect, in- struct in, and superintend the carrying out of such measures as may be adopted for the prevention of the transmission of malaria by mosquito bite.
(g.) That it be suggested to Governors to note and give publicity to any practical demonstration, and proof of the theory, that residence in mosquito-proof dwellings diminishes the risk of malarial infection.
(h.). That the Crown Agents for the Colonies be requested to arrange that a supply of suitable wire gauze and mosquito netting is available, patterns of which should be easily accessible.
(i.) That all officials on first going out to malarial Colonies be advised to procure mosquito-nets.
I have, &c.,
J. CHAMBERLAIN.
Company, on the receipt of the usual life certificates, and I am to authorize you to make arrangements accordingly.
6. It is understood that Dr. Christophers has already furnished Messrs. King and Company with a power of attorney, empowering them to receive his pay, and Dr. Stephens will be instructed to furnish a similar power as soon as possible, and also to send a life certificate to you every month. Pay may, however, be issued to the latter for the month of May, pending the arrival of the power and certificate.
7. It is not proposed to employ Dr. Christophers and Dr. Stephens for a longer period than one year, and pay should not be issued to them for more than a year from the date of this letter.
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No. 13.
I am, &c.,
C. P. LUCAS.
COLONIAL OFFICE to DR. J. W. W. STEPHENS.
Downing Street, April 22, 1901.
I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to inform you, with reference to the letter from this Department of the 18th of March, that your salary and sub- sistence allowance will be paid by the Crown Agents for the Colonies to Messrs. King and Company, who will instruct their agents in India to make payment to you.
2. In order to carry out this arrangement it will be necessary for you to furnish Messrs. King and Company with a power of attorney, empowering them to receive your pay from the Crown Agents, and to send a life certificate to the Crown Agents every month.
3. Pending the receipt of the power of attorney and the certificate, the Crown Agents have been instructed to issue pay to you for the month of May.
4. I am to request you to furnish the Power of Attorney and life certificate for the month of May as soon as possible, and to state, with reference to the 3rd paragraph of the Colonial Office letter of the 18th of March, the exact date on which you began your scientific work, and also the period occupied by the voyage from England.
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GENTLEMEN,
No. 12.
COLONIAL OFFICE to CROWN AGENTS.
Downing Street, April 22, 1901.
I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to inform you, with reference to the letter from this Department of the 18th of March,† that he has approved of the investigations with regard to Malarial fever which have been carried out by the Malarial Commission in Africa being continued in India by Dr. Christophers and Dr. Stephens..
2. Dr. Christophers and Dr. Stephens will both be granted from the Malaria Commission Fund salary at the rate of £400 a year, and a subsistence allowance at the rate of £120 a year.
3. Dr. Christophers left this country for Calcutta on the 19th of April, and will be allowed to draw salary from that date, and the subsistence allowance from the date of his arrival in Calcutta.
4. Dr. Stephens is already in India, and will be allowed to draw his salary and subsistence allowance from the date on which he begins his scientific work. This date will be notified to you later by this Department, and, in the meantime, Mr. Chamber- lain approves of the salary and allowance being issued to Dr. Stephens from the 1st of May. Dr. Stephens will also be allowed salary for the period occupied by the voyage from England together with a refund of the actual cost of his passage, and a further communication will be made to you on this subject.
5. It has been decided, after consultation with the Pay Department of your office and Dr. Christophers, that the most convenient method of issuing pay to him and his colleagues will be to issue it monthly through the Indian Agents, Messrs. King and'
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I am, &c,,
C. P. LUCAS.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN to THE GOVERNORS AND HIGH COMMISSIONERS.†
(Circular.)
Downing Street, April 25, 1901.
SIR,
WITH reference to my circular despatch of the 20th instant, submitting, for your consideration, the suggestions of a Committee on the subject of malarial fever, I have the honour to transmit to you, for your information and that of the Chief Govern- ment Medical Officer, a copy of the special malaria number of "The Practitioner," which contains some important evidence of the efficacy of protection against malaria, 1901. and summarises the reports of various experiments which have been made in this con- nection.
If you think it desirable that this paper should be circulated more widely through the officers of your service, you should cause more copies to be ordered through the Crown Agents for the Colonies.
I have, &c.,
No. 3.
J. CHAMBERLAIN.
↑ West African, Eastern, West Indian, Bechuanaland Protectorate, Basutoland, Southern Rhodesia, St. Helena, Bermu la, Bahamas, British Honduras, British New Guinea, aud. Cyprus.
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