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tributed to the Protectorates under their administration, and it has occurred to Mr. Chamberlain that His Lordship might wish to bring them to the notice of the medical authorities in India.
I am, &c.,
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No. 92A.
H. BERTRAM COX.
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SIERRA LEONE.
GOVERNOR SIR C. A. KING-HARMAN to MR. CHAMBERLAIN.
(Received July 11, 1903.)
[Answered February 5, 1904, by 25590 in Miscellaneous No. 170.] (No. 156.)
Government House, Fort Thornton, Freetown,
SIR,
Sierra Leone, June 26, 1903. WITH reference to your circular despatch of the 28th of May, I have the honour to request that I may be supplied with 100 copies of the Memorandum by Drs. Stephens and Christophers on Malaria and Blackwater Fever, which formed the enclosure to the Report by the Royal Society to the Colonial Office of the 24th April last.
2. The Memorandum, in its completeness, conciseness, and simplicity, appears to me to be the most useful and practical publication of the kind that has yet been issued, and I would venture to recommend that a copy of it should be given to every public.officer coming out to the West Coast of Africa.
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No. 93.
I have, &c.,
C. A. KING-HARMAN,
Governor.
101
a circular despatch* addressed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to the Colonies on the subject of the investigation of malaria.
In reply I am to say that His Lordship in Council will have great pleasure in bringing the papers to the notice of the medical authorities in India, and he proposes to address the Government of India on the subject.
I am to add that Lord George Hamilton is deeply sensible of the advantages to India of the investigations which have been promoted by the Colonial Office, and will be glad to learn in due course the result of the reference made to the Colonies regarding the proposed establishment of a general fund, and the formation of a Board to advise the Secretary of State for the Colonies as to its disposal. Should such a fund be established for the promotion of further research into the origin and propagation of malarious diseases, and the co-operation of India be desired, Lord George Hamilton will be prepared to recommend the subject to the Indian Government for favourable consideration.
I have, &c.,
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A. GODLEY.
No. 95.
NATAL.
GOVERNOR SIR H. E. McCALLUM to MR. CHAMBERLAIN. (Received August 22, 1903.)
(No. 215.)
SIR,
[Answered by No. 100.]
Government House, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, July 27, 1903. WITH reference to your circular despatch of the 28th May,* I am requested by my Ministers to inform you that an amount of five hundred pounds has been voted by this Government as a contribution towards the London Tropical School of Medicine.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference :--
TITLIC.O.885
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO
(No. 139.) SIR,
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BRITISH HONDURAS.
ACTING GOVERNOR CORK to MR. CHAMBERLAIN.
(Received July 24, 1903.)
Government House, Belize, July 6, 1903.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your circular of the 28th May last, on the subject of the steps which have been taken in connection with the investigation of tropical diseases and the training of medical officers in their treat-' ment and prevention.
2. After the observations of the Colonial Surgeon had been invited, the pro- posal contained in the 38th paragraph of the despatch was considered in Executive Council, and I was advised that, should you consider it necessary to call upon this Colony for a contribution in aid of medical and sanitary training and research the Legislative Council should be invited to vote a moderate amount.
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SIR,
No. 94.
I have, &c.,
P. C. CORK, Administering the Government.
INDIA OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received July 30, 1903.)
India Office, Whitehall, London, S.W., July 29, 1903. I AM directed by the Secretary of State for India in Council to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, No. 45838, dated 2nd July, 1903, † forwarding copies of
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I have, &c.,
HENRY MCCALLUM.
No. 96. TASMANIA.
GOVERNOR SIR A. E. HAVELOCK to MR. CHAMBERLAIN. (Received August 25, 1903.)
(No. 45.)
SIR,
Government House, Hobart, July 15, 1903.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your circular despatch of the 28th May,* summarising the steps which have been taken, in connexion with the investigation of malaria and the results which have followed, and in connexion also with the training of Medical Officers in the treatment and prevention of tropical diseases; and finally, making some suggestions as regards the future.
2. My personal observations and experience of malarial and other tropical diseases, while on public service on the West Coast of Africa, in Fiji, in the West Indies, in Mauritius, in Ceylon, and in India, give me a special interest in this im- portant and beneficent work. I rejoice to see that much has already been achieved; and I earnestly hope that the undertaking so successfully begun may receive more general support than it has received in the past, and that it may lead to wider and more completely good results. I should wish to be allowed to say that I am most heartily in accord with the opinion expressed by Sir M. Foster in his letter of the 2nd May, 1903, a copy of which is enclosed in your despatch, that the matter is one essentially of Imperial importance.
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