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not infrequently met with in Seychelles, and the causes and prevention of which will come under the investigation of experts in England. It is further proposed that the scope of inquiry should be extended to tropical diseases among animals as well as among human beings.
From Enclosure No. 1 in the Secretary of State's despatch it will be seen that the contributions from other Colonies, including £600 from the Royal Society, and £303 10s. 10d., as interest on advances, have amounted to £8,937 18s. 4d., and the time has now arrived when it is necessary that there should be a permanent Fund, to which some annual contribution from Seychelles may not unreasonably be expected. It will not be forgotten that Seychelles has already benefited by the establishment of the London School of Tropical Medicine, seeing that two of its Medical Officers have undergone in that school, prior to their appointment to Seychelles, a course of instruction in tropical diseases.
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For the foregoing reasons the Administrator confidently invites the Legislative Council to approve of a sum of £50 being provided annually in the Estimates, begin- ning with the Estimates for 1904, as a contribution to the Fund.
Government House,
Seychelles, 28th July, 1903.
E. B. SWEET ESCOTT,
Administrator.
At a Meeting held to-day the Legislative Council voted an annual contribu- tion of £50 to the London School of Tropical Medicine in terms of the above minute.
W. L. RIND,
August 4, 1903.
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Clerk to Legislative Council.
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by the steps which have already been taken to carry out the recommendations of the Committee, and I have also to request you to furnish me with an estimate of the cost which is likely to be involved in carrying out the proposals made by the Com- mittee in regard to the permanent cleaning and upkeep of the river beds and reserves, referred to in the fourth paragraph of your despatch.
3. I desire to take this opportunity of expressing my satisfaction at the interest which is being taken in this important subject.
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No. 102. SEYCHELLES.
I have, &c.,
J. CHAMBERLAIN.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN to ADMINISTRATOR SWEET ESCOTT.
(No. 111.)
Downing Street, September 9, 1903.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 152, of August 5th, in which you propose to provide on the Estimates for 1904 for the pay- ment of a sum of Rs. 750 as a contribution to the suggested fund for the investi- gation of malaria and other tropical diseases.
2. I much appreciate the spirit in which this generous offer has been made, but I have some doubt whether the proposed contribution is not greater than Sey- chelles can properly afford at present, in view of the heavy expenditure now being incurred for other purposes.
3. I am ready to approve the provision of this sum on the 1904 Estimates if you are satisfied that Seychelles can afford it, but it must be on the distinct under- standing that as it is not a matter of absolute necessity, it must be reduced or can- celled if there are more pressing claims on the finances of the Dependency.
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No. 100. NATAL.
I have, &c.,
J. CHAMBERLAIN.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN to GOVERNOR SIR H, E. MCCALLUM. (General.)
Downing Street, August 28, 1903.
SIR,
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 215, of the 27th ultimo,* intimating that a sum of £500 has been voted by the Government of Natal as a contribution towards the London School of Tropical Medicine; and I have to request that you will convey to your Ministers an expression of my appre- ciation of the action of the Colony.
I have, &c.,
J. CHAMBERLAIN.
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(No. 192.) SIR,
No. 101. MAURITIUS.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN to GOVERNOR SIR C. BRUCE.
[See No. 117.]
Downing Street, September 8, 1903.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 272, of the 28th of July last,† forwarding a Report by the Malaria Enquiry Committee on their proceedings during the years 1901 and 1902, and to inform you spatch and its enclosures have been referred to the Malaria Committee now sitting that your de- in this country in order to obtain the favour of any observations that Committee may desire to offer thereon.
2.
I shall be glad if you will inform me what expenditure has been incurred
36157
SIR,
No. 103. GAMBIA.
GOVERNOR SIR G. C. DENTON to MR. CHAMBERLAIN. (Received September 30, 1903.)
[Answered February 5, 1904; 36157 in Miscellaneous No. 170.]
(No. 147.)
Government House, Bathurst, Gambia, September 14, 1903.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your circular despatch of the 28th May last, summarising the steps that have been taken in connexion with the investigation of malaria and other tropical diseases and the results which have followed such steps.
2. Much good has undoubtedly been effected by the investigations in question and it is, in my opinion, most certainly to the interests of the West African Colonies that they should be continued. This being so it follows that each Colony ought to subscribe to the common fund which you suggest should be instituted, and I feel sure that the Legislative Council of the Gambia will readily vote the necessary funds for such a purpose.
3. The amount of the subscription to be given by each Colony should, I con- sider, be in the same proportions as the original contributions, but, at the same time, I submit that the sum to be received annually from this Colony might well be fixed at £50.
I have, &c.,
GEORGE C. DENTON,
Governor.
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