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Advisory Board is now complete, and will shortly begin its work. It consists, in addition to two representatives of this Office, of the following gentlemen :→→→
The Right Honourable Sir J. West Ridgeway, G.C.M.G., K.C.B.,
K.C.S.I., P.C. (Chairman).
Sir R. Moor, K.C.M.G.
Sir M. Foster, M.P., K.C.B. F.R.S.
Sir P. Manson, K.C.M.G., F.R.S.
Sir T. Barlow, Baronet, M.D., K.C.V.O.
7. Up to the present time, contributions as in the enclosed list, amounting to about £1,600 a year have been guaranteed by the Crown Colonies for a period of five years and a further contribution of £500 a year for a similar period has been promised by the Imperial Government on behalf of the State-aided Protectorates, while the Indian Government have been asked by the Secretary of State for India to give the matter their favourable consideration, with a view to making a contribu- tion to the fund.
8. Among the contributing Colonies is Malta, the Governor of which, in reply- ing to Mr. Chamberlain's circular, stated that Although Malta is not a tropical Colony and has, therefore, no direct interest in the investigation of tropical diseases, still, in view of the fact that Mediterranean fever is one of the subjects included in the syllabus of lectures at the School of Tropical Medicine in London, the Council advised that the Government should contribute a sum of £50 to the fund mentioned above."
9. It is possible that on similar grounds your Government may like to make a small contribution, but I do not press it in any way. I would only suggest that, if any money is given, it should not be ear-marked to a particular object but be paid into the common fund suggested by Mr. Chamberlain.
10. I am sending a copy of this despatch to the Governors of the other Australian States, requesting that they will take similar action.
I have, &c.,
Enclosure in No. 3.
ALFRED LYTTELTON.
LIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO MALARIAL INVESTIGATION FUND.
Colony or Protectorate.
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In addition to the annual contributions mentioned above, the following sums have been promised by other Colonies :-
Colony, ko.
Basutoland
Orange River Colony
Malta
Seychelles
St. Kitts ...
Dominica ...
British Honduras
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Subscription.
£100. Lump sum.
£50. Lump sum.
£50 for one year.
Matter will be recon-
sidered at the end of that time.
£47. Lump sum.
£25. Lump sum.
£25. Unofficial members hope that this
will be annual.
£50. Unofficial members hope that this
will be annual.
No. 4.
FIRST MEETING OF ADVISORY BOARD, 18T NOVEMBER, 1904.
AGENDA PAPER.
(With Memorandum attached.)
I. To decide what name shall be given to the Committee.
II. To decide what number of meetings shall be held in the year.
III. To decide whether any money shall be allotted at once, and, if so, how much
and on what conditions.
IV. To consider what arrangements should be made between the Committee and
the Tropical Diseases Committee of the Royal Society.
V. To decide what reports the Committee will require or will themselves issue.
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£200 for five years.
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£200 for five years.
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£100 for three years.
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• Nora-Thame Colonies contribute, in addition, a subsidy of £100 a year each for five years towards the revenue of the London Behool of Tropical Medicine.
MEMORANDUM.
If the word "Colonial" is used in the title, the word "Indian"
included, as India is contributing.
must also be I.
If the word "Imperial" is used, the King's consent will be required.
It has been suggested that, as the Committee is administrative only, it is not II. necessary to have many meetings, say once a quarter-if there is business, not otherwise with provision for special meetings when required.
A sum of about £2,200 is available at the present time. A further sum of £500 (first annual contribution from India, to be continued for five years) will be available on the 1st January, 1905, and a further sum of £500 (first annual con- tribution from Imperial Government, to be continued for five years) will be available on the 1st April, 1905.
It is suggested that :-
(A) The London School of Tropical Medicine should be informed that the Committee propose to make them a grant of £1,000 a year for five years, from the 1st January, 1905, and that they should be asked how they propose to spend it.
(B) The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine should be informed that the Committee propose to make them a grant of £500 a year for five years, from the 1st January, 1905, and that they should be asked how they propose to spend it.
(c) The Colonial Nursing Association should be informed that the Committee propose to make them a grant of £100 a year for five years, from the
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