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manded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to state, for the information of the Earl of Elgin, that they concur in the view that the instruments and permanent stores remaining at the close of the Mediterranean Fever Enquiry should be handed over to the Royal Society, but that they have no objection to the autoclave and incubator being retained by the Maltese Government, provided the Royal Society agree to such a course.
My Lords assume that the Colonial Office will obtain the necessary Treasury sanction.
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made by the Government of Malta, in connection with the investigation of Mediter- ranean fever, during the quarter ended the 30th June last.
I have, &c., HARRY BARRON, Major-General,
Enclosure in No. 175.
Deputy Governor.
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SIR,
No. 173.
I am, &c.,
C. I. THOMAS.
COLONIAL OFFICE to THE ROYAL SOCIETY. [Copy to Admiralty and War Office, September 1, 1906. L.F.]
[Answered by No. 174.]
Downing Street, August 28, 1906.
I AM directed by the Earl of Elgin to inform you that the question of the disposal of the instruments and permanent stores remaining at the close of the Mediterranean Fever Enquiry has been under the joint consideration of the Malta Government, the Admiralty, and the War Office.
2. The Governor of Malta states that of the appliances provided for the use of the Commission, the autoclave and incubator will be of great use to the local officials in continuing the investigations into the causes of Mediterranean fever. In these circumstances, Lord Elgin ventures to ask whether the Royal Society would have any objection to the instruments above mentioned being retained by the Govern- ment of Malta.
I am, &c.,
SIR,
Mediterranean Fever Commission, Malta, August 24, 1906.
I HAVE the honour to submit the ninth quarterly account of expenditure incurred by the Mediterranean Fever Commission.
The expenditure in Malta from 1st April to 30th June, 1906, was £369 8s. Bld.
The following are the details:-
1. Telegrams and postage
2. Labour
3. Chemicals, &c.
4. Cost of animals
5. Food for animals
6. Landing charges, freight, &c., on animals
7. Cost of sundry articles
£ 8. d.
2 10 8
6 19 9 7 19
2
13 15 0
30 9 1
5 3
29
5
2114
5 5 11
95 5 10
1 16
17 19
0
141 0 0
13. Dr. Eyre's salary 23rd to 31st March, 1906 (paid in Malta) 12 1 11
8. Consumption of gas
10. Stationery
9. Assistance in laboratory and clerical assistance
11. Transport
12. Subsistence allowance to members of the Commission
FRED. GRAHAM.
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SIR,
No. 174.
THE ROYAL SOCIETY to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received September 1, 1908.)
[Copy to War Office and Admiralty, September 25, 1996. L.F.]
Burlington House, London, W., August 30, 1906.
In reply to your letter of the 28th instant,* I have to state that on the conclusion of the Mediterranean Fever Enquiry the Royal Society will be glad to leave in the hands of the Malta Government the autoclave and incubator referred to, as well as any further apparatus which the Society may not require for other researches.
£369 8 8
The following were paid by the Crown Agents for the Colonies:---
1. Dr. Eyre's salary, 1st to 30th April, 1906, at
the rate of £500 per annum
£41 13 4
2. Dr. Eyre's subsistence allowance, 1st to 30th
April, 1906, 30 days at 30s.
45 0 0
86 13 4
3. Amount advanced by Royal Society to Dr.
Eyre on appointment
50 0 0
(Refunded by Dr. Eyre's bankers)
£456 2 04
I have, &c.,
His Honour
J. N. O. EYRE,
The Lieutenant-Governor and
Acting Chairman.
Chief Secretary to Government.
I'
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I am, &c.,
A. GEIKIE,
Secretary,
Royal Society.
No. 176.
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(No. 172.)
MY LORD,
No. 175.
ACTING GOVERNOR BARRON to THE EARL OF ELGIN. (Received September 12, 1906.)
[Answered by No. 180.]
The Palace, Valletta, September 5, 1906. I HAVE the honour to transmit to your Lordship a statement of payments
• No. 178.
SIR,
COLONIAL OFFICE to TREASURY.
[Answered by No. 177.]
Downing Street, September 14, 1908.
WITH reference to the letter from this Department of the 21st June, 1904, and to your reply of the 28th June, 1904,* I am directed by the Earl of Elgin to request you to inform the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury that a question has arisen as to the disposal of the apparatus and permanent stores remaining at the close of the Mediterranean Fever Enquiry.
• Nos. 111 and 114 in Miscellaneous No. 170.
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