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desirable, and would be undertaken, I have no doubt, by the London School of Tropical Medicine, were the necessary funds forthcoming.
No. 192.
HONG KONG.
MR. LYTTELTON to GOVERNOR SIR M. NATHAN.
Downing Street, August 24, 1905.
(No. 183.) SIR,
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 163, of the 24th of June, with regard to a proposal that directors should be transferred in rotation between the Bacteriological Institutes of Ceylon, the Straits Settlements and Hong Kong, with an additional term of teaching work at the London School of Tropical Medicine.
2. This scheme is not at present under consideration, but your despatch will be borne in mind.
I have, &c.,
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No. 193.
ALFRED LYTTELTON.
BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY) to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received October 21, 1905.)
British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, SIR,
London, S. W., October 20, 1905. In view of the importance of a study of blood-sucking insects in connection with the dissemination of diseases due to micro-organisms, especially in tropical countries, the trustees of the British Museum propose to publish a series of mono- graphs in which these creatures shall be fully and accurately described. A com- mencement has been made by the publication of the monographs on the mosquitoes and tsetse flies, but the material at present available in the Museum collections is insufficient for continuing the series, and carefully collected and well-labelled specimens are urgently needed from all parts of the world.
you
It would greatly facilitate the acquisition of collections by the Museum if would have a pamphlet on blood-sucking flies, &c., a copy of which is enclosed,t distributed from the Colonial Office to all Colonial officials, medical or scientific, accompanied by a request that collections of blood-sucking flies, &c., should at once be made and forwarded to the Museum. This was done by the Colonial Office in the case of mosquitoes.
I shall be glad to furnish you with any number of copies of the pamphlet, and of the accompanying covering explanatory circular, that you may be willing to transmit to Colonial officials, on the understanding that the collections are to be sent here for study, and that the first set of specimens shall be retained for the Museum.
I have, &c.,
C. E. FAGAN.
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No. 195.
I am,
&c.,
PATRICK MANSON.
MR. LYTTELTON to the GOVERNORS AND HIGH COMMISSIONERS OF CROWN COLONIES AND PROTECTORATES.
(Circular.)
SIR,
Downing Street, November 6, 1905. I HAVE the honour to transmit to you, with reference to Mr. Chamberlain's circular despatch of the 6th December, 1898, the accompanying copy of a lettert with enclosures from the British Museum (Natural History).
2: I should be glad if you would bring these papers to the notice of the Government medical and scientific officials, and ask them, if there are facilities for the purpose, to be good enough to make and forward to the Museum as soon as possible the collections of blood-sucking flies which are required.
3. A list of the apparatus recommended for use in collecting these flies will be found on pp. 13 et seq of the enclosed pamphlet, but it has occurred to me that some of the articles may not be procurable locally and, if such is the case in the Colony under your administration, I request that you will transmit to me as soon as possible a statement showing what articles are needed. I will then ascertain, if necessary, whether the British Museum is prepared to supply them, but I trust that in most cases the Colony itself will be willing to defray the small expense involved.
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No. 196.
I have, &c.,
ALFRED LYTTELTON.
MR. LYTTELTON to the GOVERNORS OF RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT COLONIES. (Circular.)
SIR,
Downing Street, November 7, 1905.
I HAVE the honour to transmit to you, with reference to Mr. Chamberlain's circular despatch of the 15th of December, 1898, the accompanying copy of a circular despatch§ which I have sent to the Crown Colonies and Protectorates.
2. I shall be glad if you will consult with your Ministers and arrange with them, if possible, to have collections of the insects in question made and sent to the Natural History branch of the British Museum.
I have, &c.,
ALFRED LYTTELTON.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference :-
C.O. 885
ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
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SIR,
No. 194.
SIR P. MANSON to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received October 28, 1905.)
[Answered by No. 197.]
21, Queen Anne Street, Cavendish Square, October 27, 1905. I QUITE agreed with Dr. Nicholls's remarks in paragraph 12 of his interesting report.
An organised investigation into the pathology of the West Indies is highly
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• No. 191.
Enclosure in 37082: not printed.
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SIR,
No. 197.
COLONIAL OFFICE to SIR P. MANSON.
[Ansivered by No. 198.]
Downing Street, November 8, 1905.
I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 27th ultimo, in which you refer to the desirability of an organized investigation into the pathology of the West Indies.
No. 125A in Miscellaneous No. 119
‡ No. 131A in Miscellaneous No. 119.
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