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SIR,

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No. 34.

COLONIAL OFFICE, to DR. G. H. F. NUTTALL.

[Answered by No. 38.]

Downing Street, June 4, 1907. WITH reference to the letter from this Office of the 21st of March,* I am directed by the Earl of Elgin to inform you that at their meeting on the 30th of May the Advisory Committee for the Tropical Diseases Research Fund advised that a grant of £100 for two years should be made from the fund to assist in establishing a research studentship in medical entomology in Cambridge, and that his Lordship is prepared to approve of this proposal.

2. It would be necessary that the holder of the studentship should furnish the Advisory Committee in May and in November with reports on his work for the periods November-April and May-October, respectively, and as the fund depends mainly on contributions from the Colonies it would be desirable that, as far as possible, he should devote his time or part of it to the study of some definite point of entomology of interest to the Colonies.

3. Lord Elgin will be glad to learn in what manner the proposed grant should be paid.

I am, &c.,

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No. 35.

C. P. LUCAS.

COLONIAL OFFICE to THE LONDON AND LIVERPOOL SCHOOLS OF TROPICAL MEDICINE.

SIR,

of the

Liverpool

Downing Street, June 4, 1907. I AM directed by the Earl of Elgin to acknowledge the receipt of your letter

10th of Mayt

London 30th of Aprilt

forwarding a report on the work of the

School of Tropical Medicine for the six months November, 1906, to April, 1907.

2. The report was laid before the Advisory Committee for the Tropical Diseases Research Fund at its meeting on the 30th of May, and was read with interest.

I am, &c.,

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SIR.

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No. 37.

COLONIAL OFFICE to THE LONDON SCHOOL OF TROPICAL

MEDICINE.

[Answered by Nos, 45 and 65,]

Downing Street, June 6, 1907. I AM directed by the Earl of Elgin to inform you that at the meeting of the Advisory Committee for the Tropical Diseases Research Fund, on the 30th of May, Sir P. Manson, on behalf of the London School of Tropical Medicine, applied for a grant towards the cost of maintaining an entomologist in connection with the work of the School.

2. The Advisory Committee recommend to Lord Elgin that a grant of £1,000, to be spread over three years, should be made for this purpose from the fund, and his Lordship is prepared to accept their recommendation. Such a grant would be conditional on the lecturer furnishing half-yearly reports on his work as is now done by the lecturer on protozoology and helminthology, and the Committee would further require :-

3.

(1) That he should undertake to make a collection of the noxious insects of the Colonies, a separate collection to be made for each Colony, and the collections to be kept in readiness for reference by any Colonial official or doctor;

(2) That he should be ready to advise on any question referred to him by

the Committee or by any Colonial Government.

If the School are prepared to appoint an entomologist on these terms, Lord

Elgin will cause instructions to be given for the issue of such part of the grant as the School may desire to be paid in respect of 1907.

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No. 38.

I am, &c.,

C. P. LUCAS.

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C. P. LUCAS.

No. 36. COLONIAL OFFICE to THE LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE. [See No. 79,]

Downing Street, June 4, 1907. WITH reference to the letter from this Office of the 23rd of March,§ I anı directed by the Earl of Elgin to inform you that your letters of the 11th of December and of the 19th of March, on the subject of the proposed revised course of instruc- tion at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine were considered by the Advisory Committee for the Tropical Diseases Research Fund at their meeting of the 30th of May.

2. The Committee fully sympathise with the desire of the School to afford better facilities for the study of tropical medicine than can be done in the present three months' course, but in view of the great practical difficulties which would be involved by the adoption of the proposal, they are unable to advise the Secretary of State to urge the adoption of the extended course on the Governments of the tropical Colonies and Protectorates. The Committee are satisfied that the present course serves a very useful purpose, and they also feel that in a certain number of cases an extended course would not produce results proportionate to the expense and delay involved.

I am, &c.,

C. P. LUCAS.

• No. 21. † No. 1 in Appendix V. to [Cd. 3992), March, 1908. No. 1 in Appendix VI. to [Cd, 3992].

§ No. 22.

No. 122 in Miscellaneous No. 173 and No. 20.

SIR,

DR. G. H. F. NUTTALL to COLONIAL OFFICE.

(Received June 8, 1907.)

[Answered by No. 39.]

3, Cranmer Road, Cambridge, June 7, 1907.

I BEG to acknowledge your communication of the 4th instant,* stating that the Advisory Committee for the Tropical Diseases Research Fund have advised a grant of £100 for two years, and that the same shall be applied to assist in establishing a research studentship in medical entomology in Cambridge. There will be no difficulty about the holder of the studentship furnishing the Advisory Committee in May and June with reports of his work during his tenure of the studentship, and I shall make it my duty to see that he devotes his time, or a part of it, to the study of entomological problems of interest to the Colonies. As I think it would simplify matters, I think it would be well if the proposed grant were paid to me on the undertaking that I shall deposit it at Barclay and Company's bank in Cambridge. The amount of the grant could, therefore, be sent to me, the cheque being crossed: "Tropical Diseases Research Fund," Barclay and Company. I can then draw upon the atmount and pay the student half-yearly, or as required.

In acknowledging your letter above referred to, I beg to state that I am very much gratified that the Advisory Committee should have seen fit to give material aid to the work which we are doing, and I shall take every pains to see that in return for the generous help, good work will be accomplished.

I would propose that I announce the fact of the studentship having been estab- lished in a forthcoming number of the "University Reporter," although there are two gentlemen who appear to me suitable for the position. I should like to know if I may choose the individual who appears best suited for the post, my choice being

• No. 31.