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No. 103.
SIERRA LEONE.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR.
(No. 309.)
SIR,
Downing Street, August 23, 1907. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 285, of the 18th of July,* regarding the establishment of a medical research institute at Lagos.
2. You will have learnt from my despatch, No. 275, of the 8th of August, t that I am of opinion that Sierra Leone should contribute towards the cost of the building and maintenance of the institute. I agree with you in thinking that expenditure should not, in these circumstances, be incurred upon the co-operative scheme referred to in your despatch* under acknowledgment.
have, &c..
ELGIN.
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No. 106.
NORTHERN NIGERIA.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE HIGH COMMISSIONER.
(No. 460.) SIR,
Downing Street, August 30, 1907.
I HAVE the honour to inform you that the Government of Southern Nigeria has suggested that a medical research institute for all the British Administrations in West Africa should be established at Lagos.
2. It is proposed that the cost of maintenance should be restricted in the first instance to an annual expenditure of £1,500, contributed as follows:-
Southern Nigeria
Gold Coast
Northern Nigeria
Sierra Leone Gambia
£600
400
200
200
100
£1,500
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No. 104.
GOLD COAST.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR.
Downing Street, August 30, 1907.
(No. 345.)
SIR,
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatches, No. 221, of the 31st of May, and No. 251, of the 12th of June,t reporting that the Legislative Council have agreed to the proposed annual contribution of £100 to the maintenance of the medical research institute at Lagos.
2. I observe that in your first despatch§ you expressed your full concurrence in the proposal, and I assume, therefore, that you will make provision in the Estimates for the contribution of £500 towards the cost of the necessary buildings, which were suggested in the 3rd paragraph of my despatch, Separate, of the 27th of April.||
I have, &c.,
ELGIN.
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No. 105. SOUTHERN NIGERIA,
Downing Street, August 30, 1907.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE ACTING GOVERNOR. (No. 681.) SIR,
I HAVE the honour to inform you, with reference to my despatch, No. 324, of the 27th of April, that the Governments of the Gambia, Sierra Leone, and the Gold Coast have agreed to make the proposed contributions towards the building and maintenance of the medical research institute at Lagos, and that the High Commissioner of Northern Nigeria has been requested to make provision in the Estimates of the Protectorate for the suggested contributions from Northern Nigeria.
2. I have therefore to express my approval of steps being taken for the selection of a site for the institute and for the commencement of the necessary buildings.
I have, &c.,
ELGIN.
3. It is estimated that the cost of the necessary buildings, including quarters for two Europeans, would be £2,000, of which the Government of Southern Nigeria is prepared to contribute £1,000; and it is suggested that Gold Coast should con- tribute £500, Northern Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Gambia, contributing £166 each. The Government of Southern Nigeria would also provide the site at Lagos. 4. It is proposed that there should be a Head of the institute and an Assistant, both of whom would be selected for special capacity in research work, and would probably have to be obtained from this country. The Head of the institute would receive salary at the rate of £800 a year when on duty in Africa, and half that salary when on leave; his Assistant would draw salary at the rate of £500 a year when on duty in Africa, and salary at half that rate when on leave. Passages, instruments, and incidental expenses would probably bring the total annual cost up to £1,500.
5. A separate account would be kept of all expenditure and receipts, and any surplus funds could be employed in enlarging the institute or perfecting its equip- ment, and the participating administrations would be called upon to make good any deficiency in proportion to their original contributions.
6. The proposal to establish the institute has been referred to my Advisory Committee for the Tropical Diseases Research Fund and unanimously approved. The representatives of the India Office pointed out that it was the policy of the Government of India to establish laboratories of this kind wherever possible, and, as you are probably aware, practical effect has already been given to a similar policy in several of the Crown Colonies and Protectorates.
7. The Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, whom I have consulted, have agreed to the proposed contributions from Northern Nigeria, viz., a capital sum of £166 towards the cost of the necessary buildings, and an annual contribution of £200 towards the maintenance of the institute.
8. I have accordingly to request that provision may be made in the Estimates of the forthcoming financial year for this expenditure.
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I have, &c.,
ELGIN.
No. 107.
CEYLON.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received September 27, 1907.)
The Queen's House, Colombo, Ceylon,
September 10, 1907.
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