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No. 113. CYPRUS.

HIGH COMMISSIONER SIR C. A. KING-HARMAN to THE EARL OF ELGIN.

(No. 46.) MY LORD,

(Received March 30, 1907.)

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Government House, Nicosia, March 20, 1907. REFERRING to Your Lordship's Circular despatch of the 26th February* on the subject of improving the public veterinary service in Crown Colonies and Protectorates, I have the honour to report that, in the event of the Cyprus Govern- ment requiring a veterinary officer of high rank, it would willingly have a selection made from among those who will have passed the proposed examination by the Civil Service Commissioners.

I have, &c.,

C. A. KING-HARMAN.

SIR,

No. 116.

SOUTHERN NIGERIA.

MR. G. GARDEN to COLONIAL OFFICE.

(Received April 10, 1907.)

[Answered by No. 124.]

The Poplars, Sudbury, April 9, 1907.

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter, 9511/07,* and, in reply, to inform you that I am prepared to accept appointment as a temporary veterinary officer on the terms stated in your letter, and could be ready to embark for Southern Nigeria in about a month from date of agreement.

I have, &c.,

G. GARDEN,

Veterinary Surgeon.

9511

SIR,

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No. 114.

SOUTHERN NIGERIA.

COLONIAL OFFICE to MR. G. GARDEN.

[Answered by No. 116.]

Downing Street, April 2, 1907. I AM directed by the Earl of Elgin to inform you that his Lordship proposes to offer you, subject to your being passed as physically fit for service, an appointment as a temporary veterinary officer in Southern Nigeria for the purpose of making a veterinary survey of that Colony and Protectorate.

2. The period of your employment in Southern Nigeria would be, in the first instance, for six months, which would, however, if found necessary, be extended to a period of 12 months' residential service in all. You would receive salary at the rate of £800 a year, together with free first-class passages to and from the Colony, free transport in the Colony itself, and an allowance of £50 for personal and scientific outfit. You would be granted half-pay from the date of your embarkation for Southern Nigeria, and would commence to draw full salary on your arrival in the Colony.

3. If you are prepared to accept the appointment on these terms you should present yourself to one of the Medical Advisers of this Department, whose names are given on the enclosed letter, for the purpose of being medically examined. The letter should be left with him, and his fee will be paid by the Government. He will send his report direct to this Office.

4. I am to request that you will inform me whether you are prepared to accept this offer; and, if so, of the earliest date at which you would be prepared to embark for Southern Nigeria.

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No. 115.

SOMALILAND.

I am, &c.,

R. L. ANTROBUS.

COMMISSIONER CORDEAUX to THE EARL OF ELGIN. (Received April 6, 1907.)

Commissioner's Office, Camp Adadleh, March 20, 1907.

[ Published as No. 17 in [Cd. 4472], January, 1909.]

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No. 117. SOUTH AFRICA.

HIGH COMMISSIONER THE EARL OF SELBORNE to THE EARL OF ELGIN. (Received 13 April, 1907.)

(No. 221.)

MY LORD,

High Commissioner's Office, Johannesburg, March 25th, 1907. WITH reference to your despatch, No. 93, of February 9th, † I have the honour to enclose, for your information, a copy of a despatch to the Governors of Cape Colony and Natal on the subject of the Convention signed in London on May 19th, 1900, for the preservation of wild animals, birds, and fish in Africa.

(No. 84/2.)

I have, &c.,

SELBORNE,

Enclosure in No. 117.

High Commissioner.

SIR,

High Commissioner's Office, Johannesburg, March 25, 1907. I HAVE the honour to inform you that I have received a despatch from the Secretary of State on the subject of the Convention signed in London on May 19th. 1900, for the preservation of wild animals, birds, and fish in Africa.

2. His Lordship encloses a copy of a letter from the Foreign Office from which it appears that, before ratifying this Convention, the Portuguese Government desire to be informed whether the provisions of the Convention have been extended to all the South African Possessions and Colonies contiguous to the zone defined in Article I.

3. You will find on reference to Blue Book [Cd. 3189] (in which is also printed a copy of the Convention) that on July 21st, 1900, the Secretary of State made

Natal inquiry of your predecessor whether the Government of Cape Colony would be willing to adhere to the Convention, and that was able to return to Mr. Chamberlain an affirmative answer.

Sir Alfred Milner Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson

4. Before proceeding further in the matter, it would be an advantage to me to know whether the views entertained by the

Government of 1900 have the support of your present responsible advisers.

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