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No. 198.
SOUTH AFRICA.
FOREIGN OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received 21 November, 1907.)
[Answered by No. 202.]
The Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs presents his compliments to the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, and, by direction of the Secretary of State, transmits herewith copy of a despatch from His Majesty's Minister at Lisbon, No. 55, Africa, dated November 9:-(Preservation of wild animals in Africa).
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3. I am advised that the necessary investigations in both colonies could be adequately carried out by an officer who would spend about nine or ten months of the year in Sierra Leone and two or three months in the Gambia.
4. This system would have the great advantage, as regards the Gambia, that the expense to the Colony would be very greatly reduced, since I consider that whatever salary is attached to the post should be paid by the Gambia and Sierra Leone in proportion to the amount of time spent by the officer in each Colony.
5. I should be glad to be informed whether you are of opinion that an officer should be appointed on the conditions described.
6. A similar despatch has been addressed to the Governor of Sierra Leone.
I have, &c.,
ELGIN.
SIR,
November 20, 1907.
(No. 55. Africa.)
Enclosure in No. 198.
Lisbon, November 9, 1907.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 48, Africa of the 30th ultimo, with regard to the ratification of the Convention for the preser- vation of wild animals in Africa.
I observe in the letter from the Colonial Office of October 23, enclosed in your despatch, that Lord Elgin presumes the Portuguese Government should be asked to allow the matter of their ratification to rest until the question of the imposition of export duties on certain articles specified in Section 10 of Article II. of the Conven- tion has been discussed at a conference of the South African Governments. In view of the reservation made by the Portuguese Government when signing the Convention, and referred to in the note from Senhor Magalhaes, a translation of which I forwarded in my despatch, No. 61, Africa, of December 12, 1906, it seems certain that they will not consider the matter of ratification until they receive notice from His Majesty's Government that the provisions of the Convention have been extended to all the South African Possessions and Colonies contiguous to the zone defined by Article I.
I shall be glad to know whether it is proposed that the question relative to the imposition of export duties under Article II. of the Convention should be discussed at the conference to be held at Pretoria next March.
The Right Honourable
Sir Edward Grey, Bart, M.P.,
&c..
&c..
&c.
I have, &c.,
F. H. VILLIERS.
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No. 200.
SIERRA LEONE.
THE EARL OF ELGIN to GOVERNOR PROBYN.
[Answered by 4419/08.]
SIR,
Downing Street, November 22, 1907. I HAVE the honour to inform you that I have had under my consideration Mr. Haddon Smith's despatch, No. 174, of the 10th of May,* in which the appoint- ment of Captain F. Harvey, R.A.M.C., was proposed for the purpose of making investigations into animal diseases.
2. I am advised that Captain Harvey is not sufficiently well qualified to under- take this duty, and I am therefore unable to approve the proposal to employ him for this purpose.
3. But it has been suggested to me that it might be possible to employ a well qualified veterinary expert for duty in Sierra Leone and the Gambia. I am advised that the amount of work of this nature which could be performed in Sierra Leone in any one year would not occupy more than nine or ten months. On the other hand, the Governor of the Gambia desires the appointment of a veterinary officer for that Colony; and I am advised that a tour of two or three months in each year would be sufficient.
4. I should be glad to learn, therefore, whether you are of opinion that a veterinary officer should be engaged for service in Sierra Leone and the Gambia. His salary would, of course, be paid from the funds of the two Colonies in proportion to the length of his tour in each.
5. A similar despatch has been addressed to the Officer Administering the Government of the Gambia.
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No. 199.
GAMBIA.
I have, &c..
ELGIN.
THE EARL OF ELGIN to ACTING GOVERNOR GRIFFITH.
(No. 182.) SIR,
[Answered by No. 222.]
Downing Street, November 22, 1907.
I HAVE the honour to inform you that I have had under my consideration Sir G. Denton's despatch, No. 100, of the 14th of June,* regarding the appointment of a veterinary officer.
2. It appears to me that although the financial condition of the Gambia does not warrant the appointment of an officer whose time would be wholly occupied in the service of the Colony, it would be feasible to make arrangements for the appoint- ment of an officer who could be employed both by your Government and by the Government of Sierra Leone, who have also expressed a desire for the appointment of a veterinary officer.
• No. 162.
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No. 201.
SOUTH AFRICA.
THE EARL OF ELGIN to HIGH COMMISSIONER THE EARL OF SELBORNE. [Answered by No. 210.]
(No. 611.)
MY LORD,
Downing Street, 27 November, 1907. WITH reference to your despatch, No. 814, of the 23rd September,† and previous correspondence, I have the honour to transmit to you a copy of a lettert from the Foreign Office enclosing a copy of a despatch from His Majesty's Minister at Lisbon relative to the ratification of the Convention for the preservation of wild animals in Africa.
I should be glad to be informed what reply should be returned to the enquiry in the last paragraph of Sir F. Villiers's despatch as to whether it is proposed that
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