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Uganda funds. Stress was laid by the Committee on the desirability that Dr. Carpenter should not serve under the direction of the Principal Medical Officer, but that he should, if possible, work under the direction of the Royal Society. Rose Bradford explained that the Royal Society would always be glad, if asked, to supervise research, but that they could not undertake the control of routine work.

Mr. Read mentioned the application of Mr. Thompson for this post, but it was agreed that he had no such qualifications as would justify the Committee in pre- ferring him to Dr. Carpenter.

3. The letter from Professor Minchin as to the result of experiments on the transmission of trypanosoma lewisi was read by Dr. Rose Bradford. It was agreed that it was not necessary for the Committee to express any opinion on the matter in dispute between Dr. Breinl and Professor Minchin and that the correspondence need not be printed in the next annual report.

4. Sir Charles Lucas communicated the substance of letters of the 8th and 20th of January* from the Bishop of North Queensland reporting on the satisfactory inauguration of the Institute of Tropical Medicine at Townsville. Sir Thomas

Barlow mentioned that he had heard from Dr. Booth Clarkson, who was mentioned in the Bishop's letters as having taken exception to Dr. Breinl's appointment and who himself was an applicant for the post, but that he had told him that he was unable to recommend his appointment.

5. The appointment of Mr. Tilley to represent the Foreign Office on the Com- mittee was mentioned.

6. Mr. Read proposed that Sir David Bruce should be invited to join the Committee. The Committee agreed cordially to recommend to the Secretary of State that Sir David Bruce should be invited to become a member.

7. Mr. Read mentioned that a despatcht had been received from the Governor of the East Africa Protectorate with regard to the case of a European officer who had contracted leprosy and whom it was impossible to send home.

The Committee were very strongly of opinion that the best chance of the man's recovery was that he should be removed from East Africa, and it was agreed that Sir James Mackay should be approached on the subject with a view to instructions being given for the transport of the man to this country, where he would, in the first instance, be received at the Seamen's Hospital in London.

Sir Patrick Manson undertook to report on the precautions necessary to avoid the risk of contagion to other passengers on board the steamer on which the man should be brought home.

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2. The duties of the Committee and the nature of the work carried out under its auspices will appear from the copies of its annual reports which are enclosed herewith. Ordinary meetings are held twice a year, usually in May and November, and extraordinary meetings may be called from time to time, but such meetings do not occur as a rule more often than twice or thrice a year.

I am, &c.,

9872

(No. 31.)

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No. 22.

WINDWARD ISLANDS (ST. VINCENT).

C. P. LUCAS.

THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received 4 April, 1910.)

[Answered by No. 23.]

Grenada, 14th March, 1910.

[ Published as No. 9 in Appendix 1. to [Cd. 5514], February, 1911.]

No. 23.

WINDWARD ISLANDS (St. Vincent).

THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR.

(No. 20.)

SIR,

Downing Street, 11 April, 1910.

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 31, of the 14th of March, with one from the Administrator of St. Vincent dealing with the 'free issue of quinine comfits, &c., for the purpose of preventing malaria.

2. I approve of the expenditure of £10 on the purchase of comfits and chocolates as proposed by Mr. Murray.

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I have, &c.,

CREWE.

(No. 45.)

No. 20.

SEYCHELLES.

THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received 30 March, 1910.)

Government House, Seychelles, 9th March, 1910. [Published as No. 3 in Appendix I. to [Cd. 5514], February, 1911.]

SIR,

No. 24. UGANDA.

THE ROYAL SOCIETY to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received 21 April, 1910.)

The Royal Society, Burlington House, London, W., 20 April, 1910. WITH reference to Mr. Fiddes's letter of the 15th instant (10210/1910),† I am directed to inform you that the Tropical Diseases Committee of the Royal Society, at a recent meeting, agreed to supervise such further researches as may be undertaken at the Laboratory in Uganda, in which the investigations proposed to be entrusted to Dr. Carpenter, as mentioned in the letter under reference, will be included.

I have received a letter from Dr. Carpenter and hope to arrange an interview with him for an early date. In the meantime, the Royal Society's Committee are taking steps to draw up a scheme of investigation for Dr. Carpenter to pursue when he reaches Uganda.

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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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SIR,

No. 21.

COLONIAL OFFICE to WAR OFFICE.

[Answered, agreeing, by 10791: not printed.]

Downing Street, 2 April, 1910.

I AM directed by the Earl of Crewe to inform you that he will be much obliged to the Army Council if arrangements can be made for Colonel Sir D Bruce, C.B., F.R.S., to serve as a member of the Advisory Committee for the Tropical Diseases Research Fund.

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I am, &c.,

JOHN ROSE BRADFORD,

Secretary, Royal Society.

No. 25.

LONDON SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received 2 May, 1910.)

Dreadnought Hospital, Greenwich, S.E.. DEAR MR. BERRIEDALE KEITH,

30th April, 1910. ENCLOSED I send you the usual statements of account in regard to the expendi- ture on the Special Departments at the London School of Tropical Medicine.

'[Ca. 3992], [Cd. 4476] and [Cd. 1999]. + No. 9 in Appendix 1. to [Cd. 5514]. ‡ Not printed.