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7. Within the last few months various cases of sleeping sickness have occurred in North-Eastern Rhodesia, and the disease has now spread south to within eighty miles of the Zambesi. It has hitherto been assumed that the disease can be conveyed by practically only one species of the tsetse fly, namely, the Glossina palpalis, which is found chiefly in Central Africa; but evidence is accumulating to prove that the disease can also be conveyed by other species of tsetse fly, one, at least, of which is widely distributed throughout Rhodesia. It appears also that the cases of sleep- ing sickness found in North-Eastern Rhodesia are of a very virulent type.
8. The seriousness of the position has been recognised by the British South Africa Company, who have undertaken to contribute a sum of £5,000 for the pur- pose of carrying out extensive research work in Rhodesia, and steps are being taken to send out a scientific commission at an early date.
9. It will be recognized from what has been said above that the territories with which the name of Mr. Rhodes is so closely associated are threatened by an invasion of a disease which might have disastrous effects on their future develop- ment, and Mr. Harcourt hopes that the Trustees will agree with him in thinking that a portion of the funds at their disposal would be appropriately given to a fund, of which the object is to further the discovery of the cause and cure of sleeping sickness and other tropical diseases.
I am, &c.,
C. P. LUCAS.
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expenses, including the salaries of the staff, are provided by the Lister Institute, with some assistance from the University.
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No. 86.
I am, &c.,
HENRY A. MIERS,
Principal.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNORS OF TROPICAL COLONIES AND PROTECTORATES. (Circular.)
SIR,
Downing Street, 15th March, 1911. WITH reference to my predecessor's Circular despatch of the 25th of February, 1910, I have the honour to transmit to you, for your information and for communica- tion to the Medical Officers of the territory under your government, the accom- panying copies of the Report† of the Advisory Committee for the Tropical Diseases Research Fund for the year 1910.
2. I shall be glad to receive, for the information of the Advisory Committee, any observations which the Medical Officers of your Government desire to offer on the Report.
I have, &c.,
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No. 84.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNORS-GENERAL.
(South Africa. No. 117.) (Australia. No. 115.)
[See No. 102.]
Downing Street, 10 March, 1911.
MY LORD,
I HAVE the honour to transmit to Your Excellency, for the information of your Ministers, the accompanying copies of the Report* of the Advisory Committee of the Tropical Diseases Research Fund for the year 1910, which has been laid before Parliament.
2. [To Australia only: I take this opportunity of enquiring with reference to my predecessor's despatch, No. 98a, of the 11th of March last [1909],† whether your Government desire to continue the contribution which they have hitherto made to the Fund.]
9031
No. 87.
L. HARCOURT.
AGENDA AND MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE ADVISORY COM- MITTEE FOR THE TROPICAL DISEASES RESEARCH FUND, HELD AT THE COLONIAL OFFICE ON THE 16TH OF MARCH, 1911, AT 4 P.M.
AGENDA.
1. To approve the minutest of the last meeting (print_herewith).
2. To consider the question of the propriety of carrying out experiments in 606" in the Crown
the treatment of syphilis and yaws by the preparation Colonies where these diseases are prevalent, in view of the uncertainty of the working of the preparation (see B.M.J., December 17th, 1910, pages 1932, 1933, 1942; December 24th, 1910, pages 1974, 2002).
3. To consider the question of the grant to the Professor of Protozoology in the University of London.
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No. 85.
I have, &c.,
L. HARCOURT.
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON to COLONIAL OFFICE.
MINUTES. PRESENT:
Sir THOMAS BARLOW (in the Chair).
Sir THOMAS HOLDERNESS.
Sir CHARLES Lucas.
DEAR SIR CHARLES LUCAS,
(Received 15 March, 1911.)
[Answered by No. 91.]
WITH reference to your letter of December 13th, 1910, relating to the Chair
South Kensington, S. W., March 14th, 1911. of Protozoology and to my recent interview with you on the subject, I am instructed by the Senate to apply for the continuance of the annual grant of £750 in respect of the salary of the Professor of Protozoology for a further period of years.
The Senate note with satisfaction the appreciation expressed by the Advisory Committee for the Tropical Diseases Research Fund of the work done by the Professor of Protozoology and his staff.
In this connexion, it may be pointed out that the whole of the maintenance
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† No. 17 in Miscellaneous No. 227.
‡ No. 70.
Sir PATRICK MANSON.
Mr. READ.
Mr. KEITH (Secretary).
(1) The minutes of the last meeting were approved.
(2) Mr. Read brought up, although it had not been upon the Agenda, the question discussed at the last meeting as to the scientific value of the work with regard to beri beri done by Dr. Braddon. He read a letter from Dr. Martin, of
the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine, in which he laid stress on the value of the work done by Dr. Braddon in the approaching solution of the beri beri question. The result of his investigations and those carried out by others at his instigation had been to show in a conclusive manner the association of beri beri with a too exclusive diet of rice from which the whole or greater part of the pericarp and
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