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No. 117.
COLONIAL OFFICE to LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE.
SIR,
Downing Street, 10 November, 1913. I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Harcourt to inform you that your letter of the 16th of October,* making application for a renewal of the grant of £1,200 to the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, was laid before the Advisory Committee of the Tropical Diseases Research Fund at their meeting of the 24th of October.
2. The Advisory Committee have recommended, and the Secretary of State has approved, the renewal of the grant for the year 1914.
3. The Crown Agents for the Colonies have been instructed to pay to you, on application, the sum of £600 on or after the 1st of January, 1914, and the sum of £600 on or after the 1st of July, 1914.
No. 118.
I am, &c.,
H. J. READ, for the Under-Secretary of State.
SIR,
No. 120.
COLONIAL OFFICE to PROF. G. H. F. NUTTALL.
Downing Street, 10 November, 1913. I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Harcourt to inform you that, at a meeting of the Advisory Committee of the Tropical Diseases Research Fund held on the 24th of October, the Advisory Committee recommended, and the Secretary of State has approved, the continuance for the year 1914 of the following grants from the fund :--
(1) £100 in respect of a research studentship in medical entomology; (2) £100 towards the salary of an Assistant in the Quick Laboratory;
(3) £100 towards the general expenses of the Quick Laboratory;
(4) £100 towards the salary of a Helminthologist; and
(5) £50 towards the salary of a consulting Entomologist.
2. The Crown Agents for the Colonies have been authorised to pay the sum
of £450 to you on application on or after the 1st of July, 1914.
I am, &c.,
II. J. READ,
for the Under-Secretary of State.
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COLONIAL OFFICE to LONDON SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE. Downing Street, 10 November, 1913.
SIR,
I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Harcourt to inform you that your letter of the 17th of October,† making application for a renewal of the grant of £1,200 to the London School of Tropical Medicine, was laid before the Advisory Committee of the Tropical Diseases Research Fund at their meeting of the 24th of October.
2. The Advisory Committee have recommended, and the Secretary of State has approved, the renewal of the grant for the year 1914.
3. The Crown Agents for the Colonies have been instructed to pay to you, un application, the sum of £600 on or after the 1st of January, 1914, and the sum of £600 on or after the 1st of July, 1914.
4. I am to add that, on the recommendation of Sir Patrick Manson, the Advisory Committee approve of a grant of £250 towards the expenses of an expedi- tion to the Far East to be undertaken by Dr. Leiper with the aid of funds supplied by the London School of Tropical Medicine, with a view to investigating questions connected with the mode of transmission of the Schistostomum japonicum. The Crown Agents will be authorised to pay this sum to the School when you are in a position to state definitely that arrangements have been made for the undertaking of this investigation.
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No. 119.
I am, &c.,
H. J. READ,
for the Under-Secretary of State.
COLONIAL OFFICE to UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.
Downing Street, 10 November, 1913.
SIR,
I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Harcourt to inform you that the report of the Professor of Protozoology of the University of London for the year ending June 30th, 1913, was laid before the Advisory Committee of the Tropical Diseases Research Fund at their meeting on the 24th of October, and was read with much interest.
2. The Advisory Committee have recommended, and the Secretary of State has approved, of the payment of the grant of £750 for the year 1914 in respect of the salary of the Professor, and the Crown Agents for the Colonies have been authorised to pay this sum to you on application on or after the 1st of July, 1914.
I &c..
H. J. READ. for the Under-Secretary of State.
No. 105.
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No. 121.
HONG KONG.
THE ACTING GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received 17 November, 1913.)
(No. 374.)
Government House, Hong Kong, 29th October, 1913.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 247, of the 22nd of August,* transmitting a letter from the India Office containing a report
by Major James upon the possible introduction of yellow fever into Asia as a résult of the opening of the Panama Canal.
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2. I have read the report with much interest, and it has been carefully con- sidered by the Principal Civil Medical Officer in conjunction with the Health Officer of the Port and the Government Bacteriologist. The impression created in mind by the report is that, although Major James is doubtful whether yellow fever is likely to find a footing or become endemic in any British Possession where it does not now exist, there is a risk, which it is the duty of the authorities in the Crown Colonies in the route of vessels coming from the endemic area to guard against. Dr. Johnson entirely agrees with this view, and he quotes the opinion of Sir Patrick Manson, which appears in the British Medical Journal of August 23rd, that yellow fever would undoubtedly spread to Asia and Australia after the opening of the Panama Canal, unless stringent preventive measures were adopted.
3. I observe that the Government of India, in paragraph 3 of their letter of the 20th of March,† state that they agree in the opinion expressed by Major James that the measures suggested by him which deal with the appointment of medical men as Intelligence Officers at certain ports outside of India, the institution of scientific inquiries under the auspices of the Royal Society, the establishment of a Central Intelligence Bureau, and of. a modern quarantine station at Hong Kong are of Imperial interest, and should be dealt with as matters common to the British Empire as a whole, and that it is possible that a contribution will be given from Indian revenues towards these objects. The cost of a properly equipped quarantine station of sufficient magnitude to act as an efficient preventive measure in all possible contin- gencies for the Straits Settlements, India, and Ceylon could hardly be provided by this Colony without substantial assistance.
4. I enclose a copy of a report by the Principal Civil Medical Officer in which he gives his views as to the best method of carrying out the recommendations made by Major James which have reference to Hong Kong. I agree generally with what
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† See enclosure in No. 68.
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