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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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C.O. 885

22 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

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5. It would be interesting to ascertain if the increased susceptibility of the North Country people was due to the circumstance that they live in zongos in proxi- mity to cattle kraals, and also nearer the bush and its fauna.

6. In conclusion, I would like to bring to the notice of His Excellency the Governor the manner in which Dr. Wade, a very capable officer, has done his work under trying circumstances.

7. I also submit a letter from Dr. Wade, which I refrained from forwarding until I was able to submit his Report, and ask that it may receive the due consideration which I venture to suggest it deserves.

The Honourable

the Colonial Secretary,

Victoriaborg, Accra.

I have, &c.,

F. G. HOPKINS;

Principal Medical Officer.

Enclosure 4 in No. 4.

Sunyani, Western Province,

SIR,

I HAVE the honour to apply through you for an increase in allowance while on tour on sleeping sickness investigation.

Ashanti, 26th January, 1913.

my consolidated

At present I am in receipt of £10 per month, or about 6s. 7d, per diem. I shall briefly give my reasons for applying:

(1) When travelling round I am obliged to pay 1s. 6d. per night for shelter. Rest-houses only exist on the main roads, and it is chiefly in bush villages remote from these roads that I spend most of my time. The discomfort one has to put up with at times is very considerable.

(2) On entering these villages it is customary for the Chiefs to bring "dashes these I have tried hard to escape from, but in the interests of my investigations find it necessary to accept some, as a refusal to accept same constitutes an insult to the Chief, and one may not be able to get as much assistance from him as one otherwise would, and this I have always tried to avoid.

(3) A "dash" from a Chief means a return dash in money, which I must pay out of my own pocket, as I am not provided with a fund for " Presents to Chiefs."

(4) In many of these villages, where white men have seldom been, and the natives seem very nervous, I find it necessary to make a few small presents to children to try and allay their fears and so be allowed to examine them. These, of course, have to come out of my own pocket.

(5) Food. This is a much more expensive item when travelling than when in a station.

On only one occasion during the past month have I been able to buy fresh meat; this means either fowls, when procurable, or tinned meat. Fowls in this Province are 1s. 6d. each.

I hope you may be able to see your way to recommend this my application, as it seeins hard to have to put up with such discomfort and find oneself worse off financially than if in a station.

The Provincial Medical Officer,

Coomassie.

I have, &c.,

W. M. WADE,

Medical Officer, Sleeping Sickness Duty.

36736

SIR,

II. TROPICAL DISEASES BUREAU.

No. 5.

COLONIAL OFFICE to INDIA OFFICE. [Answered by No. 6.]

Downing Street, 12 January, 1912. WITH reference to your letter of the 22nd of November last* and previous correspondence, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Harcourt to request you to inform the Secretary of State that replies have now been received from the several Colonial Governments to which application has been made for grants towards the expansion of the existing Sleeping Sickness Bureau into a Bureau dealing with the tropical diseases of man and animals generally.

2. The following contributions have been promised by the several Colonial Governments, in each case for five years :-

Ceylon

Federated Malay States

Southern Nigeria

Gold Coast

Sierra Leone

Gambia

Fiji

British Guiana Jamaica

£

100

100

200

150

100

50

50

100

100

A contribution of £100 from Trinidad will no doubt also be made though the formal reply from the Colonial Government has not yet been received, while a con- tribution of £300 has been promised by General Botha on behalf of the Union of South Africa.

3. As it is desirable, in Mr. Harcourt's opinion, that steps should be taken to carry out the extension of the Bureau with the least possible delay, he has now instructed the Director of the Bureau to prepare a scheme for the expansion of its activities, which it is proposed to submit to the Managing Committee of the Bureau. It would clearly be desirable that at this discussion the Secretary of State for India should be represented, and Mr. Harcourt would, therefore, be glad if the Secretary of State could now see his way to nominate a representative of India to serve on the Managing Committee of the Bureau in accordance with the last paragraph of your letter of the 4th of May, 1911.†

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SIR,

No. 6.

I am, &c.,

G. V. FIDDES.

INDIA OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received January 18, 1912.) [Answered by No. 8.]

India Office, Whitehall, London, S.W., 18th January, 1912. WITH reference to your letter of the 12th January, 1912, No. 36736/11, in which it is suggested that the Secretary of State for India should nominate a repre- sentative of India to serve on the Managing Committee of the Tropical Diseases Bureau, I am directed to refer to paragraph 7 of the Colonial Office letter, No. 7701, of the 1st April, 1909,§ and to the letter from this Office, No. 798, of the 4th May, 1911, on the subject of the provision of funds for the Bureau. I am to suggest that, if Mr. Secretary Harcourt sees no objection, a statement of the total contribu- tions now promised from all sources and of the amount which is now considered

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† No. 54 in Miscellaneous No. 254.

‡ No. 5.

§ No. 29 in Miscellaneous No. 238.

No. 54 in Miscellaneous No. 254.

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