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C.O. 885

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an investigator on the subject would be of interest to the Secretary of State, and I am to ask you to be so good as to have it brought to his notice. I shall be much obliged if the letter may be returned here after perusal.

SIR,

I am, &c.,

ROBT. HARRISON.

Enclosure in No. 21.

Blantyre, Nyasaland, 3rd March, 1913. Adresse, Gera, Reuss, Bismarckstr. 18, Germany. GELEGENTLICH einer Expedition zum Studium der Schlaf-krankheit, zu der ich vom Reichsamt des Inneren in Berlin entsandt worden war, hatte ich die Ehre, mich mit Sir David Bruce, in Kasu-Hill über die Erforschung und Bekampfung der Schlafkrankheit eingehend zu unterhalten. Einem Wunsche von Sir D. Bruce entsprechend erlaube ich mir, auch Ihnen von meiner eigenen Auffassung der Sachlage Kenntniss zu geben.

Ich glaube, dass des in Central-Angoniland geplaute Experiment, durch welches die Beziehungen des Wildes zur Schlafkrankheit in einem abgeschlossenen grossen Gebiet unter natürlichen Bedingungen erforscht werden sollen, das Wichtigste ist, was in der nächsten Zeit für die Seuchenbekämpfung nicht nur Nyasalands sondern ganz Afrikas getan werden kann. Da Experimente am Menschen in grosseren Mass-stabe sich von selbst verbieten, so ist nach meiner Ansicht jener von Sir David Bruce vorgeschlagene grosse Versuch nötig, um in dieser so wichtigen Frage zu moglichst endgültigen und beweiskräftigen Schlussen zu gelangen.

Mit der Versicherung der vorzüglichsten Hochachtung habe ich die Ehre zu sein, &c.,

Sir John Rose Bradford,

London,

12695

SIR,

(No. 52.)

Royal Society.

M. TANTE, Stabsarzt Schutztruppe f. Deutsch-Ost-Afrika.

No. 22.

GAMBIA.

THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

(Received 16 April, 1913.)

Kwinella, South Bank Province,

19th March, 1913.

In reply to the query contained in your despatch, No. 42, of the 19th ultimo,* on the subject of the withdrawal of part of the protection generally given to hippopotami in this Protectorate, I have the honour to inform you that the animals in question have become a very serious pest in the South Bank Province, and have for a long time past dealt wholesale destruction in the rice fields and ground-nut farms. Owing to the protection afforded to the animals referred to, the long- suffering natives have in the past had to look on at the destruction of their crops, a state of affairs which gave the natives reasonable cause for a grievance. The killing of a few of these useless river-horses will, I fancy, cause the animals to abandon their present haunts in the South Bank Province.

I have, &c.,

H. L. GALWAY, Governor and Commander-in-Chief.

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No. 23.

THE BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received 19 April, 1913.)

SIR,

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[Copy to Tropical Diseases Bureau, 6 May, 1913. L.F.]

2, London Wall Buildings, London, E.C., 17th April, 1913. I AM directed to forward, for the information of the Secretary of State, the enclosed copy of the Minutes of a meeting of my Directors, held on the 10th instant, together with the documents relating thereto.

I have, &c.,

(No. H. 44.)

Enclosure in No. 23.

(Annexure 4.)

A. P. MILLAR,

Assistant Secretary.

(Received 8th February, 1913.)

Administrator's Office, Salisbury, 18th January, 1913.

I FORWARD herewith, for your information, a copy of a letter from the Medical Director, submitting a report on the Sebungwe fly area by Dr. F. O. Stohr

I am, &c.,

The Secretary,

SIR,

H. MARSHALL HOLE, Secretary,

The British South Africa Company,

2, London Wall Buildings,

Department of the Administrator.

London, E.C.

Medical Director's Office, Salisbury, 11th January, 1913.

Sleeping Sickness.

I HAVE the honour to forward the completed report on the Sebungwe fly area,

by Dr. F. O. Stohr, for the information of His Honour the Administrator. This gives in detail the work done in the direction of villages visited, examinations made, population, &c.

On Page 8 of his report Dr. Stohr remarks that the higher death-rate amongst men is probably due to the large number of deaths occurring on mines, presumably due to the conditions prevailing there. I am somewhat at variance with Dr. Stohr as regards this, as I doubt very much whether Sebungwe natives engage for work on mines to any large extent.

With regard to Dr. Stohr's suggestions as to prophylaxis, I do not agree with him as to the inadvisability of removing natives from the infected areas. Dr. Stohr's previous work has been chiefly in native countries, where the question of European Occupation was a minor feature, but in this country we are dealing with totally different conditions, and, in my opinion, to limit the removal of natives from infected areas would be a disastrous policy.

For the rest the report is full, and gives an accurate description of the country traversed and the general work done.

I have, &c.,

A. M. FLEMING,

Medical Director.

Department of the Administrator.

The Secretary,

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REPORT ON SEBUNGWE FLY Area.

Area, roughly 2,500 square miles. Boundaries as shown on map. Physical features.-The characteristic feature of the country is the gusu," that is bush of small or medium-sized trees without undergrowth-trees generally

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