CO885-(23-24) — Page 325

1915.

56

(c) To the University of London the sum of £850 on or after the 1st of July,

(d) To Professor G. H. F. Nuttall, F.R.S., the sum of £450 on or after the 1st of July. 1915.

2. Professor Nuttall has been requested to repay to you the sum of £300, which you issued to him from the Tropical Diseases Research Fund in accordance with the letter from this Department of the 6th April last, as the arrangements for Dr. E. Hindle's expedition to Central Africa have had to be cancelled owing to the War.

42303

No. 90.

I am,

&c.

HENRY LAMBERT, for the Under-Secretary of State.

COLONIAL OFFICE to THE LONDON SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE.

Downing Street, 23rd December, 1914. SİB,

I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Harcourt to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 30th of October, transmitting reports from the special departments of the London School of Tropical Medicine for the period ended the 31st of October, 1914.

2. The reports were laid before the Advisory Committee of the Tropical Diseases Research Fund at their meeting on the 11th of December, and were read with interest.

3. It is understood that Dr. Leiper will furnish in the near future a short report on his recent work in the East.

42206

57

3. On the recommendation of the Committee Mr. Harcourt has approved the renewal of the grant of £450 from the Tropical Diseases Research Fund for she year 1915, and the Crown Agents for the Colonies have been authorized to pay this sum to you, on application, on or after the 1st of July, 1915. It is understood that the grant will be allocated in the same way as that made in 1914.

4. The Committee supported your recommendation that Dr. E. W. Hindle and Mr. T. Storrar Cave should be paid by you their stipende, during their absence on military service, less their military pay and allowances. Mr. Harcourt approves of your issuing pay to these gentlemen accordingly, on the assumption that their military pay and allowances amount to less than their normal stipends. He pre- sumes that you will furnish, in due course, statements showing the sum saved out of the grant for their salaries in 1914 and in 1915.

5. The arrangements for Dr. Hindle's scientific expedition to Central Africa having been cancelled owing to the War, I am to request that you will repay to the Crown Agents for the Colonies the sum of £300 which they issued to you earlier in the year to meet the expenses of the expedition. As soon as circumstances permit of Dr. Hindle carrying out the proposed investigation, the Crown Agents will re- issue to you this sum.

1 am, &c.,

51807

No. 98.

HENRY LAMBERT,

for the Under-Secretary of State.

REPORT FROM THE WELLCOME TROPICAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES, KHARTOUM.

I am, &c.,

HENRY LAMBERT, for the Under-Secretary of State.

'No.'91.

42712

(Received 24th December, 1914)

[Published as Appendix VI. to [Cà. 7798], April, 1915.]

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference :-

CLT CO. 885

23 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH—NOT TO

COLONIAL OFFICE to THE LONDON SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MÈDICINE.

Downing Street, 23rd December, 1914. SIR,

I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Harcourt to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 30th of October,‡ making application for a renewal of the grant of £1,200 to the London School of Tropical Medicine for the coming year.

2. Your letter was laid before the Advisory Committee for the Tropical Diseases Research Fund at their meeting of the 11th of December, and on their recommendation the Secretary of State has approved the renewal of the grant for the

year 1915.

3. The Crown Agents for the Colonies have been authorized to pay 'to you, on application, the sum of £600 on or after the 1st of January, 1915, and the sum of £600 on or after the 1st of July, 1915.

SIR,

(No. 389.)

No. 94.

JAMAICA.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE 'GOVERNOR.

Downing Street, 24th December, 1914.

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 448, of the 16th of October, transmitting the report of the Government Bacteriologist on the work done at the Pathological Laboratory during the period from the 1st of April to the 30th of September, 1914.

2. The report was laid before the Advisory Committee for the Tropical Diseases Research Fund at their meeting on the 11th of December, and was read with interest.

I have, &c.,

44901

SIR,

I am, &c.,

HENRY LAMBERT, for the Under-Secretary of State.

62171

No. 92.

[Answered by No. 95.]

COLONIAL OFFICE to PROFESSOR G. H. F. NUTTALL, F.R.S.

Downing Street, 23rd December, 1914. 'I'AM directed by Mr. Secretary Harcourt to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 12th of November§ transmitting a report on the work carried out at the Quick Laboratory during the year 1914.

2. The report was laid before the Advisory Committee for the Tropical Disease Research Fund at their meeting on the 11th of December, and was read with interest.

SIR,

No. 95.

L. HARCOURT.

PROFESSOR G. H. F. NUTTALL to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received Both December, 1974:)

Longfield, Madingley Road, Cambridge, 28th December, -1914. In reply to your communication of 23rd December,† I beg to state that I am gratified to learn of the grant from the Tropical Diseases Research Fund being renewed to the Quick Laboratory for the year 1915. That the grant will be allocated in the same way as in the year 1914 is certain, unless untoward circumstances arise, in which case no changes would be made unless with the consent of the Committee.

* No. 7 in Appendix VIII. to [Cd, 7796].

† No. 92.

*10106: not printed; see No. 24.

† No. 2 in Appendix ÏV. to [Cd. 7796).

142296: not printed.

§ No. 88,