27386.
(No. 480.)
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No. 124.
GOLD COAST.
GOVERNOR HODGSON to MR. CHAMBERLAIN.
(Received December 6, 1898.)
SIR,
Government House, Saltpond, November 14, 1898. I HAVE the honour to inform you that immediately upon the receipt of your circular despatch of the 19th August,* I requested the Chief Medical Officer to acquaint all the Government Medical Officers with the arrangement which it is proposed to make for the establishment of a School of Tropical Medicine in London and the collection of pathological specimens for use in the School, and Dr. Henderson reports to me in a minute dated the 7th November that he has done so, and has distributed the copies of the memorandum which accompanied the despatch.
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2. The arrangement appears to me to be an admirable one, and it will receive the hearty support of this Government. The matters to be dealt with are of the utmost importance to the Gold Coast, and I feel sure that when the time comes to do so, this Government will be prepared to pay its share towards a grant for the scientific investiga- tion of malaria, and will defray the cost of sending pathological specimens to London.
I have, &c.,
F. M. HODGSON,
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It has been suggested by this Committee that, in view of the possible connection of malaria with mosquitoes, it is desirable to obtain exact knowledge of the different species of mosquitoes and allied insects in the various tropical Colonies. I will therefore ask you, if there are facilities for the purpose, to be good enough to take the necessary steps at your early convenience, to have collections made of the winged insects in the Colony which bite men or animals.
I enclose a printed copy of directions which have been drawn up by the British Museum for the guidance of those who may be employed on the work, and would add that several specimens of each kind of insect should be obtained, and that they should be sent direct to the British Museum (Natural History). Cromwell Road, London, S.W., to be examined and classified. A first series of the specimens will be retained by the Museum, whilst the duplicates will be available for distribution as may be desired.
As the question of the scientific investigation of malaria is one to which I attach great importance, I trust that every effort will be made to carry out as speedily and as thoroughly as possible, the directions contained in this despatch.
I have, &c.,
27605.
J. CHAMBERLAIN.
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27461.
SIR,
No. 125.
FOREIGN OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received December 7, 1898.)
No. 126. BARBADOS.
ACTING GOVERNOR WILLIAMS to MR. CHAMBERLAIN. (Received December 7, 1898.)
Governor.
(No. 236.)
SIR,
Foreign Office, December 6, 1898. I HAVE laid before the Marquess of Salisbury your letter of the 29th ultimo, † respecting the movements of the members of the Malaria Commission, and I am directed by His Lordship to state to you, for the information of Mr. Secretary Chamber- lain, that the Acting British Commissioner and Consul-General at Zomba has been instructed to comply with his wishes with regard to the issue of their pay, &c.
Her Majesty's Agent and Consul-General for Zanzibar has also been, requested to afford his good offices to Dr. Daniels while passing through that place.
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No. 125a.
I am, &c.,
FRANCIS BERTIE.
Government House, November 18, 1898.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your circular despatch of the 19th August last, † transmitting for distribution to the Medical Officers of the Colony copies of a memorandum respecting the proposed establishment of a School of Tropical Medicine in London and the collection of pathological specimens, &c., for use in the School.
2. In accordance with your instructions, copies of the memorandum have been distributed to all Government as well as Parochial Medical Officers, and they have been informed that the cost of forwarding all specimens to the Managing Body of the School in England will be defrayed by this Government.
27097.
No. 127.
I have, &c.,
RALPH WILLIAMS.
COLONIAL OFFICE to the AFRICAN LAKES CORPORATION, LIMITED. SIR,
I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to acknowledge the receipt of
Downing Street, December 8, 1898. letter of the 1st instant, and to ask you to be good enough to convey to the Directors your of the African Lakes Corporation a renewed expression of his thanks for the steps which they are taking to afford assistance to the Malaria Investigation Commission during its visit to the British Central Africa Protectorate.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN to the GOVERNORS of NON-RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT COLONIES.
27747.
No. 128.
I am, &c.,
R. L. ANTROBUS.
‡ No. 119.
f No. 120.
SIR,
Downing Street, December 6, 1898.
In my circular despatch of the 19th of August last I referred to an intended investigation of malaria,
A Commission has now been appointed for the purpose, and is about to proceed to Africa.
The Commissioners will report, from time to time, to a Committee appointed jointly by the Royal Society and myself, who will exercise a general supervision over the enquiry.
SIR,
The BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received December 9; 1898.)
[Answered by No. 137.]
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15, St. Swithin's Lane, London, E.C., December 8, 1898.
I AM instructed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 3rd instant,§ addressed to the African Trans-Continental Telegraph Company, and communicated to
my Directors by the Secretary of that Company.
(Circular.)
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