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have received such bacteriological or similar special training as King's College provides; but that when candidates have been definitely selected they should be required to attend at the School of Tropical Medicine which is being established at the Albert Docks Branch of the Seamen's Hospital, and to go through the complete course of instruction which is now being settled by a special committee of experts appointed for the purpose. 2. Mr. Chamberlain considers this arrangement to be the one best suited to the requirements of the Colonial Medical Service, and he trusts that the medical authorities at King's College will co-operate, as far as possible, in giving effect to it.

3. Mr. Chamberlain desires me to express his thanks to you and to Professor Crookshank for the great interest which you have shown in the scheme for extending the study of tropical medicine, and also for the suggestions which you have been good enough to put forward.

I am, &c.,

H. BERTRAM COX.

1651.

SIR,

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No. 154.

FOREIGN OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE.

(Received January 20, 1899.)

Foreign Office, January 17, 1899. I HAVE laid before the Marquess of Salisbury your letter of the 29th ultimo,* and I am directed by His Lordship to request you to inform Mr. Secretary Chamberlain that the Crown Agents for the Colonies have been instructed to transfer the sum of one thousand pounds (£1,000) from the funds of the Niger Coast Protectorate to that which has been established in connection with the School for Tropical Medicine.

It has been explained to Sir R. Moor that this amount represents the contribution of the Protectorate to the initial cost of establishing the School, and that it is not of an annual nature.

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SIR,

No. 152.

The BRITISH NORT♫ BORNEO COMPANY to COLONIAL OFFICE.

(Received January 9, 1899.)

15, Leaderthall Street, E.C., January 7, 1899.

I AM instructed to say in reply to your letter (unnumbered) dated 21st ultimo that Governor Beaufort will be communicated with with regard to the establishment of a School of Tropical Medicine in London, and the collection of pathological specimens for use in the School, and his attention will be drawn to Mr. Chamberlain's request that the Company's doctors should, if possible, contribute pathological specimens to the museum of the new School.

The members of the Company's Medical Staff will be informed that when in this country they will be at liberty to avail themselves of the facilities afforded by the school on payment of moderate fees.

I am to add that in connection with the Commission which has been appointed to investigate the question of malarial fever, and the mention that is made of the possible connection between malaria and mosquitoes, instructions will be given in accordance with Mr. Chamberlain's desire, that collections of the insects in question be made in Labuan and North Borneo, and sent to the Natural History Branch of the British Museum.

I am, &c.,

1033.

MY LORD,

No. 153.

49.

(No. 22.)

No. 155.

SIERRA LEONE.

I am, &c.,

FRANCIS BERTIE.

MR. CHAMBERLAIN to GOVERNOR SIR F. CARDEW.

Downing Street, January 25, 1899.

SIR,

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 297, of the 17th of December,† and to inform you that I approve of your proposal that the Sierra Leone contribution towards the cost of the School of Tropical Medicine and the Malaria Investigation Commission should be spread equally over this and the following

I have, &c.,

year.

2159.

HARINGTON G. FORBES,

Secretary.

SIR,

KING'S COLLEGE to COLONIAL OFFICE.

(Received January 13, 1899.)

King's College, London, W.C., January 12, 1899. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Bertram Cox's letter of the 7th instant, No. 29205/98, informing me of the conclusions come to by the Secretary of State with reference to my letters and enclosures of November 22nd and December 5th last. 1

Pray be good enough to convey to the Secretary of State, on behalf of the Council of this College, my respectful thanks for the attention he has given to the matter, and my assurance, and that of Professor Crookshank and of our Medical Faculty, that the Medical and Scientific Faculties of King's College will as far as possible co-operate in giving effect to the arrangement adopted by the Colonial Office.

I am, &c.,

• No. 1394.

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No. 156.

J. CHAMBERLAIN.

QUEEN'S COLLEGE, BELFAST, to COLONIAL OFFICE.

(Received January 27, 1899.)

[Answered by No. 169.]

Queen's College, Belfast, January 26, 1899.

REFERRING to your letter of 9th November, 1898, I am directed by the Council to request you to inform Mr. Chamberlain that they have, at their meeting to-day, passed the following resolution:—

That we resolve to establish, subject to the sanction of the Lord Lieutenant, a Lectureship in this College in Tropical Medicine, in accordance with the suggestion 'of the Secretary for the Colonies."

2218.

A. ROBERTSON,

Principal.

SIR,

Nos. 105 and 123.

I am, &c.,

J. PURSER,

Registrar.

No. 157.

CROWN AGENTS to COLONIAL OFFICE.

(Received January 27, 1899.)

[Answered by No. 168.

SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE. MALARIAL FEVER COMMISSION.

Downing Street, London, January 26, 1899. REFERRING to your letter, No. 25029, dated the 9th November last,§ with regard to the, School of Tropical Medicine and the Malarial Fever Commission, I have the

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