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4644.

111

No. 173.

169

No. 169.

COLONIAL OFFICE to QUEEN'S COLLEGE, BELFAST.

SIR,

Downing Street, February 16, 1899. I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th of January,* and to inform you that he has learned with much satis- faction of the resolution of the Council of Queen's College, Belfast, to establish, subject to the sanction of the Lord Lieutenant, a lectureship in tropical medicine in the College.

I am, &c.,

C. P. LUCAS.

3174.

SIR,

No. 170.

COLONIAL OFFICE to FOREIGN OFFICE.

Downing Street, February 16, 1899. I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 6th inst., respecting the establishment of a School of Tropical Medicine in London, and to acquaint you in reply, for the information of the Marquess of Salisbury, that the Managing Committee of the Seamen's Hospital should be informed that the total grant which will be made on behalf of all the colonies and protectorates under the control of the Foreign Office or Colonial Office is, as the Committee are aware from a letter from this Office dated the 30th of June last,‡ £3,550, of which £1,775 will be paid by the Imperial Government through the Colonial Office on behalf of all Ex- chequer-aided colonies and protectorates, and the other moiety, also through the Colonial Office, on account of the other colonies and protectorates.

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STRAITS SETTLEMENTS AND FEDERATED MALAY STATES. MR. CHAMBERLAIN to GOVERNOR AND HIGH COMMISSIONER SIR C. B. H.

(No. 68.)

MITCHELL.

SIR,

Downing Street, February 28, 1899. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your telegrams of the 31st January, and the 3rd, 9th, 15th, and 23rd February, stating that the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements have assented to the proposed grant of $5,000 to wards the cost of the contemplated School of Tropical Medicine and the Commission appointed to study the subject of malarial fever, and that the Federated Malay States have agreed to make an equal contribution.

2. You will have received my telegram of the 4th instant, expressing my thanks to the Legislative Council, the Federated Malay States and yourself for this generous contribution. I appreciate the liberal response which has been given to my invitation to the Colony and the Native States to assist in the realisation of a project which it is hoped will result in raising the standard of health in the tropical colonies and protec-

I have, &c.,

torates.

3918.

J. CHAMBERLAIN.

3707.

SIR,

I am, &c.,

R. L. ANTROBUS.

No. 171.

COLONIAL OFFICE to MR. A. L. JONES.

Downing Street, February 23, 1899. I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 11th inst.,§ relative to the proposed School of Tropical Diseases at Liver- pool, and to inform you in reply that in the first instance, at any rate, it is proposed that all doctors appointed to the Colonial Service should, before taking up their appoint ments, be attached to the Albert Docks Hospital for at least two months. It is con- sidered necessary to insist upon this condition until the proposed system is in full working order, and has had fair trial. Whether, in the light of further experience, the condition can with advantage be modified may be considered hereafter.

I am, &c.,

4644.

No. 172.

R. L. ANTROBUS.

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FEDERATED MALAY STATES

HIGH COMMISSIONER SIR C. B. H. MITCHELL to MR. CHAMBERLAIN. (Received 5.24 a.m., February 23, 1899.)

TELEGRAM.

[Answered by No. 173.]

Referring to my.telegram of February 13,|| [? 15],|| Federated Malay States have agreed to contribute $5,000 also.

No. 174.

JAMAICA.

MR. CHAMBERLAIN to GOVERNOR SIR A. W. L. HEMMING! [See No, 205.]

(No. 77.)

SIR,

! Downing Street, February 28, 1899.

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 41 of the 25th of February, from which I have learned with satisfaction that you propose to ask the Legislative Council of Jamaica to vote the sum of £500 towards the expenses of the School of Tropical Medicine and the Commission appointed for the investigation of tropical malaria.

I have, &c.,

5546.

No. 175.

J. CHAMBERLAIN. --

STRAITS SETTLEMENTS AND FEDERATED MALAY STATES. GOVERNOR AND HIGH COMMISSIONER SIR C. B. H. MITCHELL to MR.

(No. 48.)

SIB,

CHAMBERLAIN.

(Received March 4, 1899.)

[Answered by No. 176.]

Government House, Singapore, February 9, 1899. REFERRING to your despatch, No. 280, of the 25th November last, § advocating

a money grant by this Colony and by the Federated Malay States of £650 or more for the following objects :-

(1) Building a place to be used as a school of tropical medicine;

(2) The expenses of a Commission to study malaria in Africa, &c.;

I have the honour to state that I laid the matter before the Executive Council of the Colony.

• No. 156.

† No. 162.

‡ No. 31.

§ No. 166.

| No. 167.

*Nos. 158, 160, 164, 167, and 172.

↑ No. 161.

‡ No. 166A.

§ No. 113.

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