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ments for the collection, by the Principal Veterinary Surgeon's Department, of the in- sects referred to in the Secretary of State's circular despatch of the 15th December last, and for their transmission to your Department.

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SIR,

No. 202.

TASMANIA: NATAL.

I am, &c.,

H. BERTRAM COX.

COLONIAL OFFICE to the SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE.

Downing Street, May 20, 1899. I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to transmit to you, for your in- formation, a copy of a minute by the Premier of Tasmania, respecting the contribu- tion of pathological specimens, &c., for the use of the School of Tropical Medicine, together with an extract of a despatch from the Governor of Natal, and its enclosure on the subject.

as full inquiries as possible and do not think that either Mombasa or Zanzibar would be as suitable as British Central Africa, and that German East Africa would be very little better.

4. No inconvenience has hitherto resulted from the limitation of the expenditure on any one expedition to £10, but travelling is expensive (by hammock) and for our purposes must be expeditious, so that for any longer distances this sum would be insuffi- cient, so that it would, perhaps, be better to raise the limit to £20 as at first proposed.

5. I enclose a incinorandum from Dr. Stephens with reference to the maintenance allowance of £100. The rental of the 3 roomed house we are renting from the Hospital Board is £72 per annum. For such a house I consider this rent very high, but no other one is available, and it is cheaper living this way than either in a hotel or boarding house. On account of the long distance goods have to be carried, everything is costly, and the estimate enclosed does not include the heavy initial outlay on household utensils, &c.

6. Dr. Stephens informs me that he did not receive the reports on cases of Blackwater Fever furnished to the Colonial and Foreign Offices by Dr. G. Smith and others.

Any such reports would, I think, be of considerable value to us, and if forwarded will be returned later.

I have, &c..

C. W. DANIELS.

I am, &c.,

H. BERTRAM COX.

Enclosure in No. 204. MAINTENANCE Estimate.

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No. 203.

GENTLEMEN,

COLONIAL OFFICE to CROWN AGENTS.

Downing Street, May 26, 1899. 1 AM directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to transmit to you, with reference to the letters from this department of the 9th and 19th of November last,§ relating to the Commission for the investigation of malarial fever, two receivable orders which have been forwarded by the India Office, for £57 10s. 10%, on account of Dr. Daniels's salary from the 18th of November to the 31st of December, 1898 (Rs. 905,9,11 at 1s. 3d. per rupee), and for £12 15s. 8d. on account of travelling and hotel expenses incurred by Dr. Daniels in India.

2. Mr. Chamberlain approves of your paying these sums into the Bank of England to the credit of the Secretary of State for India in Council; and charging the amount to the malaria investigation account.

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13462.

SIR,

No. 204.

I am, &c.,

C. P. LUCAS.

MR. C. W. DANIELS to COLONIAL OFFICE.

(Received May 27, 1899,)

[Answered by No. 218.]

Blantyre, British Central Africa, April 14, 1899. I HAVE the honour to report any arrival at Chinde on March 28th, and at Blantyre, where I joined my colleagues, on April 8th.

2. Drs. Stephens and Christophers have only met with one case of Blackwater Fever since their arrival on

and a moderate number of ordinary cases of Malaria. As this period is the most unhealthy season in the year it does not seem that there is suffi- cient opportunity for investigation to justify as prolonged a stay here as was contemplated. On this point I will report further as soon as I have had sufficient personal experience.

3. On the way from Bombay we called at Mombasa and the German and Portuguese forts between it and Beira, and I stopped some days in Zanzibar. At each place I made

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Governor Sir A. W. L. HEMMING to MR. CHAMBERĻAIN.

(No. 241.)

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(Received May 31, 1899.)

[Answered by No. 210.]

Kings House, Jamaica, May 10, 1899.

WITH reference to your despatch No. 77, dated the 28th February last, and to previous correspondence on the subject, I regret to inform you that, by the vote of the Elected Members of the Legislative Council, a motion of the member for St. Ann was carried to omit the vote of £250 for the contribution of this Colony towards the expenses of the School of Tropical Medicine and the Commission appointed for the investigation of tropical malaria.

2. I attach a copy of the debate in connection with the matter.

I have, &c.,

AUGUSTUS W. L. HEMMING.

Enclosure in No. 205.

SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE.

Governor.

Dr. Johnston moved that the item “Contribution towards School of Tropical Medi- cine and Malaria Investigation Commission, £250" he struck out. The request for the money from Jamaica was an absurd one. Every part of the tropical world had its own

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