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examination in Tropical Hygiene and Medicine, open to all duly qualified medical practitioners, who had pursued a satisfactory course of study in these subjects at approved schools at home or abroad. The object of the examination would be the granting of a Diploma testifying to the holders' knowledge of the diseases of tropical climates, their nature, prevention, and treatment.

It is represented to the Board that such a Diploma might offer a useful stimu- lus to special post-graduate study on the part of capable men who contemplate medical practice in the tropics, and that its possession by candidates otherwise suit- able might be of assistance to the Colonial Office in making appointments in the medical service.

The Board have appointed a Committee, of which I am Chairman, to enquire into the desirability of the step proposed; but before taking further action they are anxious to ascertain the view likely to be taken of the suggestion by yourself, as His Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, within whose department the subject appears naturally to fall.

I have, &c.,

DONALD MACALISTER, M.D., Secretary of the Special Board for Medicine.

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No. 90B.

COLONIAL OFFICE to DR. MACALISTER, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY (SPECIAL BOARD FOR MEDICINE).

SIR,

[See No. 107A.]

WITH reference to the letter from this Office of the 20th ultimo,* I am

Downing Street, December 20, 1902. directed to inform you that the Secretary of State gladly concurs in the suggestion of the Special Board for Medicine of Cambridge University, that a special exami- nation in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, open to all duly qualified medical practi- tioners, should be instituted by the Board, with a view to granting a Diploma to those candidates who passed the examination satisfactorily.

I am to add that the Secretary of State has much appreciated your courtesy in consulting him on the matter.

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I am, &c.,

H. BERTRAM COX.

The Right Honourable

The Secretary of State

for the Colonies.

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No. 91.

Downing Street, May 28, 1903.

MR. CHAMBERLAIN to the GOVERNORS OF ALL THE COLONIES.

(Circular.)

[Printed as [Cd. 1598], June, 190.]

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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SIR,

No. 90A.

MALTA.

THE ROYAL SOCIETY to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received December 4, 1902.)

[See No. 125.]

Burlington House, London, W., December 2, 1902. MAY 1 venture, on behalf of the Royal Society, to call your attention to the following matter:---

Though much is known of the disoase known as Malta Fever, much yet remains to be known.

Lieutenant-Colonel David Bruce, R.A.M.C., F.R.S., who discovered the organ- ism of Malta Fever, has brought to the notice of the Royal Society that Dr. Zammit, Medical Officer of Health of Malta, is engaged in investigating the disease, but that his routine duties prevent his giving to the investigation the constant and undivided attention which it needs.

Lieutenant-Colonel Bruce has great confidence in Dr. Zammit's ability to carry out the investigation; and I am to suggest the desirability of your making known to the Maltese Government the hygienic benefits which might result if facilities were given to Dr. Zammit to continue his studies; if, for instance, he were relieved of his ordinary duties, or most of them, for three or four months in the summer, during the height of the fever season.

Should the Malta Government be prepared to do this, and to contribute towards the expenses of the investigation, the Royal Society would be prepared to consider the granting of a small contribution toward the same object, as a token of their appreciation of its importance.

I may add that, it being at least possible that the Malta Fever is conveyed by means of a mosquito or other insect, it might be desirable for the Maltese Govern- ment to consult Major Ross as to the best method of exterminating, or at least diminishing, the mosquitoes on the Island.

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No. 91A.

COLONIAL OFFICE to FOREIGN OFFICE. [Auswered June 8, 1903, by 211SS: not printed.]

I as directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to transmit to you, to be laid

Downing Street, June 5, 1903. before the Marquess of Lansdowne, the accompanying copy of a circular despatch and enclosures, which he has recently sent to the Colonies, summarising the steps which have been taken in connexion with the investigation of malaria and the results which have followed, and also making some suggestions as regards the future.

2. I am to enclose 12 spare copies of the despatch and its enclosures, and to suggest, for Lord Lansdowne's consideration, that they should be distributed among the Commissioners of the Protectorates under the administration of the Foreign Office.

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SIR,

No. 92.

I am, &c.,

H. BERTRAM COX.

COLONIAL OFFICE to INDIA OFFICE. [Answered by No. 94.]

I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to transmit to you, to be laid

Downing Street, July 2, 1903. before Lord George Hamilton, the accompanying copies of a circular despatch and enclosures, which he has recently sent to the Colonies, summarising the steps which have been taken in connexion with the investigation of malaria and the results which have followed, and also making some suggestions as regards the future.

2. These papers have been communicated to the Foreign Office, and dis-

I am, &c.,

M. FOSTER,

Secretary, R. S.

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