39356.
SIR,
103.
No. 178.
MALTA.
COLONIAL OFFICE to WAR OFFICE and ADMIRALTY.”
[Gopy to. Governor, December 28, 1904. No. 187. L.F.]
Downing Street, December 20, 1904.
I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton to transmit to you, to be laid before the Army Council,
with reference to the letter from this Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, Department of the 7th of July,* the accompanying certified account of expenditure in connexion with the Mediterranean Fever Inquiry, and to request that one-third Army funds to of the total amount, namely, £238 13s. 7d., may be paid from Navy the Crown Agents for the Colonies, to be placed to the credit of Malta funds, from which the total expenditure has been defrayed in the first instance.
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SIR,
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No. 180:
MALTA.
GOVERNOR SIR C. M. CLARKE to MR. LYTTELTON. · (Received December 22, 1904.7
(Confidential.)
The Palace, Valletta, December 17, 1904. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your confidential despatch of the 29th ultimo,* and to inform you that although the instruments therein referred to were ordered by Dr. Zammit in view of the investigation about to be entered on by the Mediterranean Fever Commission, as stated in the enclosure to your despatch; ! they are stated by the Chief Government Medical Officer to be required for the perma- nent equipment of the Public Health Laboratory in Malta.
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2. Under these circumstances, the cost of the instruments should be charged to Malta funds, and I beg that the Crown Agents may be instructed accordingly.
No: 181.
I have, &c.,
CHAS. M. CLARKE,
Governor.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
GOVERNOR SIR F. BEDFORD to MR. LYTTELTON.
(Received December 31, 1904)
Government House, Perth, December 5, 1904.
In reply to your despatch of the 31st August last,† with reference to the scheme. for the investigation of tropical diseases, &c., I have the honour to forward, herewith, a copy of the correspondence which has passed between the Premier and myself on the subject.
I am, &c.,
H. BERTRAM COX.
Enclosure in No. 178. MEDITERRANEAN FEVER INQUIRY.
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Expenses incurred in the Colony in connexion with the inquiry
during the quarter ended the 30th June, 1904 Travelling and personal expenses of Mr. R. W. Johnstone, the Epidemiologist of the Commission, for the period of his em- ployment-from 30th June to 23rd of October
Travelling expenses of Colonel D. Bruce, R.A.M.C., Chairman of
the Commission, in connexion with his visit to Malta Expenses incurred in the Colony in connexion with the inquiry
during the quarter ended the 30th September, 1904... Salary of the substitute engaged to take the place of Mr. Johnstone at the Local Government Board during the absence of latter in Malta
43971
£
s. d.
9
2 1
171 6 7
58 0 0
306 11 6
(No. 36.) SIR,
Total
158 0 7
£701 0 9
One-third of £701 0s. 9d.-£233 13s. 7d.
Certified correct:
H. BERTRAM COX.
December 16, 1904.
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No. 179.
MALTA.
I have, &c.,
FRED. G. D. BEDFORD,
Governor.
Enclosure 1 in No. 181.
Government House, Perth, October 8, 1904.
THE HONOURABLE. THE PREMIER,
THE Governor forwards the accompanying copy of a despatch from the Seore- tary of State for the Colonies on the subject of tropical diseases, &c., as a considerable portion of this State is of a tropical nature.
F. G. D. B.
COLONIAL OFFICE to CROWN AGENTS.
GENTLEMEN,
Downing Street, December 20, 1904. I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton to transmit to you, with reference to the letter from this Department of the 25th of November;t and previous corre- spondence, the accompanying copy of a letter, with enclosure, which has been addressed in similar terms to the Admiralty and War Office on the subject of certain expenditure in connexion with the Mediterranean Fever Inquiry.
2. I am to request that you will place to the credit of Malta funds the two sums of £233 189. 7d., which are to be paid over to you by the Admiralty and War Office respectively.
Enclosure 2 in No. 181.
PREMIER to GOVERNOR.
With reference to your memorandum of the 8th October, enclosing copy of a despatch from the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies to His Excellency the Governor of South Australia, I have now the honour to forward a copy of a report on this subject by the Principal Medical Officer of this State.
Perhaps Your Excellency may think fit to transmit Dr. Lovegrove's comments to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
H. DAGLISH.
I am, &c.,
H. BERTRAM COX.
Nog 121 and 122.
† No. 175.
‡ No. 178.
November 12, 1904.
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† No. 152.
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