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SIR,

No. 75.

THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON to COLONIAL OFFICE,

(Received January 27, 1906.)

[Answered by No. 76.]

University of London, South Kensington, S.W., January 26, 1906. WITH further reference to your letter of December 16th, 1905,* I am directed by the Senate to ask you to convey to the Secretary of State for the Colonies their cordial thanks for his further contribution of £50 a year for five years to the funds of the Chair of Protozoology.

The Senate greatly appreciate the additional assistance which the Secretary of State has given to the University in this matter.

With reference to your question as to the date at which the first instalment of the grant should be paid to the University, I am directed to say that it would be convenient if it could be paid in as early as possible after April 1st, when our financial year begins.

I am, &c.,

ARTHUR W. RUCKER,

Principal.

SIR,

No. 78.

THE AGENT-GENERAL FOR VICTORIA to COLONIAL OFFICE.

(Received March 24, 1906.)

[Answered by No. 79.]

Office of the Agent-General for Victoria,

142, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C., March 22, 1906. I HAVE the honour to inform you that I have received a despatch from my Government informing me that at the Conference of Premiers held at Hobart in February last it was agreed:-

That the Federal Government be requested to provide an annual grant of £200 for five years towards scientific inquiry by the Imperial autho- rities into tropical diseases.

The Prime Minister of the Commonwealth now intimates that the first instal- ment of the amount has been voted by the Federal Parliament, and the sum has been paid into the Treasury of Victoria for femittance to London.

I shall be prepared to pay over the sum in question on receipt of instructions from you in the matter.

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I have, &c.,

J. W. TAVERNER,

Agent-General.

COLONIAL OFFICE to THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.

SIR

Downing Street, February 6, 1906. I AM directed by the Earl of Elgin to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th January, and to state, for the information of the Senate of the University of London, that the Crown Agents for the Colonies have been authorised to pay the first instalment of the grant for the establishment of a Chair of Proto- zoology as soon as possible after the 1st of April next.

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No. 77.

AUSTRALIA.

I am, &c.,

C. P. LUCAS.

GOVERNOR-GENERAL LORD NORTHCOTE to THE EARL OF ELGIN.

(Received March 12, 1906.)

(No. 26.)

MY LORD,

Commonwealth of Australia, Governor-General,

Melbourne, February 1, 1906. WITH reference to your predecessor's general despatch of the 10th August last, respecting the Commonwealth contribution of £200 per annum for a period of five years towards the fund for promoting scientific inquiry into tropical diseases, I have the honour, at the instance of my Prime Minister, to inform Your Lordship that the first annual instalment of the grant has been appropriated by Parliament, and that the Agent-General for Victoria has been invited to make the payment of the sum of £200 to the Colonial Office§ for the purpose specified.

I have, &c.,

NORTHCOTE,

Governor-General.

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SIR,

No. 79.

COLONIAL OFFICE to THE AGENT-GENERAL FOR VICTORIA.

Downing Street, March 29, 1906.

I AM directed by the Earl of Elgin to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 22nd instant,* enquiring as to the method of paying over the sum of £200, being the first annual instalment of the grant of £1,000 voted by the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia towards the fund for providing scientific enquiry into tropical diseases.

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Lord Elgin desires me to express his satisfaction at learning that this amount has been voted by the Federal Parliament, and would be glad if you would to the Crown Agents for the Colonies, for the credit of the "Malarial Fever Com-

pay mission and Tropical Medicine Fund."

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No. 80.

I am, &c.,

H. BERTRAM COX.

THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received March 31, 1906.) [Answered by No. 84.]

MY LORD,

429, Strand, London, W.C., March 29, 1906. ADVERTING to a communication from Mr. Secretary Lyttelton of August 11th, 1905,† relative to a communication from this Association as to the allocation of

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