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The following amounts were paid by the Crown Agents for the Colonies :-

a. Salary of Mr. Johnstone's substitute at the

Local Government Board

b. Travelling expenses Colonel Bruee

£ s. d.

*£158 0 7 *56 0 0

c. Further amount paid to Colonel Bruce

1 15 0

215 15

7

I have, &c.,

E. A. SHAW,

Acting Chairman.

His Honour

The Lieutenant-Governor and

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Chief Secretary to Government.

No. 111.

(No. 76.)

SIR,

MR. LYTTELTON to GoVERNOR SIR C. M. CLARKE.

Downing Street, May 23, 1905. I HAVE the honour to transmit to you, with reference to previous correspond- ence, 50 copies of Part II. of the Reports of the Commission appointed to investigate the question of Mediterranean Fever in Malta.

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No. 1·12.

I have, &c.,

ALFRED LYTTELTON.

SIR,

I have, &c.,

CHAS. M. CLARKE,

Governor.

Enclosure in No. 110.

Mediterranean Fever Commission, Valletta, May 2, 1905.

I HAVE the honour to submit the fourth quarterly account of expenditure incurred by the Mediterranean Fever Commission.

The expenditure in Malta from 1st January to 31st March, 1905, amounted to £120 9s. 6d.

The following are the details:-

1. Telegrams and Postage

3. Chemicals

4. Cost of animals

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SIR,

COLONIAL OFFICE to WAR OFFICE and ADMIRALTY.

Downing Street, May 29, 1905. 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 Admiralty, Department of the 25th ultimo,† the accompanying certified account of further expenditure in connexion with the Mediterranean Fever Inquiry, and to request that one-third of the total amount, namely, £40 3s. 2d., may be paid from Army Navy funds to the Crown Agents for the Colonies, to be placed to the credit of Malta funds, from which the total expense has been defrayed.

I am, &c.,

8. d.

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0 12 2

2. Labour, including improvements in laboratory

3 9 2

23

7

1

4 0 0

5. Food for animals

7 7 8

€ 18 1

7. Cost of sundry articles

26 4 1

SIR,

8. Assistance in laboratory and clerical assistance

45 0 0

9. Transport expenses

6. Consumption of gas

1 17 A

10. Stationery

11. Electric current supplied by the Electric Light Department

0 17 4

0 18

4

£120 9 6

• No. 104.

↑ Not printed.

No. 113.

"H. BERTRAM COX.

COLONIAL OFFICE to WAR OFFICE and ADMIRALTY. [Copy to Governor, June 8, 1905. No. 83. L.F.] [Answered, War Office, by No. 115; Admiralty, by No. 116.]

Downing Street, May 31, 1905.

WITH reference to previous correspondence respecting the Malta Fever. Enquiry, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton to transmit to you, to be laid

the Army Council

before the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, copy of a despatch§ from the

Governor of Malta suggesting that an allowance of £10 per month shall be paid

• Included in the amount of £701 Os. 9d., one-third of which was refunded to the Civil Govern. ment of Malta by the Military Authorities and one-third by the Admiralty.

† No. 106.

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Items 1 to 11 in enclosure to No. 110.

§ No. 103.

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference :-

9 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

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