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No. 164.

COLONIAL OFFICE to CROWN AGENTS.

GENTLEMEN,

Downing Street, June 2, 1906. REFERRING to the letter from this Department of the 22nd of March,* I am directed by the Earl of Elgin to transmit to you a copy of a lettert which has been addressed in identical terms to the Admiralty and War Office on the subject of the expenditure of the Malta Government in connection with the Mediterranean Fever Commission.

I am to request that you will place to the credit of the Malta Government the two sums of £89 13s. 6d. to be received by you from the Admiralty and War Office.

I am, &c.,

6. Gas consumed during quarter

5. Food for animals

7.

Cost of sundry articles

8.

Assistance in laboratory and clerical assistance

9. Transport expenses

10. Stationery

11. Electric current supplied by Electric Light Department. 12. Water supplied by Waterworks Department

13. Lieutenant-Colonel A. M. Davies. Return journey Malta-

London

14. Expenses incurred by the War Office in connection with

Mediterranean Fever Commission

58 14 2

3 14 2

18313

3 17 10

68 8 6

4 2 1

5 16 1

0 7 7

1 18 0

22 10

0

37 10

0

16.

15. Subsistence allowance to Staff Surgeon E. A. Shaw, R.N.,

from 1st September to 30th November, 1905 Allowance to Sergeant Dewberry, R.A.M.C., from 12th

May to 31st December, 1905

45 10 0

5 17 0

19434

£269 0

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C. P. LUCAS.

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SIR,

No. 162.

ADMIRALTY to COLONIAL OFFICE.

(Received May 31, 1906.)

[Answered by No. 169,]

Admiralty, May 30, 1906. WITH reference to your letter of the 8th November last, No. 39565,* enclos- ing copy of a claim for £195 17s. 3d. preferred by the Royal Society in respect of scientific equipment, such as instruments and materials, provided for the Mediter- ranean Fever Commission, I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to enquire what arrangements, if any, have been made as to the disposal of the permanent stores at the close of the Enquiry.

I am,

&c., EVAN MACGREGOR.

SIR,

THE EARL OF ELGIN to GOVERNOR SIR C. M. CLARKE.

[Answered by No. 168.]

(Confidential.)

Downing Street, June 7, 1906. WITH reference to my predecessor's despatch, No. 157, of the 8th of November last, and to the previous correspondence respecting the provision of scientific equipment for the Mediterranean Fever Commission, I have the honour to inform you that an enquiry has been made by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty§ as to the arrangements contemplated for disposing of the permanent stores of the Commission at the close of the enquiry.

2. You will recollect that at the outset the Royal Society undertook to provide instruments and materials to the limit of £200, and it might, therefore, claim that it is reasonably entitled to some at least of them when the enquiry is over, but it occurs to me that parts of the outfit may be of use to the officials of your Government for local work in continuation of the investigations, and I shall be glad, in the first instance, to be informed of your views on the subject.

I have, &c.,

ELGIN.

21042

18313

SIR,

No. 163.

COLONIAL OFFICE to ADMIRALTY and WAR OFFICE.

[Answered, Admiralty, by No. 166.}

Downing Street, June 2, 1906.

WITH reference to the letter from this Department of the 22nd of March last,† I am directed by the Earl of Elgin to transmit to you to be laid before the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty the accompanying certified statement of

Army Council

expendituret for the quarter ended 31st March last, which has been defrayed from Malta Funds in connection with the Mediterranean Fever Commission.

I am to request that one-third of the total amount, say, £89 13s. 6d. may be

Navy paid from Funds to the Crown Agents for the Colonies for the credit of the

Army Government of Malta.

SIR,

No. 166.

ADMIRALTY to COLONIAL OFFICE.

(Received June 13, 1906.)

Admiralty, S.W., June 11, 1906. I BEG leave to acquaint you that, in compliance with the request in your letter of the 2nd instant, No. 18313/1906,† a Bill has been made out for transferring the sum of £89 13s. 6d. to the credit of the account of the Crown Agents for the Colonies, being one-third of the expenses incurred in connection with the Mediterranean Fever Commission during the quarter ended 31st March last.

I have, &c.,

FRANK PORTER,

For Accountant-General of the Navy.

I am, &c.,

C. P LUCAS.

• No. 138.

‡ No. 151.

Enclosure in No. 161.

• 8742; not printed. ↑ No. 163. ‡ L.F. transmitting copy of No. 136.

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