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No. 167.

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

(No. 82.) SIR,

*

Downing Street, June 11, 1906.

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge receipt of your despatch, No. 85, of the 18th of May, and to transmit, for your information, a copy of a letterf addressed in identical terms to the Admiralty and War Office respecting the expenditure incurred by the Malta Government during the quarter ended 31st March last in connection with the Mediterranean Fever Commission.

2. You will notice that the item £195 17s. 3d. has been deleted from the account as submitted in your despatch. It has already been adjusted separately as explained in the correspondence accompanying my predecessor's despatch, No. 157, of the 8th of November last.

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2. No arrangements appear to have been made at present in the matter. Lord Elgin is inclined, however, to think that, in all the circumstances, the Royal Society has a not unreasonable claim to the appliances named in Sir C. M. Clarke's despatch and to any other stores remaining, which the Secretary of State apprehends would probably not be of great value.

3. The Lords Commissioners will observe that the Government of Malta desires to retain the autoclave and incubator, which together cost £48 9s. If the Lords Commissioners concur in the view indicated in the preceding paragraph, it would be necessary to approach the Royal Society with a view to obtaining their consent for the retention of these instruments by the Malta Government.

4. I am to request the favour of an expression of their Lordships' views on the whole matter. A similar letter is being addressed to the War Office.

I am, &c.,

H. BERTRAM COX.

I have, &c.,

ELGIN

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No. 170.

24206

No. 188.

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

(Confidential.)

(Received July 5, 1906.)

[Answered by No. 179.]

The Palace, Valletta, June 28, 1906.

MY LORD,

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's confidential despatch of the 7th instant, § on the subject of the scientific equipment of the Mediterranean Fever Commission, and to inform you, in reply, that from enquiries made by the Chief Government Medical Officer, it appears that the following appliances have been provided for the use of the Commission, viz. :---

Autoclave

Microscope

Microtome

Hearson's incubator

33 12 0

22 0 0

14 17

10 5 0 0

and a quantity of glassware and chemicals, as to the cost of which no special account can be given.

2. The autoclave and incubator will be of great use to the local officials in continuing the investigations into the causes of Mediterranean fever, and I venture to ask that the Public Health Department may be allowed to retain these instru- ments when the enquiry is over.

24206

No. 169.

I have, &c.,

CHAS. M. CLARKE,

Governor.

SIR,

COLONIAL OFFICE to WAR OFFICE.

[Answered by No. 171.]

Admiralty, May 30. To Governor, Malta, Confidential,

June 7.

Downing Street, July 13, 1906. WITH reference to your letter of the 21st November last,* I am directed by the Earl of Elgin to transmit to you, for the consideration of the Army Council, the accom- panying copy of correspondencet with the Admiralty and the Governor of Malta, regard- ing the disposal of the permanent stores re- maining at the close of the Mediterranean fever enquiry.

Governor, Malta, Confidential, June 28. To Admiralty, July 13.

2. Lord Elgin will be glad to be favoured with an expression of the Council's views on the subject.

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SIR,

No. 171.

I am, &c.,

H. BERTRAM COX.

WAR OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received August 9, 1906.)

War Office, London, S.W., August 8, 1906.

In reply to your letter of the 13th ultimo, No. 24206, I am commanded by the Army Council to acquaint you, for Lord Elgin's information, that so far as this Department has any claim on the apparatus used in connection with the Mediter- ranean Fever Enquiry they have no objection to its retention in Malta after the enquiry has finally closed.

It will, of course, be understood that no additional expense beyond the contribu- tion already made towards the equipment of the Commission is accepted against Army Funds.

SIB.

COLONIAL OFFICE to ADMIRALTY,

[Answered by No. 172.]

Downing Street, July 13, 1906. WITH reference to your letter of the 30th May, I am directed by the Earl of Elgin to transmit to you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, the accompanying copy of correspondence with the Governor of Malta on the subject of the disposal of the permanent stores remaining at the close of the Mediterranean fever enquiry.

No. 161.

† No. 163.

➡ L.F. transmitting copy of No. 136.

f No. 165.

| No. 162.

Nos. 165 and 168.

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SIR,

No. 172.

I am, &c.,

R. H. BRADE.

ADMIRALTY to COLONIAL OFFICE.

(Received August 23, 1906.)

Admiralty, August 22, 1906:

In reply to Mr. Cox's letter of the 13th ultimo, No. 24206/1906,§ I am com-

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