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4. I am to enclose a copy of the despatch* which has been received from the Governor in reply, and from which it will be seen that he entirely concurs in the proposed appointment of a Joint Commission, and I am to inquire whether the
Mr. Arnold-Forster.
proposal also meets with the approval of their Lordships
5. Should it be eventually decided to appoint a Joint Commission, it seems not improbable from the accompanying copy of a letter from the Royal Society that that institution would be willing to appoint an advisory board of experts in this country for the purpose of assisting the Commission, and Mr. Lyttelton would be prepared to approach the Society with a view to obtaining their co-operation.
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SIR,
of
6. A similar letter has been addressed to the
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MALTA.
Admiralty. War Office.
I am, &c.,
C. P. LUCAS.
WAR OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received January 12, 1904.)
[Answered by No. 18.]
War Office, London, S. W., January 11, 1904.
I AM directed by the Secretary of State for War to acknowledge the receipt your letter, No. 46461/1903, dated 2nd January, 1904, and in reply to state that he would view with approval, the appointment of a joint Commission, representing the Navy, the Army, and the Civil Government, and assisted by the Royal Society, to investigate the causes and means of prevention of Malta fever.
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BRITISH HONDURAS.
MR. LYTTELTON to ACTINg Governor CORK.
[Answered by No. 52.]
SIR,
Downing Street, January 23, 1904. I HAVE had under my consideration your despatch, No. 139, of the 6th of July last, in which you state that you were advised by the Executive Council that, should the Secretary of State" consider it necessary to call upon this Colony for a contribution in aid of medical and sanitary training and research the Legislative Council should be invited to vote a moderate amount.
2. I share the views held by my predecessor as to the desirability of following up the good work which has already been begun in the direction of combatting the diseases which are prevalent in the tropical Colonies, but at the same time I am very desirous that any funds contributed for the purpose by those Colonies should be freely given on the ground that the objects for which contributions are asked are recognised as being beyond question beneficial and worthy of support.
3. I would ask you therefore to place the matter before the Legislative Council for their free and full consideration, and I would only suggest that if as I hope may be the case they are inclined to vote a contribution, it should not be earmarked to one or other of the objects specified in Mr. Chamberlain's circular of 28th May, 1903, but be paid to the common fund to which reference is made in the last paragraph of that despatch.
4. Possibly the Council might be willing to vote a small annual sum, say £50, for a term of five years.
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I have, &c.,
ALFRED LYTTELTON.
I am, &c.,
GUY FLEETWOOD WILSON.
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MALTA.
9 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
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MALTA.
ADMIRALTY to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received January 22, 1904.)
[Answered by No. 18.]
Admiralty, January 20, 1904. SIR,
WITH reference to your letter of the 2nd instant, No. 46461/1903, ‡ relative to the proposed appointment of a joint Commission to undertake an investigation of Mediterranean fever, I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you, for the information of Mr. Secretary Lyttelton, that they concur in this proposal, and, should such a Commission be finally decided upon, they will be prepared to nominate a Medical Officer to represent the Naval Medical Service.
I am to add that the subject of Mediterranean fever has received special attention from this Department during the last three years, and both at home and at Malta several Naval Medical Officers have been engaged in investigating this fever. Dr. Zammit, the Medical Officer of Health at Malta, is in receipt of a grant from the Admiralty of £100 a year for conducting a Bacteriological Course for Naval Medical Officers at Malta.
I am, &c.,
EVAN MACGREGOR.
SIR,
COLONIAL OFFICE to THE ROYAL SOCIETY.
[Answered by Nos. 6 and 28.]
Downing Street, January 25, 1904.
I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton to inform you, with reference to Sir M. Foster's letter of the 2nd of December, 1902, on the subject of Mediterranean fever, that his attention was recently called to the prevalence of this disease in Malta among the naval and military forces as well as the civil population.
2. It accordingly appeared to him to be desirable that the investigation of this fever should be properly taken in hand, and he addressed a despatch§ to the Governor of Malta inquiring whether, in the event of the War Office and the Admiralty con- sidering that a Joint Commission representing the Army, the Navy, and the Civil Government is desirable, arrangements could be made for appointing Dr. Zammit to represent the Civil Government and for allowing him to devote the whole of his time to the investigation.
3. I am to enclose a copy of a despatch which has been received from the Governor in reply and from which it will be seen that he entirely concurs in the proposed appointment of a Joint Commission. The War Office and Admiralty have also expressed their concurrence in the proposal.
4. The War Office, the Admiralty, and the Civil Government desire, however, to secure for this Commission the same valuable assistance which was so generously given by the Royal Society in the case of the Malaria Commission, and I am to inquire whether the Society would be willing to appoint an advisory board of experts in this country for the purpose of supervising the investigations.
I am, &c.,
H. BERTRAM COX.
ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH—NOT TO
• No. 93 in Miscellaneous No. 139.
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• No. 128 in Miscellaneons No. 139.
† No. 90A in Miscellaneous No. 139.
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§ No. 125 in Miscellaneous No. 139.
No. 90A in Miscellaneous No 139. No. 128 in Miscellaneous No. 139.
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