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No. 200.

WEST INDIES.

THE EARL OF ELGIN to THE GOVERNORS OF THE WEST INDIAN

COLONIES.

[Answered, Jamaica by No, 204 and British Guiana by No. 205.]

(Barbados. No. 5.)

(Trinidad. No. 16.)

(British Guiana. No. 11.)

(Grenada. No. 11.)

(Leewards. No. 5.)

(Jamaica. No. 15.)

(British, Honduras. No. 4.)

(Bahamas. No. 4.)

SIR,

Downing Street, January 11, 1906.

No. 203.

COLONIAL OFFICE to THE BRITISH NORTH BORNEO COMPANY. SIR,

Downing Street, January 15, 1906. I AM directed by the Earl of Elgin to transmit to you a copy of a circular despatch* which has been addressed to the Governments of all Colonies with regard to the collection of specimens of blood-sucking flies, &c., required by the British Museum (Natural History).

I am to state that the necessary action as regards the Colony of Labuan will be taken by the Governor of the Straits Settlements as Governor of Labuan. It is, however, of importance that the Museum should be furnished with specimens of insects of the nature described which may be found in the territory of the British North Borneo Company, and Lord Elgin would be gratified if your Directors would kindly render what assistance is in their power to supply collections.

I am, &c.,

H. BERTRAM COX.

I HAVE the honour to transmit to you, for your information, a copy of a letter* addressed to this office by Sir P. Manson in connection with a proposal for an organized investigation into the pathology of the West Indian Colonies.

2. Under existing circumstances I do not propose to take immediate action in the matter, as the expense would be prohibitive in the case of many of the Colonies concerned; but I bring the matter to your notice in case, at any time, the Colony under your Government should wish, and feel able, to employ a commission of the

I have, &c.,

kind.

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No. 201.

ELGIN.

COLONIAL OFFICE to THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.

Downing Street, January 11, 1906.

SIR,

I AM directed by the Earl of Elgin to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 3rd instant, and to state that his Lordship has perused it with interest, and Bas learnt with satisfaction the arrangements which are being made by the Royal College of Physicians of London and the Royal College of Surgeons of England for the recognition of Tropical Medicine.

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No. 204.

JAMAICA.

GOVERNOR SIR J. A. SWETTENHAM to THE EARL OF ELGIN. (Received March 1, 1906.)

(No. 54.) MY LORD,

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 15, of the 11th ultimo,† forwarding a copy of a letter from Sir P. Manson with regard to a proposal for an organized investigation into the pathology of the West Indian Colonies.

King's House, Jamaica, February 5, 1906.

2. I have to express my thanks for the information contained in Sir P. Manson's letter, and to say that all assistance will be given by the various officers of the Medical Department to any bacteriologist, local or travelling, who may come to work in this Colony.

P

I have, &c.,

J. A. SWETTENHAM,

Governor.

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I am, &c.,

FRED. GRAHAM.

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No. 205.

No. 202.

SOUTH AFRICA.

THE EARL OF ELGIN to HIGH COMMISSIONER THE EARL OF SELBORNE.

(General.)

MY LORD,

Downing Street, January 15, 1906.

I HAVE the honour to transmit to Your Lordship the accompanying copies of a circular despatch which my predecessor had addressed to all Colonies and Protectorates with regard to collections of specimens of blood-sucking flies, &c., required by the British Museum (Natural History), and to request that the enclo- sures, of which I enclose 30 copies, may be forwarded to the Resident Commissioners of the Bechuanaland Protectorate and Basutoland, and the Administrators of Southern and North-Western Rhodesia, in such proportion as you may consider desirable.

I have, &c.,

ELGIN.

• No. 198.

No. 199.

* No- . 15.

BRITISH GUIANA.

GOVERNOR SIR F. M. HODGSON to THE EARL OF ELGIN.

(No. 82.)

MY LORD,

(Received April 16, 1906.)

Government House, Georgetown, Demerara, March 26, 1906. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's despatch, No. 11, of the 11th January last, transmitting a copy of a letter addressed to the Colonial Office by Sir P. Manson, in connection with a proposal for an organised investigation into the pathology of the West Indian Colonies.

2. The matter is one of considerable importance and every assistance would be afforded to any Commission that may visit Demerara in connection with it. But in view of the provision recently made on the annual estimates under the head of Medical, Item 26 (a), for the establishment of a Bacteriological Department in Georgetown, the Executive Council, before whom I brought the correspondence, expressed the opinion, in which opinion I concur, that no further expenditure can at present be incurred.

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† No. 20).

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