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No. 14.

GOLD COAST, LAGOS, and SOUTHERN NIGERIA.

MR. LYTTELTON to the GOVERNORS and HIGH COMMISSIONER.

(Gold Coast. No. 62.)

(Lagos. No. 29.)

(Southern Nigeria. No. 49.)

[Answered by Nos. 63, 78 and 88A.]

SIR,

Downing Street, February 5, 1904. [Paragraphs 1 and 2 are identical with paragraphs 1 and 2 of the despatch to British Guiana of February 2; 888 No. 9.]

3. 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 combating the

am confident that

you will diseases which are prevalent in tropical Colonies, and recognise that the objects for which contributions are asked are beneficial and worthy of support.

4. [To Southern Nigeria only.-I therefore propose, with your concurrence, to instruct the Crown Agents for the Colonies to pay an annual contribution of Two hundred pounds to the common fund for a term of five years, at the expiration of which the matter can be again considered.]

4. [To the Gold Coast and Lagos only.—I would therefore ask you to propose to

Gold Coast Two the Legislative Council to vote an annual contribution of (say) Lagos, One hundred hundred pounds for a term of five years, at the expiration of which the matter and fifty pounds

could be again considered.

5. I would ask that, if, as I hope may be the case, the Council are willing to vote this contribution, it should not be ear-marked to a particular object, but be paid into the common fund suggested by Mr. Chamberlain.]

I have, &c.,

ALFRED LYTTELTON.

(No. 12.)

SIR,

No. 16.

MALTA.

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

Downing Street, February 5, 1904. [Identical with despatch to the Governor of British Guiana, February 2, 1904 (No. 9).]

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(No. 8.) SIR,

No. 17- BAHAMAS.

GOVERNOR SIR G. T. CARTER to MR. LYTTELTON. (Received February 8, 1904.)

Government House, Nassau, January 21, 1904. WITH reference to your despatch, General, of 1st January,* calling attention to the fact that Mr. Secretary Chamberlain's circular despatch of 28th May, 1903,† remains unanswered, I have the honour to state that it is my intention to bring the question of malaria investigation before the Legislature at their next meeting, with a view to obtaining a grant of money for the purposes detailed in the circular."

G. T. CARTER,

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No. 18.

MALTA.

I have, &c.,

Governor.

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SIR.

(No. 8.)

No. 15.

GAMBIA.

MR. LYTTELTON to GOVERNOR SIR G. C. DENTON. [Answered by No. 49.]

Downing Street, February 5, 1904.

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 147, of the 14th of September last,* from which I have learnt with pleasure that you are confident that the Legislative Council of the Gambia will readily vote a contribution towards the common fund which it is proposed to establish for the purpose of supporting the various objects referred to in Mr. Chamberlain's circular despatch of the 28th of May last.†

2. With regard to the amount of the contribution, I would suggest that you should propose to the Council that a sum of one hundred pounds should be voted annually for a term of five years, at the expiration of which the matter could be again considered.

3. This sum exceeds the sum mentioned in the last paragraph of your despatch, but I think that the additional expenditure is justified by the importance of the objects to which it is to be devoted, and I trust that you and the Council will share my view.

I have, &c.,

• No. 103 in Miscellaneous No. 139.

ALFRED LYTTELTON.

↑ [Cd. 1598.]

SIR,

COLONIAL OFFICE to WAR OFFICE and ADMIRALTY.

[Answered by Nos. 56 and 60.]

Downing Street, February 8, 1904.

1 AM directed by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton to transmit to you, to be laid before Mr. Secretary Arnold-Foster,

the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, with reference to your letter of the 11th of January, the accompanying copy of correspondence|| with the Royal Society 20th of January,§

Colonial Office to the Royal Society, 25th January.

Royal Society to Colonial Office, 30th Jan-

uary.

relative to the proposed appointment of a Joint Commission, representing the Navy, the Army and the Civil Government of Malta, to investigate Mediterranean fever. 2. As regards the last sentence of Sir A. Geikie's letter of the 30th of January,¶ Mr. Lyttelton presumes that the War Office Admiralty

the Admiralty and the Civil Government

would be willing to combine with

the War Office and the Civil Government in providing such additional funds as may

be required by the Royal Society for the purpose of making a full inquiry into the disease, provided that the expenditure involved be moderate.

A similar communication has been sent to the Malta.

Admiralty

and the Governor of

War Office

I am, &c.,

H. BERTRAM COX.

• Not printed.

↑ [Cd. 1598.]

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