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since my arrival and without a trained staff I cannot leave for lengthy periods the Institute. Clinical and pathological observations are made, but till after the publica- tion of Dr. Hamilton Wright's work on this branch of the subject I do not consider it would be advisable to publish anything on the subject.

The Federal Secretary,

Federated Malay States. Kuala Lumpur.

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I am, &c.,

C. W. DANIELS, Director, Institute for Medical Research, Federated Malay States.

No. 71. CEYLON.

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(No. 12.)

SIR,

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No. 73.

DOMINICA.

MR. LYTTELTON to ACTING ADMINISTRATOR PORTER.

Downing Street, May 3, 1904. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Bell's despatch, No. 14/376, of the 30th ultimo,* reporting that the Legislative Council of Dominica had unani- \ mously agreed to a vote of £25 in aid of the fund for the investigation of tropical diseases, which formed the subject of my predecessor's circular despatch of the 28th of May last.†

matter.

I have noted with pleasure what is stated by Mr. Bell in the last paragraph of his despatch* regarding the attitude of the unofficial members of the Council in this

I have, &c.,

ALFRED LYTTELTON.

MR. LYTTELTON to GOVERNOR SIR H. A. BLAKE.

(No. 146.)

Downing Street, April 28, 1904. SIR,

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 135, of the 25th ultimo,* and to express my satisfaction at learning that the Legislative Council has agreed to make a contribution of £100 annually for five years to the fund for the aid of tropical medicine.

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I have, &c.,

ALFRED LYTTELTON.

No. 72. TRANSVAAL.

GOVERNOR VISCOUNT MILNER to MR. LYTTELTON. (Received May 2, 1904.)

(No. 256.)

SIR,

Governor's Office, Johannesburg, April 11, 1904. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of the 1st January, inviting attention to your predecessor's circular despatch of the 28th May last, on the subject of the investigation of malarial diseases and the training of Colonial Medical Officers in the treatment and prevention of tropical diseases.

(2.) The Government of the Transvaal has spent, and is spending, considerable sums on the scientific investigation of certain diseases, principally affecting that Colony, more especially pneumonia and scurvy among human diseases, and redwater or tick fever and horse sickness among animal diseases.

(3.) It appears to me that any funds which the Government may be in a position to devote to the investigation of diseases can be most profitably employed in further- ing the work which has already been begun, and which is in the hands of high scienti- fic authorities who have worked in the country for a sufficient length of time to have acquired that knowledge of local conditions which is indispensable to a successful investigation.

(4.) As regards the Transvaal, the investigation of the diseases named above, and similar diseases, is certainly more important at the present time than the study of malarial diseases, the effect of which, as regards the human subject, is confined to a limited part of the Colony, and to certain seasons of the year. While I am fully aware of the importance to the Empire of assisting in every way the study of tropical diseases, I would prefer while the present financial condition of the Transvaal con- tinues, to devote all available funds to prosecuting, on the lines which have already been laid down, the work of the local bacteriological laboratories.

I have, &c.,

MILNER,

Governor.

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‡ [Cd. 1598].

LEEWARD ISLANDS.

GOVERNOR SIR G. STRICKLAND to MR. LYTTELTON.

(No. 169.)

SIR,

(Received May 5, 1904.)

[Answered by No. 76.]

Government House, Antigua, April 13, 1904. WITH reference to your despatch, No. 85, of the 23rd of March, ‡ and to the vote which has been passed in the Legislative Council of Dominica for a contribution towards the organization proposed in Mr. Chamberlain's circular despatch of the 28th of May, 1903,† on tropical diseases and their remedy, I propose to invite the Administrator of St. Kitts-Nevis to submit a similar vote to the Council of that Presidency.

2. If you see no objection, a contribution of £10 a year could also be paid by the Presidency of the Virgin Islands, without detriment to its financial position in 1904-5.

3. Your concurrence in the view that the Presidencies of Antigua and Mont- serrat are unable to contribute from their own resources has been brought to the notice of the Treasurers in both Presidencies.

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I have, &c.,

G. STRICKLAND,

Governor.

THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received May 11, 1904.)

DEAR SIR,

[Acknowledged May 16, 1904: 16710: not printed.]

The University, Birmingham, May 10, 1904. REFERRING to your letter, dated the 20th January last, & drawing attention to the decision by the Senate of the University of Cambridge to establish an examina- tion and diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene, and enquiring if similar encouragement could be given by this University to the study of tropical medicine, I beg leave to inform you that your letter has been carefully considered by the faculty of medicine in this University, which has reported as follows:-

"That the faculty of medicine, having considered the subject of the foundation of a diploma in tropical medicine, desires to point out to the

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