CO129-328 - Governor Nathan - 1905 [1-6] — Page 643

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No. 118.

Sir,

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19th. June, 1905.

I have the honour to submit for the consi-

-deration of His Excellency the Governor the outline of a scheme which was propounded by Sir Patrick Manson at a dinner recently held in London on behalf of the London School of Tropical Medi-

-cine.

:

It amounts merely to a development of the

present scheme governing the appointment of a Director of the Bacteriological Laboratory of the Straits Settlements (at Kuala Lumpor) which is that the Medical Tutor at the London School of Tropical Medicine shall do three years research work at Kuala Lumpor and then three years teaching work in London. It is now proposed to bring Ceylon and Hongkong into this scheme so that each Director would do three years in Hongkong, three years in Kuala Lumpor, three years in Ceylon and three years in London.

with intervals for leave of course.

These Officers would not I presume be on

the permanent staff but would be under agreements with the respective Governments, while a certain amount of continuity and provision for routine duties during leave would be provided for by a permanent Assistant at each place.

I think that the scheme is an admirable

one and well calculated to produce the best results in the matter

he Honourable

F. H. May, G.M.G.,

Colonial Secretary.

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