§ *MR. REES (Montgomery Boroughs)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any report has been received from Dr. Koch upon the sleeping sickness; and what stops are being taken to preserve the British Central Africa Protectorate from this disease.
§ *THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. CHURCHILL,) Manchester, N.W.No report has, as far as is known, been received from Dr. Koch, whose commission was appointed by the Imperial German Government. It is proposed as soon as the rains are over that two special medical officers selected by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, who have generously offered to pay the salaries of both officers, should proceed to the British Central Africa Protectorate, study the local conditions, and suggest precautionary measures. It is presumed that these officers will arrive in the Protectorate in January next.