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A. — REPORTS TO THE FOREIGN OFFICE. 
1. TSETSE-FLY AND BUFFALO 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
Foreign Office, 
16th June , 1901. 
Sir, — I am directed by the Marquess of Lansdowne to transmit to 
you the accompanying copy of a letter from the Colonial Office on the 
subject of the Tsetse-fly, forwarding a copy of a letter from a Mr. Yal 
Gielgud to the British South Africa Company remarking on the special 
virulence of this fly in districts where Buffalo are principally to be found, 
and I am to request that you will favour His Lordship with your observa- 
tions on the subject. 
I am, Sir, 
Your most obedient humble servant, 
Clement Ll. Hill. 
Professor E. Pay Lankester, 
British Museum (Nat. Hist.) 
South Kensington, S.W. 
Downing Street, 
1D7i June, 1901. 
The Under Secretary of State for the Colonies presents his compli- 
ments to the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and is directed by the 
Secretary of State to transmit, for the information of the Marquess of 
Lansdowne, a copy of the letter noted in the subjoined schedule on the 
subject of the Tsetse-fly and Buffalo. 
Mwenga R., 
“ Hook of the Kafue,” 
N.E. Rhodesia, 
24th February, 1901. 
Mr. Val Gielgud to the British South African Co aip any. 
Sir, — I see from the papers that the international conference for 
the preservation of big game has decided to recommend that buffalo be 
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