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measures  must  be  limited  to  the  amount  of  money  which  is  available. 
It  would  be  futile,  for  example,  to  advise  extensive  engineering 
schemes  which,  though  theoretically  correct  and  advisable,  would 
involve  the  immediate  expenditure  of  thousands  of  pounds,  or  at  any 
rate,  of  amounts  which  could  not  be  obtained  without  crippling  the 
financial  resources  of  the  Colony  for  many  years,  and  might  not  be 
obtainable  at  all.  Obviously  then  our  aim  must  be  a  compromise 
between  the  demands  of  theory  and  the  exigencies  of  actual  circum¬ 
stances,  and  the  results  attained  in  Italy  afford  a  very  good  example 
of  what  may  be  done  by  keeping  this  in  mind. 
Agricultural 
Similarly,  as  malaria  has  been  shown  to  be  dependent  to  some 
extent  in  this  Colony  upon  the  agricultural  methods,  it  would  be 
useless  to  suggest  measures  which  would  involve  hampering  or 
perhaps  putting  a  stop  to  the  agricultural  development  which  is  at 
present  such  a  striking  feature  of  some  parts  of  Jamaica.  If  the 
eradication  of  malaria  means  the  giving  up  of  banana  plantations, 
for  example,  or  of  imposing  too  great  a  burden  on  them,  I  am  afraid 
that,  not  only  the  planters  but  the  public  generally,  will  shrug  their 
shoulders  and  say,  ‘  Well,  we  must  put  up  with  the  malaria,  we  must 
recognise  a  certain  amount  of  inefficiency  from  sickness,  and  we  must 
provide  for  a  certain  toll  on  human  life.’  The  progress  of  famaica 
is  dependent  upon  its  agricultural  development,  and  the  methods 
adopted  must  assist,  not  interfere,  with  this.  And  if  I  can  show  that, 
by  slight  mod  fications  of  these  methods,  by  the  adoption  of  compara¬ 
tively  simple  precautions,  necessitating,  no  doubt,  thought,  supervision 
and  perseverance,  a  very  great  improvement  can  be  effected,  I  am 
convinced  that,  the  common  sense  and  business-like  qualities  of  the 
estate  owners  will  lead  them  to  adopt  the  necessary  measures,  and  I 
think  the  Government  will  be  justified  in  calling  upon  them  to  do  so. 
Government 
Then  it  must  be  observed  that  all  measures  will  fall  naturally 
into  two  classes,  namely,  (a)  those  which  must  be  undertaken  by  the 
Government,  or  a  municipality,  or  a  parochial  board,  or  some 
organisation  possessing  funds  at  its  disposal,  and  (5)  those  which  are 
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