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Box 606961431

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Contains 13 Results:

'F.II. Forestry', 1947-1951

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Notes, with related correspondence, of Worthington's meetings with forestry officers and the visit of Rammel and W.A. Robertson, Forestry Adviser, concerning the following subjects: inter-territorial forestry research, a site for the headquarters of the East African Agricultural Research Organization (EAARO), and timber utilisation. Also, the agenda and proceedings of a conference of Conservators of Forests, 24 Feb 1947, with a copy of Worthington's paper and a press communiqué about the...
Extents: 45 Leaves
Dates: 1947-1951

'F.III. Fauna - general', 1947-1950

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Correspondence, reports, and press articles concerning game control, tsetse, and trypanosomiasis and National Parks; including a report of a fauna conference by Captain Keith Caldwell, representative of the Society for the Preservation of Fauna and Flora of Africa, and a copy of the National Parks Ordinance, 1950. Correspondents include: J.S. Perry (reproduction of the African elephant) ...
Extents: 1 folder
Dates: 1947-1950

'G.I. Geology', 1944-1949

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Reports and notes, with related correspondence with Dr D.R. Grantham, head of Tanganyika Geology Department, and A.E. Gunther, including the following papers: report of the Committee on Colonial Geology, Colonial officer, 1944, pp. 30 circular from O. Stanley S/S Col., Mar 1945, on the expansion of geological survey work in the colonies draft scheme for investigating the...
Extents: 1 folder Leaves
Dates: 1944-1949

'H.I, H.II. Health and Medicine', 1946-1948

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Reports and notes by Worthington concerning the work of a sub-committee set up to look into the cost of Mulago Hospital and Medical School (with detailed tables of figures); medical education in East Africa; Professor B.A. McSwiney's Report on Medical Research in East Africa and his proposals for setting up a health bureau; hospital maintenance and treatment for Colonial Service employees; the training of Africans as X-ray technicians; and medical surveys. Also includes a report by Professor...
Extents: 1 folder
Dates: 1946-1948

'J, K.I. Kano plain', 1947-1948

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Notes by Worthington concerning the possibility of developing the plain for rice production; and correspondence with P. Wyn-Harris, Provincial Administration, Nairobi; Blunt, Honorary Director of Agriculture, Nairobi, Sir Douglas Harris; and Sir Frank Stockdale, Adviser on Development Planning, Colonial Office.
Extents: 18 Leaves
Dates: 1947-1948

'M.I. Meteorology', 1947-1950

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Notes, memoranda, and correspondence concerning the future of meteorological work in East Africa in light of the Empire scheme for reorganisation of meteorological services. Correspondents include Group-Caption A. Walter, British East African Meteorological Services, and W.A. Grinsted, Acting Director of the Service.
Extents: 45 Leaves
Dates: 1947-1950

'M.II. Museums - general', 1947-1949

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Reports concerning the future of the King George V Memorial Museum; with correspondence between Worthington and L.S.B. Leakey, Curator, Coryndon Museum, Nairobi, about the housing of 'types'.
Extents: 13 Leaves
Dates: 1947-1949

'R.I. Colonial Research and Development - General and C.D. & W. schemes', 1944-1948

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Memoranda and notes concerning the future organisation of colonial research and related financial regulations; also, a cyclostyled draft development plan 'Regional Research in East Africa' by Worthington (Aug 1947), press cuttings, and application forms for Colonial Research Fellowships. 39 leaves and two items.
Extents: 1 folder
Dates: 1944-1948

'R.II(2). Research and development, Belgian Congo', 1948-1950

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Chiefly correspondence with H. Koch, E. de Bruyne, and J.-P. Harroy, all of the Institut pour la recherche scientifique en Afrique centrale, Brussels, about arrangements for Worthington to address members on 'Recent scientific developments in British East Africa and their relation to those in the Belgian Congo', with drafts of this address.
Extents: 31 Leaves
Dates: 1948-1950

'R.II(3). Research - Sudan', 1950

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Cyclostyled report by Worthington on a journey through the Sudan in Jan 1950, chiefly concerning game and fish; with related correspondence with the following persons: Forbes Buxton Chief Secretary, Entebbe Dr C.F. Hickling, Fisheries Adviser to the Colonial Office J.W. Robertson, Civil Secretary, Khartoum M.N. Harrison,...
Extents: 1 folder
Dates: 1950