Letter from Charles [James] Martin, The Lister Institute of Preventative Medicine, Chelsea Gardens, Chelsea Bridge Road, London Discusses the establishment of an Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine in Townsville, Queensland, informing it will be managed by a committee appointed by the Universities of Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide, with grants from the Australian Commonwealth and the Government of Queensland. Requests the Royal Society to nominate a representative to act with representatives from the Schools of Tropical Medicine in London and Liverpool as a committee of selection for the first Director of the proposed Institute. 4 August 1908