Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Sir C Ll. Hil, Superintendent of the African Protectorates, Foreign Office In view of the alarming extension of the Sleeping Sickness in Africa, the Tropical Diseases Committee have determined, if possible, to send without delay and in addition to the observers, a trained naturalist who will be able to grapple with some of the still unsolved problems of this deadly disease, especially those connected with insect life. The expense is estimated at £1000. The Royal Society would be glad if the Foreign Office could contribute £500, for a nine month to one year posting. 13 January 1905