With  reference  to  the  correspondence  ending  with  your  letter*  no.  ^t,  dated

•Addressed  to  the  Secretary   to  the  Govern-  ,,  ^  i-       i   j  i  xl    ^

ment  of  India,  Home  Department.  t°e  .  I  am  directed  to  say  that

t  Madras,  no.  417,  dated  the  27th  May  1910.  „       „  .       ,    t    ,•      ,  .,      ,-    ,

Bombay,  no.  229,  dated  the  13th  January  1911.  the  Ciovernment  of  India  have  recently  had
Bengal,  no.  1326-Medl.,  dated  the  18th  August

1910.  under  their  consideration  the  recommendation

United  Provinces,   no.   3680,    dat«d  the    9th
August  1910.  piade    by   the    Royal   Commission    upon    De-
Punjab,  no.  813  (M.  &  S.),  dated  the  8th  Nor-  ^  J  •'  ^

ember  1910.  . -^  ,,     ,  .  j  ,.    n„x,       centralization   in   India  in  paragraph  385  of

Burma,  no.  243-M.— 6-X-ll,   dated  the  29th  r       o     r

^^ESsengalandAMam,  no.  4764^.,  dated      ^^^'"^  "^^PO"^*   regarding  the  occasional   confer-

the  22nd  July  1910.  ,  •      •   i     a      -x  n  •     ■

1167  ences    of    provincial    oanitary    Commissioners

Central  Provinces,  no.  yi— iXTn" '  ^^^  ^^^
13th  August  1910.  with  their  Sanitary  Commissioner.
2.  After  considering  the  opinions  of  the  local  Governments  consulted  on  the  sub-
ject they  have  decided  that  such  conferences  should  be  held  regularly,  at  convenient
centres,  at  which  ideas  can  be  exchanged  and  first-hand  knowledge  obtained  of  what  is
being  done  in  the  matter  of  sanitation  in  different  places.  Other  important  questions,
such  as  the  direct  attack  upon  pathogenic  microbes  which  are  known  to  convey  particular
diseases,  may  conveniently  be  discussed  at  these  conferences.
