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No. 58.
HONG KONG.
THE ACTING GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
(Received 22 July, 1910.)
[Answered by No. 61.]
(No. 207.)
Government House, Hong Kong, 18th June, 1910 MY LORD,
WITH reference to your Lordship's despatch, Miscellaneous, of the 13th ultimo,* I have the honour to forward the enclosed copy of a letter from the Govern- ment Bacteriologist, dated the 15th instant, and to enquire whether the suggested arrangements can be made with the Entomological Research Committee (Tropical Africa).
I have, &c.,
F. H. MAY,
Officer Administering the Government.
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2. The sun's referred to in these papers have been contributed by the Imperial Government and the West African Colonies respectively, and a total amount of £2,000 a year is now available.
3. Lord Crewe has established, under the presidency of the Earl of Cromer, a strong Committee of experts to administer the funds and direct the investigations, and satisfactory progress is being made.
4. It appears to Lord Crewe that the matter is one which is of great interest to Zanzibar, and he would suggest, for Sir E. Grey's consideration, that the Govern- ment of that island should be invited to make a small contribution of £50 a year towards the cost of the scheme the contribution to be for a period of five years in the first instance. He would also suggest that it would be of advantage if the Foreign Office were to be represented upon the Committee.
I am, &c.,
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C. P. LUCAS.
PUBLIC RECORD
OFFICE
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SIR,
Enclosure in No. 58.
Bacteriological Institute, Hong Kong, 15th June, 1910.
I HAVE the honour to ask if arrangements could be made with the Entomo- logical Research Committee for Tropical Africa appointed by the Colonial Office, whereby Hong Kong flies (especially biting flies), ticks, fleas, &c., could be included in the work of specific determination undertaken by the Committee.
It is important that the flies of Hong Kong should be worked out to some extent with special reference to conveyance of diseases; very little special work appears to have been done for this part of China, and the national collection in the British Museum has very few specimens from here:
It is also necessary that authentic named specimens should be kept in the Institute here, as further identification cannot be carried on without named specimens.
Most flies cannot be run down to their species without a large library and museum (see page 3 of forward [? foreword] of report, paragraph (B)), but it would be quite practical to collect, to arrange to a certain extent, to note the habits of the important flies here, and to forward the collections for specific determination from time to time as recommended in paragraph A, 1 and 2, on the distinct understanding that named specimens were returned to the Institute here.
I understood when I was working in the Diptera Section of the British Museumn that some arrangement of this kind might be practical. I enclose the report to which reference is made, and I should like to have it returned.
To Hon. Principal
Civil Medical Officer.
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I have, &c.,
HAROLD MACFARLANE,
Bacteriologist.
COLONIAL OFFICE to FOREIGN OFFICE.
[Answered by No. 60.]
Downing Street, 29th July, 1910.
SIR,
I AM directed by the Earl of Crewe to transmit to you, to be laid before Secretary Sir E. Grey, the accompanying copy of a despatch and its enclosure relating to entomological research in the British Colonies and Protectorates in West and East Africa.
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FOREIGN OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received August 11, 1910.) [Answered 19 August, 1910, 24734: not printed.]
Foreign Office, August 10, 1910. I AM directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your letter unnumbered of the 29th ultimo,* regarding the establishment of a Committee for the promotion of entomological research in relation to disease in Africa.
SIR,
I am to state in reply that provision will be made in the Zanzibar Estimates for next year for the contribution of fifty pounds towards the fund which has been started for the furtherance of the scheme.
Sir E. Grey agrees that the Foreign Office should be represented on the Com- mittee, and would be glad to receive further information regarding its composition, functions, &c., in due course.
I am to add that a bacteriological expert, Dr. Aders, is about to visit Zanzibar for the purpose of enquiring into the cattle disease. Sir E. Grey would be glad to learn whether the result of his researches, so far as they are entomological, can be referred to the Committee, and in what manner.
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No. 61.
I am, &c.,
W. LANGLEY.
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE SELECTION SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH COMMITTEE HELD AT THE COLONIAL OFFICE, FRIDAY, 23RD SEPTEMBER, 1910.
PRESENT.
Dr. SHIPLEY (Chairman).
Dr. MACDOUGALL.
Mr. MARSHALL. Professor PoULTON.
Mr. PARKINSON (Secretary).
1. The names of five candidates for the three Carnegie Scholarships were considered, viz., Mr. G. T. Spinks (Cambridge), Mr. G. H. Grosvenor (Oxford), Mr. E. H. Strickland (Wye College), Mr. G. S. Reis (Edinburgh), and Mr. Andrew Rutherford, M.A. ((Edinburgh).
The Sub-Committee decided that Mr. Grosvenor should be selected and that he should be invited to leave for America as early as possible next year.
It was also decided that Mr. Spinks's name need not be further considered, but the selection of the other two scholars was deferred pending the result of certain enquiries to be made by Dr. MacDougall and Mr. Marshall.
2. The Sub-Committee then discussed the question of the American Univer- sities to which the scholars should be sent and the places which they should be * No. 59.
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