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No. 67.
ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH COMMITTEE to COLONIAL OFFICE.
SIR,
(Received 19 December, 1910.)
Entomological Research Committee (Tropical Africa),
British Museum (Natural History),
Cromwell Road, London, S.W.,
17th December, 1910.
I HAVE the honour to inform you that :— (1) At a meeting of the Entomological Research Committee on the 27th October last, a motion was passed authorising the appointment of an Assistant to the Scientific Secretary, at a salary not to exceed £150 per annum, such appointment to be confirmed by the Finance Sub-Committee;
(2) At a meeting of the Finance Sub-Committee held on the 23rd November, the appointment of Mr. Herbert Campion, of 58, Ranelagh Road, Ealing, W., to the above post, at an initial salary of £120, was duly approved.
I have, therefore, the honour to request that the Crown Agents for the Colonies may be authorised to pay Mr. Campion's salary from the funds of the above Com- mittee; his engagement commencing on the 2nd January, 1911.
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India press room for distribution to press correspondents, and that copies of the papers have also been forwarded to the Inspector-General of Forests, the Inspector- General of Agriculture in India, the Inspector-General, Civil Veterinary Depart- ment, and the Sanitary Commissioner to the Government of India, with a view to a short account of the Bulletin being published in the "Indian Forester," in the Agricultural Journal of India," in the" Quarterly Journal of Tropical Veterinary Science," and in " Paludism."
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2. I am to offer the suggestion that the Research Committee might supply two copies of the Bulletin, free of charge, to be placed in the Government of India press room for the information of the Indian public.
To His Majesty's
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Under Secretary of State for India,
Calcutta, the 22nd December, 1910.
I have, &c.,
H. B. HOLME,
Under Secretary,
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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I have, &c.,
GUY A. K. MARSHALL,
Scientific Secretary.
No. 68.
INDIA OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received 10 January, 1911.)
[Answered by No. 73.]
SIR,
India Office, Whitehall, S.W., 10 January, 1911. WITH reference to Mr. Campbell's letter of the 7th September last,* I am directed to enclose, for the information of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, a copy of a letter from the Under-Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of Revenue and Agriculture reporting the further steps that have been taken to make known in India the Bulletin of the Entomological Research Com- mittee.
I am to invite attention to the last paragraph of Mr. Holme's letter.
SLR,
I have, &c.,
T. W. HOLDERNESS,
Secretary,
Revenue and Statistics Department.
Enclosure in No. 68.
No. 131.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA,
Department of Revenue and Agriculture (Agri.).
WITH reference to the Secretary of State's despatch, No. 71 (Revenue), dated the 9th September, 1910, asking that steps may be taken to make known in India the Bulletin of the Entomological Research Committee (Tropical Africa), I am directed to inform you that copies of the specimen pages of the Bulletin and the prospectus forwarded with the despatch have been placed in the Government of
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No. 69.
IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES
SIR,
to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received 14 January, 1911.)
Imperial Department of Agriculture for the West Indies,
Barbados, December 26, 1910. I HAVE the honour to inform you that in accordance with the proposals made in my letter, No. S. S. 1402 of May 2, 1910,* approval of which was signified in your reply, No. 14866/10; of June 6,* Mr. Ballou, during his recent visit to the United States, paid visits to various places where work of entomological interest is being carried on, and he has furnished me with reports embodying his observa- tions, copies of which I enclose for the information of the Secretary of State.
2. I am satisfied that a useful purpose has been served in making these visits, whereby much information has been gained and the entomological investigations of this Department have been stimulated.
3. In the report relative to the gypsy moth pest in Massachusetts, Mr. Ballou had an opportunity of seeing remedial measures carried out on a very large scale. He draws attention to the great importance attached to the introduction and employment of natural parasites of the pest in attempts to control it; he affords a useful insight into the manner in which Federal, State, and Municipal Authorities co-operate in carrying out preventive measures.
4. The visit paid to Washington was of great service, as it enabled Mr. Ballou to meet a number of entomological specialists and to exchange views with them. There is very gratifying evidence of willingness to co-operate and to exchange infor- mation with this Department, which is calculated to be extremely valuable in aiding us in carrying on our work in the West Indies.
5. Very special interest attaches to the observations which Mr. Ballou was able to make in connexion with the work being carried on in Florida to control the pests of citrus trees; for very similar problems are encountered in the West Indies, and a considerable amount of work along parallel lines is being carried out at the instance of this Department. The success attained in the employment of a parasitic fungus to control the white fly" is very encouraging. The parallel work in progress in the West Indies in the employment of parasitic fungi to control scale insects is already affording encouraging results.
6. It is very desirable that I should draw attention to the courteous and helpful manner in which Mr. Ballou was received by the various scientific officers of the Federal and State Governments with whom he came into contact and the interest which they evince in the work carried on by this Department. All this is of very great value and importance, and I trust that this may be brought to the notice of the Secretary of State. I may add that I am communicating the thanks of this Department to those who so kindly aided Mr. Ballou in his enquiries.
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