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mology to other students, not a young man only just beginning to study the subject. Mr. Marshall thought that possibly he might be able to find a candidate during his visit to the West Indies who could be sent for a time to Hawaii. The Sub-Com- mittee agreed that there was nothing in the terms of Mr. Carnegie's donation which would conflict with such an arrangement. Mr. Cameron was also mentioned as a likely candidate for one of these scholarships. It was decided that Mr. Marshall should take such steps as he thought fit to find suitable men whose claims would be submitted to the Sub-Committee for consideration.
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3. Mr. Marshall read a letter from Mr. Grosvenor from which it appeared that, before his return to England in January, he would require a further sum of £10 for travelling expenses in connexion with a visit to Cornell.
The Secretary was authorised to request the Crown Agents for the Colonies to forward a sum of £30, i.e., £20 for passage to England, as previously approved, and £10 for extra travelling expenses, to Dr. Howard for transmission to Mr. Grosvenor.
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No. 116. QUEENSLAND.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received December 18, 1911.)
[Copy to Mr. Marshall, December 28, 1911. L.F.]
SIR,
Government House, Brisbane, 11 November, 1911. In response to your despatch, Miscellaneous, of the 6th of September last,* relative to the fuller investigation of the noxious insects to be found in the Empire, I have the honour to inform you, on the advice of my Ministers, that it has been decided that Queensland shall contribute the sum of £50 per annum towards the movement.
I have, &c.,
WM. MACGREGOR,
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No. 115.
CANADA.
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
(Received December 4, 1911.)
(No. 612.) SIR,
Government House, Ottawa, Canada, 22 November, 1911. WITH reference to your Miscellaneous despatch of the 6th September,* enclosing papers relating to a scheme for the more extended investigation of the noxious insects which occur in different parts of the Empire, I have the honour to transmit herewith a copy of a letter from the Secretary of State for External Affairs stating that Dr. Gordon Hewitt, Dominion Entomologist, has been instructed to proceed to England and place himself in communication with the proper officers of the Colonial Office, with a view to obtaining from them the fullest information concerning the scheme outlined in the despatch.
I have, &c.,
ARTHUR.
Enclosure in No. 115.
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR External AFFAIRS to the Governor-General.
TO HIS ROYAL Highness the Governor-GenERAL,
THE undersigned, to whom was referred a despatch from the Secretary of State for the Colonies to Your Royal Highness's predecessor, dated the 6th Septem- ber, 1911, transmitting papers relating to a scheme for the more extended 'investi- gation of the noxious insects which occur in different parts of the Empire, has the honour to represent that, before associating his Department with the proposed scheme in the manner suggested by Mr. Harcourt, the Minister of Agriculture desires to obtain fuller information as to the advantages to Canada which will accrue thereby, and to that end he has instructed Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt, the Dominion Entomologist, to proceed to England and place himself in communication with the proper officers of the Colonial Office with a view to obtaining from them the fullest information concerning the scheme outlined in the despatch.
The undersigned recommends that the Secretary of State for the Colonies be informed in this sense.
Humbly submitted,
W. J. ROCHE, Secretary of State for External Affairs.
Ottawa,
16th November, 1911.
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