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decided that he should be permitted to purchase new outfit for his next tour at the expense of the Committee up to a limit of £30, and that any necessary expenditure above that sum incurred in the renewal of outfit might be brought to the Sub- Committee's notice and the question of authorising a larger grant than £30 con-
sidered.
4. The question of travelling allowance for the two entomologists working for the Committee in West and East Africa was raised. Both Mr. Neave and Mr. Simpson were promised in the letter offering them appointment" reasonable travel- ling expenses."
In Nyasaland and the East Africa Protectorate this had been interpreted by the local Governments as meaning free local transport and the local travelling allowance provided to certain officers under the regulations in those Protectorates. Mr. Simpson had drawn no such allowance during his tour in West Africa. The Sub-Committee held that the two entomologists must clearly be treated might alike in the matter, and that the term "reasonable travelling expenses fairly be interpreted as it had been in Nyasaland and the East Africa Protectorate.
On the general principle adopted for the division of the cost of the entomolo- gists' travelling expenses, viz., that the Committee should provide them with passages and transport to and from the Colonies and that the Colony in which the entomologist is working should bear the cost of his local travelling and transport, the Sub-Committee was of opinion that this travelling allowance ought properly to be paid by the Colonies, as, indeed, it had already been paid by Nyasaland and the East Africa Protectorate.
The Sub-Committee further recommended that Mr. Simpson should be granted travelling allowance retrospectively for the period of his first tour in Nigeria and the Gambia.
5. A sum of £25 was voted to the Scientific Secretary for petty cash.
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for the reason, mainly, that many of the noxious pests are peculiar to Australia (for example, the bulk of the insect pests that affect our native timbers, our fruit trees, and crops) and that the study of these is most likely to be successful when carried out on the spot.
It is thought that the establishment of a Commonwealth Bureau of Entomology would be much more advantageous to the Australian States than to depend on a Committee far removed from our shores, and on which the States would have no representation.
The Department of Agriculture of this State, however, will be most happy to co-operate with the Committee, and further its work by forwarding the fullest information regarding the entomological work that has been done in this State and concerning all other matters cognate to the work of the Committee which the Department has at its command.
I have, &c.,
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SIR,
No. 5.
JOHN FULLER.
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(No. 126.)
No. 3. QUEENSLAND.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR.
Downing Street, 29 December, 1911.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 71, of the 11th November,* and to state that I have learned with satisfaction that your Ministers have decided to contribute the sum of £50 per annum towards the scheme for a more extended investigation of noxious insects in the Empire.
2. A further communication will be addressed to you when replies have been received from the other Governments concerned.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received January 1, 1912.)
[Answered by No. 6.]
Government House, Perth, Western Australia, 4th December, 1911.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, Miscellaneous, of 6th September, 1911,* instructing me to place the papers therein enclosed before my Ministers for their consideration, and to obtain their decision as to a contribution from Western Australia of £50 (towards a total of £1,200 per annum) for the more extended investigation of the noxious insects which occur in different parts of the Empire.
2. My Ministers have signified their readiness to contribute the proposed sum of £50 per annum; at the same time they suggest that, in future, in investiga- tions of a similar character, the contributions from the different States of the Commonwealth should be made on a population basis.
I have, &c.,
G. STRICKLAND,
Governor.
(Copy to Governor-General.)
I have, &c.,
L. HARCOURT.
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(No. 62.)
SIR,
No. 4.
VICTORIA.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received January 1, 1912.)
[Answered by No. 7.]
State Government House, Melbourne, 28th November, 1911. WITH reference to your despatch, "Miscellaneous," of the 6th of September last, respecting a scheme for the more extended investigation of the noxious insects that which occur in different parts of the Empire, I have the honour to inform my
you
Ministers regret that this Government does not see its way to contribute towards the proposed investigation a sum of £50 per annum as suggested.
At the present time this State is very well served in this matter, and could expect very little practical benefit from the scheme as cutlined in your despatch,
No. 116 in Miscellaneous No. 231.
† No. 96 in Miscellaneous No. 231.
SIR,
(No. 15.)
No. 6.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR.
Downing Street, 24 January, 1912.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 68, of the 4th December,† and to state that I am glad to learn that your Ministers have decided to contribute towards the cost of the scheme for a more extended investiga- tion of noxious insects in the Empire.
A further communication will be addressed to you when replies have been received from the other Governments concerned.
I have, &c.,
L. HARCOURT.
No. 96 in Miscellaneous No. 231.
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No. 7.
VICTORIA.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR.
[Answered by No. 19.]