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SIR,
No. 98.
UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA.
COLONIAL OFFICE to MR. G. A. K. MARSHALL.
[Answered by No. 99.]
Downing Street, 17 December, 1912. I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Harcourt to transmit to you, for your con- sideration, a copy of a telegram* from the Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, on the subject of the proposed Imperial Bureau of Entomology, and to request that you will inform me whether, in the event of the Bureau being finally approved, you would be willing to act as representative of the South African Govern- ment on the managing committee.
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No. 101.
MR. LEWIS HARCOURT to THE EARL OF CROMER.
DEAR LORD Cromer,
Downing Street, 26 December, 1912.
I HAVE received your letter of the 12th of December* as to the change in title of the Entomological Research Committee. I agree with you in thinking that the present title does not adequately indicate the scope and functions of the Committee. I have taken the King's pleasure on the proposal to use the word Imperial in the new title which you wish to adopt, viz.: Imperial Bureau of Entomology, and His Majesty has been graciously pleased to grant permission for the use of the word "Imperial" in this case.
Yours very sincerely,
L. HARCOURT.
I am, &c.,
HENRY LAMBERT, for the Under-Secretary of State.
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SIR,
No. 99.
UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA.
MR. G. A. K. MARSHALL to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received 24 December, 1912.)
British Museum (Natural History),
Cromwell Road, London, S. W.,
23rd December, 1912.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 17th instant (No. 39895/1912).† transmitting a copy of a telegram from the Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, on the subject of the proposed Imperial Bureau of Entomology, and to state that I shall be pleased to have the honour of acting as the representative of the South African Government on the Managing Committee.
I am, &c.,
GUY A. K. MARSHALL,
Scientific Secretary.
SIR,
INDIA OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received 1 January, 1913.)
India Office, Whitehall, London, S.W.,
31st December, 1912. WITH reference to your letter of the 3rd October, No. 27163,† which was forwarded on its receipt to the Government of India for an expression of their views, I am directed to inform you that, after consulting their expert advisers, the Govern- ment of India still prefer not to participate in the proposed scheme for Imperial co-operation in preventing the spread and furthering the investigation of insect pests. They are advised that the proposals for the identification of insects and for the publication of information would not add to the facilities already possessed by their officers; and they prefer to utilise existing publications, and the proposed scheme of the International Institute of Agriculture.
In view of this expression of opinion, the Secretary of State for India in Council regrets that he is unable to participate in the scheme.
I have, &c.,
T. W. HOLDERNESS.
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No. 100.
NEW ZEALAND.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
(Received 10.1 a.m., 23 December, 1912.)
TELEGRAM.
[Answered by No. 132.]
Your despatch of 3rd October‡; noxious insects. Am desired by Prime Minister inform you that my Government will participate in extended proposal, and will con tribute £200 per annum, on the understanding that position be reviewed at end of three years.
Prime Minister concurs in suggested nomination of a member of present Entomological Research Committee to represent New Zealand in London, and agrees that Entomological Officer in New Zealand be ex-officio a member. Despatch follows by mail.-LIVERPOOL.
(No. 69.) SIR,
No. 103.
QUEENSLAND.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
(Received 4 January, 1913.)
Government House, Brisbane, 30 November, 1912. WITH reference to your despatch, No. 104, of the 3rd of October, giving further details of the proposed scheme for Imperial co-operation towards the extinction of insect pests, I have the honour to inform you that my Ministers concur in the suggestion that payment on a population basis should be substituted for the present system of equal contributions by the Australian States.
I have, &c.,
WM, MACGREGOR,
Governor.
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