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The Crown Agents were also requested to make a similar payment to the Com- mittee at the commencement of each financial year.
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I have, &c.,
GEORGE R. LE HUNTE,
Governor.
No. 124.
FIJI.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR.
Downing Street, 5 February, 1913.
(No. 50.) SIR,
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 338, of the 5th of December,* informing me that you are prepared to recommend the par- ticipation of Fiji in the facilities which will be afforded by the new Imperial Bureau of Entomology.
2. I am glad to learn that you share my view as to the usefulness of an organi- sation of this nature, and I am of opinion that £50 a year would be a reasonable sum for Fiji to contribute. As the contributions from the other Governments which are co-operating are being guaranteed in the first instance for three years, I would suggest that the Fiji Government should give a similar undertaking in respect of its contribution.
3. I have to request that the first contribution may be provided in the Estimates It is, however, important that the contribution from Fiji should for the year 1914. be paid over to the Bureau during the same financial year as those from other Colonies, that is to say, the first contribution should be paid over in the financial year ending 31st March, 1914. You should, therefore, give instructions to the Crown Agents for the Colonies, as soon as the Estimates for 1914 have been passed, to pay over £50 from Fiji funds to the funds of the Bureau, and similar instructions should be given in future years.
I have, &c.,
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No. 125.
MALAY STATES.
L. HARCOURT.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE HIGH COMMISSIONER.
(Miscellaneous.)
[Answered by No. 142.]
Downing Street, 7 February, 1913.
SIR,
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 657, of the 31st of December last,† respecting the employment of Dr. C. Strickland as Travelling Medical Entomologist, and to inform you that the Entomological Research Com- mittee have considered the suggestion in paragraph 2 that Dr. Strickland's services should be retained in the Malay States for another year on the same conditions as heretofore but with a salary of £390 instead of £360.
2. The Committee doncur as to the desirability of Dr. Strickland being allowed to continue his work in the Malay States, but they point out that the circumstances in which they undertook to share the cost in the first instance were exceptional, and that in view of the heavy calls upon their funds they regret that it would not be possible for them to continue to bear any portion of the expenditure after the expira- tion of the period for which Dr. Strickland was originally engaged.
3. I am pleased to note the Principal Medical Officer's testimony to the success of Dr. Strickland's work, and I should be prepared to approve of his continuing his investigation for a further year if the whole of the cost could be borne by the funds of the Federated Malay States. But I leave this to your decision.
I have, &c.,
L. HARCOURT.
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No. 126. CEYLON.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received 10 February, 1913.)
[Answered by No. 130.]
(No. 33. Miscellaneous.)
SIR,
The Queen's House, Colombo, Ceylon,
22nd January, 1913.
IN continuation of my despatch, No. 703, of the 27th November last, I have the honour to inform you that the Chairman of the Colombo Municipal Council reports that the Council desires to participate in the benefits of the proposed Imperial Bureau of Entomology, and would be glad to be supplied with the literature issued by the Bureau from time to time.
2. The Chairman adds that, if a contribution is required, the Council is pre- pared to make a vote, on the assumption that the sum required would be reasonably small.
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SIR,
I have, &c.,
HENRY MCCALLUM,
Governor, &c.
No. 127.
FOREIGN OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received 13 February, 1913.)
[Answered by No. 131.]
Foreign Office, February 12th, 1913. WITH reference to the letter from your Department, dated November 27th last (31849 1912),† forwarding copies of a Parliamentary paper relative to the development of entomological research in the British Colonies and Protectorates for communication to the Governments of Egypt, the Sudan, and Zanzibar, I am directed by Secretary Sir Edward Grey to inform you that copies of that document have been forwarded to His Majesty's Representatives at Cairo and Zanzibar, respectively, with instructions to act accordingly.
As regards the suggestion contained in the second paragraph of that letter, I am to transmit to you herewith copy of a despatch from Lord Kitchener, con- veying an intimation of the willingness of the Sudan Government to participate in the benefits of the Committee's organisation and to subscribe fifty pounds a year towards the expense involved.
I am to ask what reply should be returned to the enquiry of the Governor. General and Sirdar as to how and to whom this sum should be paid.
(No. 10.)
Enclosure in No. 127.
I am, &c..
LOUIS MALLET.
SIR,
British Agency, Cairo, January 29th, 1913. WITH reference to your despatch, No. 183, of the 5th ultimo, I have the honour to report that the Sudan Government are anxious to participate in the benefits of the organisation of the Committee for the development of Entomological Research in the British Colonies and Protectorates, and are prepared to subscribe the sum of £50 (fifty pounds) per annum towards the expenses of the Committee. The Sirdar, however, would be much obliged if he could be informed in due course to whom and in what manner this sum should be paid.
The Right Honourable
Sir Edward Grey, Bart., K.G., M.P.,
&c.,
&c..
&c.
I have, &c..
KITCHENER.
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† No. 116.
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