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information collected as to insects in the British Empire, this summary then to be translated into French by the Institute, and incorporated in its official publication.
4. The Director of the Bureau read his Quarterly Report (copy annexed). Arising out of this report, the following points were discussed :--
(a) The treatment of the reserve balance of £708 standing to the credit of the Entomological Research Committee on the 1st of April, 1913.
This was referred to the Finance Sub-Committee for consideration and report. (b) The question of advertising books and periodicals in the Review of Applied Entomology.
Mr. Marshall said that, in view of a decision taken at the Conference in August, 1912, that no advertisements should be inserted in the Review, he had had to reject an offer from the editor of the American "Journal of Economic Entomology to send his periodical regularly to the Bureau, and to insert in it an advertisement of the Review, if an advertisement of the Journal could be inserted in the Review.
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Dr. Shipley said that he believed that the objection to advertising in the Review expressed by Dr. Gordon Hewitt and others at the Conference was due to a fear that it might lead to the exploiting of this or that insecticide or the like, and that if advertisements were confined to paragraphs dealing with other entomo- logical publications no objection would be raised. Sir David Prain suggested that any difficulty would be overcome if "Notices" rather than Advertisements of other publications were inserted in the Review. The possibility of including in each number a list of publications received was mooted, but Mr. Marshall said that the cost would be prohibitive, although he thought it desirable to issue once a year a list of all the periodicals examined for the purposes of the Review, and had intended to do so. The fact that the Bureau's publications were of a semi-official character did not, in the opinion of the Committee, affect the matter, nor did they think that the insertion of an advertisement in the Review could be interpreted to mean that the Bureau agreed with, or took any responsibility for, the contents of the publication so advertised.
Finally, the Committee came to the conclusion that there could be no objection to the insertion of advertisements of other entomological publications in the Review, but that before acting on this decision Mr. Marshall should ascertain from Dr. Gordon Hewitt whether he concurred in the Committee's view, and, if not, on what grounds he based his objection.
(c) The method of payment for translations from Russian.
Mr. Marshall stated that considerable difficulty was experienced in arranging terms for this work. Payment per page was not practicable, nor was it entirely satisfactory to pay by the hour. He was inclined to think that a regular payment, say £5 per mensem, might be agreed to, but that as no doubt the Tropical Diseases Bureau also required translations to be made from Russian publications, the expense might be shared between the Bureau of Entomology and the Tropical Diseases Bureau. Not only would a regular payment be in accord with the wishes of Mr. Hermer, the gentleman who did translations for the Bureau, but it would most probably prove cheapest in the long run.
Lord Cromer felt, however, that, in the absence of data as to the amount of translation required and the cost under existing arrangements, it was better to postpone the matter, and it was decided, therefore, to wait for at least three months so as to obtain information on which to estimate the rate for an annual or monthly payment.
As regards translations from foreign publications, Dr. Harmer urged that the Bureau should not pledge itself to make abstracts of articles written in "outlandish " languages: zoologists had practically agreed to ignore certain languages for the purposes of their subject, and he thought that the Bureau should proceed with caution in undertaking liability for translations from what were generally regarded as difficult languages. Mr. Theobald and Mr. Marshall remarked on the importance from the point of view of economic entomology of the many Russian and Japanese publications bearing on the subject, and stated that it would be quite impossible to disregard them. Moreover, in general terms the Bureau had announced its intention of giving abstracts of the current entomological literature, British and foreign, although the information contained in the papers abstracted was not in any sense guaranteed by the Bureau. Lord Cromer thought that outlandish tongues could be differentiated, and that Mr. Marshall should be allowed to use his discretion in the matter.
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(d) Appointment of Mr. Ealand and Mr. Koeppern as Assistants in the Bureau. The appointment of these gentlemen, at a salary of £180 per annum each, was approved by the Committee, with effect from the 21st of April, 1913.
(e) Carnegie Scholarships.
The following recommendations of the Selection Sub-Committee appointment of Carnegie Scholars were confirmed :-
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Mr. A. R. Ritchie (Glasgow University), Mr. M. E. MacGregor (Cambridge University), Mr. A. Mason (South-Eastern Agricultural College, Wye), and Mr. J. W. Tothill (Assistant to Dr. Gordon Hewitt).
(f) Invitation to the Bureau to send a representative to attend, the Jubilee meeting of the Entomological Society of Ontario at Guelph, from the 27th to the 29th of August.
The Committee decided to nominate Dr. Shipley as their representative to attend the meeting.
5. The Committee decided that the practice should be introduced of circulating to all members of the Committee, in advance, copies of reports to be submitted by the Director of the Bureau or the Chairmen of Sub-Committees.
6. An application* from the Municipal Council of Colombo to share in the benefits of the Bureau's organisation was considered,
The Secretary stated that the Council, although an independent body, is connected with Government in so far as the Chairman is always a member of the Civil Service, seconded for the purpose, and that several of its members are Govern- ment officials.
Mr. Marshall thought that it was hardly fair for the Bureau to take a contribu tion from the Council, as would be necessary if the suggestion of the Council were acted upon. The Ceylon Government had already promised to contribute £100 per annum to the Bureau, and would, in consequence, receive ten free copies of each number of the Review. The Committee recommended that the Ceylon Government should be invited to supply one or more of these copies to the Municipal Council, and that if the Council required more they should subscribe for as many copies as they might desire.
7. Copies of correspondencet relating to the institution of the Bureau were received.
8. Copies of correspondencet relating to the representation of Australia on
the Managing Committee of the Bureau were received.
Mr. Marshall explained the circumstances in which the question had arisen, and the Committee decided to await the receipt of replies to the despatches addressed to the Governors of the Australian States on the subject.
9. Copies of correspondence§ relating to the employment of Dr. C. Strickland in the Malay States were received.
10. The question of taking further action in the matter of the adhesion of the Indian Government to the Bureau was considered. Lord Cromer expressed the view that, apart from any question of a contribution, it seemed to him most undesirable that India should hold aloof from a work which could strictly be called imperial. The Secretary of State for the Colonies had, moreover, definitely stated that he hoped that the matter would be taken up unofficially with the India Office. In these circumstances, Lord Cromer undertook to place himself in communication with Lord Crewe and Lord Hardinge on the subject, and he requested Mr. Marshall to furnish him with a memorandum which he could hand to Lord Crewe.
Annexure 1 to No. 1.
REPORT OF THE Chairman of the Finance SUB-COMMITTEE,
A meeting of the Finance Sub-Committee was held on the 11th of April to consider the question raised in the last quarterly report of the Director of the Bureau as to the amalgamation of the funds of the Bureau with those obtained for the Entomological Research Committee before the Bureau was instituted.
The Sub-Committee were of the opinion that in some respects it might be advantageous to amalgamate the funds of the Bureau and the Committee, especially from the point of view of accounting, but that, having regard to statements made in No. 126 in Miscellaneous No. 271. ↑ Nos. 124, 127, 131 to 136 and 138 in Miscellaneous No. 271. ‡ Nos. 134, 139, 140 in Miscellaneous No. 271. § Nos. 116, 125 and 142 in Miscellaneous No. 271.
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