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No. 39.
NEW ZEALAND.
COLONIAL OFFICE to THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR NEW ZEALAND. SIR,
Downing Street, 24 September, 1913. I'AM directed by Mr. Secretary Harcourt to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 19th of September,* and to request you to inform the High Commis- sioner that the decision of the New Zealand Government to appoint Mr. A. H. Cockayne, the Biologist to the Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Com- merce at Wellington, as ex officio member in New Zealand of the Managing Com- mittee of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology is noted, and will be communicated at once to the Committee.
I am, &c.,
H. W. JUST.
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With regard to the suggestion that the funds of the Committee should be amalgamated with those of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology, my Lords are in full sympathy with the desire of the Committee to simplify the work of accounting. They are, however, inclined to think that it is desirable, both on general grounds, having regard to the entirely different objects of the Committee and the Bureau, and also in view of the different sources from which their funds are respectively drawn, to keep separate accounts of each undertaking. They would, therefore, prefer that the two funds should remain distinct, as at present, and they would suggest that the object of the Committee might be very largely met by adopting some definite proportion in which all the expenses incurred by the staff which works both for the Committee and the Bureau should be shared between the two funds. Such a proportion could no doubt be arrived at with sufficient accuracy for the purpose in view. As Mr. Secretary Harcourt will observe, the keeping of separate accounts would not necessarily involve the continued existence in name of two separate bodies engaged in dealing with entomological work, if their co-existence is found to cause confusion.
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No. 40.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNORS.
(New South Wales. No. 156.)
(Victoria. No. 119.)
(Queensland. No. 107.)
(South Australia. No, 99.) (Western Australia, No. 109.) (Tasmania. No. 99.)
Downing Street, 24 September, 1913.
[your despatch, No. 85, of the 17th May last]
SIR,
WITH réference to
Sir J. Fuller's despatch, No. 35, of the 20th May last‡]
[your despatch, No. 27, of the 15th May last§]
[your despatch, No. 29, of the 9th June last
[your telegram of the 27th August last]
[Sir J. Dodds's despatch, No. 27, of the 16th May last**],
I have the honour to request you to inform your Ministers that the Honourable Sir John McCall, M.D., the Agent-General for Tasmania, has been requested by the Agents-General of the other Australian States to represent them at the meetings of the Managing Committee of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology.
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No. 41.
I have, &c.,
L. HARCOURT.
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SIR,
No. 42.
I am, &c.,
JOHN BRADBURY.
COLONIAL OFFICE to TREASURY.
Downing Street, 9 October, 1913. I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Harcourt to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 4th instant,* and to request you to inform the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury that he notes with satisfaction that their Lordships are willing to sanction the renewal, for a further term of three years, of the annual contribution of £1,000 from Imperial Funds on behalf of the Exchequer-aided Protectorates in tropical Africa for the carrying on of entomological research, on condition that the same amount is provided by the self-supporting Colonies in West Africa. At the same time Mr. Harcourt cannot but express his regret that their Lordships do not see their way to sanction the renewal of the grant for the whole period of five years for which it was asked.
2. I am to add that your letter will be laid before the Managing Committee of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology at their next meeting, when the question of accounting referred to in the last paragraph will be considered.
I am, &c.,
HENRY LAMBERT,
for the Under-Secretary of State.
SIR,
TREASURY to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received 6 October, 1913.) [Answered by No. 42.]
Treasury Chambers, 4th October, 1913.
I HAVE laid before the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury Sir G. V. Fiddes's letter of the 1st ultimo (26104/13),†† relative to the proposed continuation, for a further period of five years, of the annual contribution of £1,000 from Imperial funds on behalf of the Exchequer-aided Protectorates in tropical Africa towards the work of the Entomological Research Committee.
In reply, I am to request you to inform Mr. Secretary Harcourt that, in view of the rapid and continuous growth in the prosperity of the Protectorates since 1909-10, my Lords think it doubtful whether the renewal of the grant at its present figure is still justified. They are willing, however, to sanction its renewal for a further term of three years subject to the condition that the same amount is provided by the self-supporting Colonies in West Africa. My Lords consider that after the end of the three years the necessary funds for the continuance of the work should be found by the Protectorates concerned.
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No. 43.
GAMBIA.
THE ACTING GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
(Received 11 October, 1913.)
(No. 268.)
Government House, Bathurst, Gambia,
29th September, 1913.
SIR,
In reply to your despatch, No. 247, dated 29th ultimo,t on the subject of grants to the Entomological Research Committee, I have the honour to inform you that the question of this Colony continuing its annual contribution of £50 for another year-1914-15 has been considered by Council and approved.
2. In the absence of all the unofficial members of the Legislative Council I did not consider it politic to ask that the contribution be continued for five more years.
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§ No. 12.
No. 18.
¶ No. 29.
** No. 13.
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