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The matter of the annual contribution being continued for another four years—1915- 16 to 1918-19-will be brought forward on the return of the unofficial members, and, I anticipate, will be approved.
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SIR,
I have, &c.,
W. T.
CAMPBELL,
Acting Governor.
No. 44.
SIERRA LEONE.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received 13 October, 1913.)
(No. 487.)
Government House, Sierra Leone, 1st October, 1913.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 329, of the 29th August last,* on the subject of the continuation for a further period of five years of the contribution of £100 made by this Colony in connection with entomo- logical investigation.
have decided to continue the 2. With the advice of my Executive Council, contribution in question, and the necessary amount will be provided in the Estimates for 1914.
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I have, &c.,
E. M. MEREWETHER,
No. 45.
IMPERIAL BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY.
Governor.
MINUTES OF THE FOURTEENTH MEETING OF THE FINANCE SUB- COMMITTEE OF THE MANAGING COMMITTEE, held at the Colonial Office at 4.30 p.m. on Thursday, 16th of October, 1913.
1.
PRESENT:
Dr. HARMER (Chairman).
Sir D. PRAIN.
Mr. READ.
Mr. ROTHSCHILD.
Sir S. STOCKMAN.
Mr. MARSHALL.
Mr. PARKINSON.
The minutest of the thirteenth meeting were approved.
The question of distributing free copies of the Bulletin of Entomological Research and the Review of Applied Entomology was reconsidered.
The Sub-Committee decided to recommend that free copies should be distributed to Colonial administrations at the following rate :—
One copy of the Bulletin for every £50 subscribed and one copy of the Review for every £10 subscribed, except in the case of the West and East African Colonies and Protectorates, for which the rate should be one copy of the Bulletin and one copy of the Review for each £20 subscribed. It was suggested that this arrangement should come into force from the 1st of January, 1914. A copy of a memorandum on the subject giving details of
distribution is annexed.
2. A letter from the Treasury was read in which the Lords Commissioners, while agreeing to renew the grant of £1,000 from Imperial funds on behalf of the Exchequer-aided Protectorates in tropical Africa for three more years, expressed a desire that the accounts of the funds of the Bureau proper and those for tropical African Entomological Research work should be kept distinct.
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The Sub-Committee felt that the wishes of the Treasury could be met without undue inconvenience if all payments were debited, in the first instance, to one fund, and the necessary division of expenditure between the two funds made at the end of each year, the proportion of general expenditure chargeable to either fund being fixed later.
3. The appointments of Mr. Gotch and Mr. Corbet as Assistants in place of Mr. Ealand and Mr. Koeppern, resigned, were confirmed.
Mr. Marshall explained that his petty expenditure was increasing considerably, partly owing to the fact that he had arranged to pay Mr. Corbet weekly. The Sub-Committee agreed to his drawing £40 instead of £25 a month for his expenses. 4. Mr. Marshall raised the question of increasing the staff of the Bureau.
The following proposals were submitted for consideration :-
(a) Another Assistant to help Mr. North with abstracting.
(b) A French typist and shorthand writer.
(c) An indexer and two typists.
(d) A permanent Assistant Director who can take Mr. Marshall's place when
he is absent on leave or for other reasons.
It was pointed out that the amount of literature coming in for review was increasing to such an extent that Mr. North would shortly be unable to cope with the work unless he were provided with assistance for abstracting, and further, that the services of a competent French typist and shorthand writer were essential for dealing with the extensive French literature and correspondence. The Assistant would be engaged at an initial salary of £150 per annum, and the typist at an initial salary of 15s. a week. As regards the indexing work, Mr. Marshall informed the Sub-Committee that, unfortunately, Mr. Ealand, who had begun this, had left the Bureau, but that he understood that this gentleman would now be glad to return. He proposed, however, that for the present the indexing work should be suspended, as all the Assistants would be fully occupied with more pressing work the Museum. When the indexing was taken up again, it should be established on a sound basis, and he did not think that Mr. Ealand (whom he would be pleased to re-engage for this particular branch of the work) could carry on without the help of two typists. The difficulty, however, was lack of space, as Mr. North could find no room in Elvaston Place, although it was possible that the upper floor in Elvaston Place could be rented at a reasonable sum, and any spare room could be utilised for storage of literature. Dr. Harmer stated that he hoped that the Museum authorities might be able before long to supply more accommodation for Mr. Marshall in the Museum, but he was unable to commit the authorities in any way.
As regards a permanent Assistant Director, Mr. Marshall emphasised the desirability of having some one who could take his place when necessary. At present, when he went on leave the Bureau practically closed down. Mr. Neave having written to him to the effect that he was disinclined to return to Africa after his present tour of service, it seemed to be a good opportunity of considering whether he might not be appointed to the staff of the Bureau, although such an appointment could not be made until the completion of his tour in East Africa.
The Sub-Committee recommended:
(1) That an additional Assistant be appointed to help Mr. North at an initial
salary of £150 per annum.
(2) That a French typist and shorthand writer be appointed at an initial
salary of 15s. a week.
(3) That Mr. Neave should be offered the post of Assistant Director, at a salary of £450 per annum, for a period of three years, on the completion of his tour in East Africa.
(4) That the appointment of staff for indexing should be reserved for further consideration, and that in the meantime Mr. Marshall should try to ascertain definitely the prospects of securing more accommodation at the Museumi.
5. The question of increasing the salaries of Mr. Simpson, Mr. North, and the Assistants was discussed. The present salaries are £500, £300, and £150 per annum respectively.
(a) Mr. Simpson had now paid two visits to the West Coast of Africa, and the period of his engagement would expire in December, 1913. He had expressed himself as being unwilling to continue the work unless
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