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No. 71.
WESTERN PACIFIC.
THE RESIDENT COMMISSIONER, SOLOMON ISLANDS, to THE HIGH
COMMISSIONER.
(Received in Colonial Office 9th February, 1914.)
(No. 188.)
YOUR EXCELLENCY,
Office of the Resident Commissioner, Tulagi,
British Solomon Islands, 3rd December, 1913. In reply to your letter No. 221, of 15th October,* I have the honour to inform you that the copy of the Secretary of State's letter No. 216, of 23rd August,† upon the subject of stegomyia and other genera of mosquitoes, has been submitted to the Government Medical Officer with a request that he will procure specimens of all mosquitoes indigenous to the Protectorate for transmission to the British Museum (Natural History) in Cromwell Road.
2. In consequence of a long period of very dry weather it is very difficult at present to obtain mosquitoes at Tulagi, but the Medical Officer is now breeding specimens from the larva in a cage.
The High Commissioner
I have, &c.,
CHARLES M. WOODFORD,
Resident Commissioner.
for the Western Pacific.
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SIR,
No. 73.
AUSTRALIA.
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
(No. 13.)
(Received 23rd February, 1914.)
Governor-General's Office, Melbourne, 17th January, 1914. IN continuation of my despatch, No. 284, dated 2nd December, 1913,* on the subject of the desire of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology to be furnished with information respecting mosquitoes, I have the honour to inform you that the Govern- ment Entomologist of the Northern Territory and the Chief Health Officer will arrange for the supply to the Imperial Bureau of Entomology of information and collections of mosquitoes found in the Territory. A fairly large collection of mosquitoes which was already in the possession of those officers is being forwarded direct to the Imperial Bureau. This collection will be further supplemented as
material comes to hand.
The Northern Territory authorities will be glad to have the named specimens returned.
I have, &c.,
DENMAN,
Governor-General.
No. 72.
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SIR,
COLONIAL OFFICE to TREASURY.
[Answered by No. 76.]
Downing Street, 18th February, 1914.
I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Harcourt to refer to your letter of the 4th of October last, and to the letter from this Department of the 9th of October, § relating to the grants from Imperial funds towards the work of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology, including the work in tropical Africa which has been carried on by the "Entomological Research Committee."
2. The question of accounting, to which reference is made in the last para- graph of
your letter, has been considered by the Managing Committee of the Bureau, a body which, as has already been explained, is identical in composition with that which was called the Entomological Research Committee. The Committee. are still of the opinion that it would save the Director of the Bureau, who is already overworked, much trouble, and that it would be far more convenient generally, to have one account only, as proposed in the letter from this Department of the 1st of September last. If, however, the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury are unwilling to reconsider the opinion expressed in your lettert under reference, the Committee will endeavour to meet their Lordship's wishes; but they represent that the requirement as to separate accounts could be met with least inconvenience if all receipts and expenditure during the year were included in one account and a division of such receipts and expenditure made at the end of the year between the account for the general work of the Bureau and that for the special work in tropical Africa, expenditure on services common to both (e.g., salaries of Director and Staff) being allocated between the two accounts in such proportion as may appear reasonable.
3. Mr. Harcourt is anxious to meet the wishes of this Committee whenever possible, as they have done, and undoubtedly are doing, excellent work, and it would give him much pleasure to be able to inform them that the Lords Commis- sioners had waived their objection to the original proposal of keeping only one account. If, however, their Lordships feel unable to do this, he hopes that they will be able to agree to the working arrangement outlined in paragraph 2 of this letter.
I am, &c..
SIR,
No. 74.
THE BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received 14th March, 1914.)
2, London Wall Buildings, London, E.C., 12th March, 1914.
I AM directed to forward, for the information of the Secretary of State, the enclosed copy
of the minutes of a meetingt of my Directors, held on the 5th instant, together with the documents relating thereto.
SIR,
I am, &c.,
A. P. MILLAR,
Assistant Secretary.
Enclosure in No. 74.
(Annexure 3.)
Department of the Administrator,
Salisbury, 20th January, 1914.
(Received 10th February, 1914.)
I enclose a copy of the report by Mr. Jack, the Government Entomologist,
on his expedition to the Sebungwe district in August last in connection with the sleeping sickness investigations.
A copy of a minute by the Medical Director is also enclosed.
Acting Secretary, Department of Administrator.
I am, &c.,
A. H. HOLLAND,
The Secretary,
The British South Africa Company,
London, E.C.
HENRY LAMBERT,
• Enclosure in No. 56.
† No. 27.
‡ No. 41.
§ No. 42.
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• No. 65.
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