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In reply, Ministers beg to ask that His Excellency may be pleased to inform the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies that this Government is willing to co-operate in the proposed investigations. To this end it will make the necessary arrangements for, and defray all expenses of, investigations in Zulu- land, where considerable difficulties are being encountered by the settlers under the Government scheme on account of disease in stock communicated by the tsetse fly. In addition, Ministers propose that the Union shall contribute a yearly subsidy, not exceeding £250, for a period of five years, towards the general expenses of the extended investigations.
Ministers further beg to state that investigations in Zululand will be com- menced forthwith, and to suggest that their co-ordination with the activities of the other centres in Africa in collaboration with the Imperial Bureau of Entomology will be a matter for arrangement hereafter.
J. C. SMUTS.
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The Southern Rhodesia Administration is further prepared to consider any other proposals or alternatives which may be suggested in the hope of facilitating the scheme, which has its active sympathy.
The Southern Rhodesia Administration will also co-operate as regards the training of men who would later on work under a central organization.
A further communication will be addressed to you later as regards Northern Rhodesia.
I am, &c.,
A. P. MILLAR,
Secretary.
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No. 123.
SOUTHERN RHODESIA.
THE BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received 8th November, 1920.)
Rhodesia House, 2, London Wall Buildings,
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London, E.C.2, 6th November, 1920.
I HAVE to refer to your letter of the 14th May, and to my reply of the 26th of the same month,* on the subject of the control of tsetse fly in Africa.
I am directed to inform you that a communication has been received from the Administration of Southern Rhodesia, who are entirely at one with the expressions in your letter above referred to as to the desirability of securing full information regarding tsetse fly in Africa and taking practical steps for its control.
Investigations have been in progress for a number of years, and practical experiments in game elimination and forest clearing for the extermination of the fly in Southern Rhodesia have been carried out for two years.
The recommendations of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology on the subject of tsetse fly referred to by Lord Milner were, at the instance of the Southern Rhodesia Administration, made the subject of discussion at the Conference of Imperial Entomologists held in London last June, at which both Southern and Northern Rhodesia were directly represented.
The Administration of Southern Rhodesia is prepared to support the proposed joint action with other Governments interested on the lines generally indicated in your letter above referred to for a period of five years, subject to the following stipulations:-
That the necessary provision is voted annually by the Legislative Council. (b) That the investigations at present in progress in Southern Rhodesia be carried to their logical conclusion as part of the scheme, and that the expenditure of the Southern Rhodesia Administration thereon be treated as part of their contribution.
(e) That one centre of research shall be situated in Southern Rhodesia, as
it is understood is the present intention.
The Southern Rhodesia Administration note that Lord Milner is approaching other British African possessions interested as to their willingness and capacity to participate, and that it is suggested that Southern Rhodesia should contribute pro rata with other States on the basis of area, but not exceeding a sum of £1,500 annually for five years, inclusive of the cost of emoluments of members of the Public Service of Southern Rhodesia so far as they may be engaged upon the work. To this extent the Southern Rhodesia Administration could assist as regards personnel.
Lord Milner's view as to the justification of such expenditure is shared by the Southern Rhodesia Administration; but the financial position is such that any assistance afforded must, as indicated above, be subject to funds being made available.
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No. 124.
MINUTES OF THE THIRTY-THIRD GENERAL MEETING OF THE
MANAGING COMMITTEE OF THE IMPERIAL
OF BUREAU ENTOMOLOGY, held AT THE COLONIAL OFFICE AT 3.0 P.M., ON 25тя NOVEMBER, 1920.
Present:
VISCOUNT HARCOURT (Chairman). COLONEL ALCOCK,
DR. BAGSHAWE.
SIR JOHN BRADFORD.
MR. FRYER.
SIR SIDNEY HARMER.
DR. MACDOUGALL,
SIR DANIEL MORRIS. PROFESSOR NEWSTEAD. PROFESSOR NUTTALL. PROFESSOR POULTON.
SIR HERBERT READ.
DR. SCOTT.
SIR ARTHUR SHIPLEY.
SIR STEWART STOCKMAN.
DR. MARSHALL (Director),
DR. NEAVE (Assistant Director).
MR. PARKINSON (Secretary).
1. BEFORE dealing with the business on the agenda paper, Lord Harcourt conveyed congratulations, on behalf of himself and the whole Committee, to Dr. Marshall on his having been made a Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.
2. The minutes of the Thirty-Second General Meeting and of the Special Meeting, held on the 11th June,* were approved.
3. The half-yearly report of the Director, and the report of the Finance Sub-Committee were received. (Copies annexed.)
Dr. Marshall explained that, since his report was written, further replies had been received to the despatches sent by the Secretary of State to Dominion and Colonial Governments relative to the proposals made at the Imperial Entomo- logical Conference. He was now able to report that the proposals, including the suggested new rates of contribution, had been accepted by the Governments of New Zealand, the Gambia, the Sudan, Tanganyika Territory, Jamaica, and Barbados, in addition to those Governments enumerated in the report.
The Secretary reported that a telegram† had recently been sent to the Dominion of Canada, and to the Commonwealth of Australia, and to the six Australian States, asking for an early reply to the despatobest in which the proposals made at the Conference were forwarded. In this telegram it was stated that the replies so far received from Dominion and Colonial Governments were entirely favour-
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