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No. 25.
IMPERIAL BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY,
MINUTES OF THE EIGHTH MEETING OF THE SELECTION SUB-COM- MITTEE, HELD AT THE COLONIAL OFFICE AT 3.30 P.M. ON MONDAY, THE 21st of JUNE, 1915.
Present:
DR. SHIPLEY (in the chair),
DR. MACDOUGALI.,
PROFESSOR NUTTALL,
PROFESSOR LEFROY,
MR. READ,
MR. MARSHALL,
MR. NEAVE,
MR. BAYNES, Acting Secretary.
THE minutes of the seventh meeting were approved.
In connexion with the minutes, Dr. MacDougall said that he thought it very unsatisfactory that none of the Carnegie students had been willing to go to Uganda to help Mr. Fiske. The Sub-Committee did not think it practicable to make it a condition of the studentships that students should, if desired, undertake work in the tropics, but it was agreed that, other things being equal, candidates who would go to the tropics should be preferred.
The Sub-Committee considered a letter from Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt to Mr. Marshall, dated the 12th of April, covering a memorandum embodying criticismis and recommendations with regard to the Carnegie studentships which were the result of a conference with Dr. L .O. Howard in Washington.
Mr. Marshall explained that the existing arrangements had almost all been made on Dr. Howard's recommendation, and that some of Dr. Howard's new pro- posals would be difficult to put into effect. It was decided that the general effect of the reply should be to thank Dr. Hewitt and Dr. Howard, and to say that the memo- randum had been carefully considered and that as far as possible their recom- mendations would be adopted.
The Sub-Committee considered applications from Mr. G. H. Corbett and Mr. Mr. E. Hargreaves for the extension of their studentships for a short period. Marshall laid before the Sub-Committee a statement of the Carnegie Students Fund. showing that there would be, on the 30th of June, 1915, an unexpended balance of £468 2s. 2d., of which £235 2s. 9d. would, apart from any extensions of student- ships, be paid out before the end of the year. It was decided to extend the student- ships for such a period as would enable Mr. Corbett and Mr. Hargreaves to remain in the United States until the end of August.
It was decided to grant an application from Mr. J. D. Tothill for a six months' studentship during the winter of 1915-16.
The members of the Sub-Committee were invited to make recommendations for additional suitable candidates for studentships, but no recommendations were forthcoming.
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of Entomology will be made, in accordance with your wishes, in the Estimates for 1916, 1917, and 1918.
Secretary of State, No. 209, Brd October, 1912. Governor, No. 888, 5th December, 1912. Secretary of State, No. 50, 5th February, 1918. Governor, No. 259, 7th June, 1918.
2. I beg to invite your attention to the despatches noted in the margin, and to state that the Crown Agents will be instructed to continue the payments of £50
to the Imperial Bureau of Entomology for the years 1917 and 1918.
I have, &c.,
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No. 27.
TASMANIA.
BICKHAM ESCOTT,
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received 21st June, 1915.)
Governor.
Government House, Hobart, Tasmania, 10th May, 1915.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 19, of the 4th March last, with reference to a suggestion which has been made by the Managing Committee of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology with regard to the financing of the Bureau after the end of the current year.
2.
The attention of my Ministers has been drawn to this despatch, and I transmit herewith a copy of a minute which I have received from the Honourable the Premier in which he intimates that the Government of Tasmania is prepared to contribute to the upkeep of the Imperial Bureau for another twelve months, but that at the expiration of this period Ministers would like to reconsider the question
further contribution thereto.
I have, &c., WILLIAM ELLISON MACARTNEY,
of
any
(P.O. 31/1/15.)
YOUR EXCELLENCY,
Enclosure in No. 27.
Government of Tasmania,
Governor.
Premier's Office, Hobart, 5th May, 1915. REFERRING to the Secretary of State's despatch dated the 4th March last, with regard to continuing our contribution to the Imperial Bureau of Entomology, I have the honour to inform you that I am not, at present, disposed to continue such contribution for a period of three years. I am, however, prepared to con- tribute for a further twelve months, when at the expiration of which period the question may again come up for consideration.
His Excellency
The Governor of Tasmania,
Hobart.
J. EARLE,
Premier.
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No. 26.
FIJI.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
(Received 21st June, 1915.)
Government House, Suva, Fiji, 30th April, 1915. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt, on the 23rd instant, of your despatch marked "Miscellaneous" of the 3rd March last,† and to inform you that provision for the grant from Fiji of £50 towards the upkeep of the Imperial Bureau
* No. 97 in Miscellaneous No. 200.
1 No. 8.
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SIR.
No. 28.
VICTORIA.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received 21st June, 1915.)
State Government House, Melbourne, 12th May, 1915. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 19, of the
* Nos. 71, 118, and 124 in Miscellaneous No. 271; and 23722: not printed.
† No. 11.