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ing his resignation, and expressing the regret of the Committee. Dr. Shipley pro- posed that to fill the vacancy thus created Mr. Hugh Scott should be invited to This proposal was approved. It was further pointed out that become a member. there would be a vacancy in the Publication Sub-Committee, of which Dr. Sharp had been Chairman, and it was resolved that Mr. Hugh Scott should be asked to serve on this Sub-Committee also, the election of a new Chairman being left to the Sub-Committee.

3. The report of the Chairman of the Publication Sub-Committee was presented and approved.

The question of a pure rag paper for printing the Bulletin was raised by Mr. Marshall, who explained that the increased cost would be about 25 per cent. In reply to Professor Poulton, he stated that in his opinion such paper was well worth the extra expense. The Committee approved the use of a pure rag paper.

4. The report of the Chairman of the Finance Sub-Committee was presented and approved. The subscription for the Bulletin, as proposed by the Sub-Com- mittee, viz., 10s. per volume, was concurred in by the Committee.

The subject of "authors' copies" was brought forward, and the Committee approved Dr. Shipley's proposal that authors should be allowed 25 reprints free, and not more than 75 additional reprints at their own expense, such reprints to be obtained at cost price.

5. The report of the Scientific Secretary was presented and approved.

6. Mr. Marshall read a letter which the Chairman had written to the Secre- tary of State for the Colonies on the subject of additions to the British Museum staff. Mr. Read explained that Lord Crewe had written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the sense of Lord Cromer's letter, and supported his arguments, and Dr. Harmer stated that the result of the combined representations of the British Museum and of the Chairman of the Entomological Committee was that six new assistants had been sanctioned, four of whom would be attached to the Zoological Department.

7. A letter from Mr. J. J. Simpson, written at Lagos, was read to the Committee He proposed to make his first tour in the south-western portion of Southern Nigeria, covering a large part of the country lying between the right bank of the Niger and the French border. The only communication from Mr. Neave, who sailed on the 30th December, 1909, was to the effect that he had reached Suez.

8. The Hon. N. C. Rothschild kindly undertook to represent the Committee at the International Congress of Entomology to be held at Brussels in August, 1910; and at the same time expressed his willingness to meet the wishes of the Colonial Office by acting as the representative of that Department also.

The Committee decided to become a "life member" of the Congress by payment of £10.

9. Owing to a large number of the officers of the West African Medical Staff being Irishmen, the Governor of the Gold Coast had put forward a suggestion that, if possible, arrangements should be made at Dublin for instruction in entomology on the lines of that given at the British Museum of Natural History, the London and Liverpool Schools of Tropical Medicine, and at Cambridge University,

The Committee resolved that the Royal College of Science in Dublin should be approached accordingly. Dr. MacDougall stated that the University of Edinburgh would be glad to co-operate, and it was resolved to address an official letter to that institution also.

10. In accordance with a request made by the Government of the Transvaal it was resolved:-

(1) That copies in triplicate of all reports, bulletins, and other papers issued by the Committee should be sent to the Colonial Secretary, Pretoria. by the Colonial Office; and

(2) That the privilege granted to East and West African officials of receiving instruction in entomology while on leave should be extended to the veterinary staff of the Transvaal.

11. Despatches were received from the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope and of the Orange River Colony, promising to supply the Scientific Secretary with copies of all reports on entomological investigations in their respective Colonies.

12. Despatches were received from the Governors of the Gambia and of Nyasa- land expressing readiness to co-operate in the work of the Committee.

13. A despatch was received from the Acting Governor of Northern Nigeria.

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stating that all medical officers will assist with keen interest the scheme of entomo- logical investigation, but regretting that he could not recommend that officers of any other Department should be required to co-operate.

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A despatch was received from the Acting Governor of the East Africa Protectorate raising the question of the kind of instruction to be given by Mr. Neave. It was resolved that a reply be sent explaining that Mr. Neave proposed to devote a considerable portion of his time to local instruction, and that officers, after receiv- ing such practical help as could thus be given, would be in a position to profit by a short voluntary course of instruction in this country.

15. A despatch was received from the Governor of the East Africa Protec- torate forwarding a map of the Protectorate showing the distribution of tsetse flies. The map, though necessarily incomplete, was much appreciated. Professor Poulton pointed out that it would be very helpful to have the elevations shown in such maps in future by means of figures.

16. The Committee considered a letter from Mr. Buxton, Chairman of the Society for the Preservation of the Fauna of the Empire, on the subject of destroy- ing game in Rhodesia to prevent the spread of insect-borne disease. The matter was one of importance on which it was felt that the Committee could not make any immediate pronouncement.

A Sub-Committee was appointed consisting of Sir John McFadyean (Chair- man), Mr. Austen, Dr. Bagshawe, Mr. Marshall, Professor Nuttall, and Mr. Stock- man, to consider the reply to be made to Mr. Buxton's letter and to report generally on the whole subject to the Committee.

17. The Committee discussed a suggestion made by the Surveyor-General of British Honduras for the extermination of Glossina palpalis in Africa by the intro- duction of Monedula signata. The matter had already been referred to the Director of the Sleeping Sickness Bureau, and his observations, together with those of The danger of Mr. E. E. Austen, were brought to the notice of the meeting. experimenting in the way proposed without exact knowledge was emphasised by Professor Poulton, and several members expressed doubt as to the feasibility of the scheme. The Committee resolved that it was not advisable to take any action in the matter at present.

A memorandum was received from Mr. G. C. Dudgeon, Inspector of Agriculture for British West Africa, on the parasites on two species of West African wild silk worms. This memorandum was referred to the editor of the Bulletin for inclusion in the first number.

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Annexure 1 to No. 51.

REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLICATION SUB-COMMITTEE.

No meeting of the full Sub-Committee has been held since the last General Meeting, but various details in connection with the publication of the Bulletin have been considered and arranged by a Special Sub-Committee, consisting of Dr. S. F. Harmer, Dr. A. G. Bagshawe, Mr. E. E. Austen, and the Scientific Secretary.

Six different firms of printers were invited to tender for the printing of the Bulletin, and after some consideration the tender of Messrs. Taylor and Francis was accepted. The specifications* submitted by this firm are exhibited herewith for the information of the Committee.

In considering the general form of the publication, it appeared that there had been some misunderstanding with regard to the size which had been originally decided upon, namely, medium octavo. Letters were, therefore, written to the other members of the Publication Sub-Committee asking for an expression of their opinions, with the result that it was decided to alter the size to super royal octavo; the general arrangement of the type to be similar to that in the journal of the Linnean Society. "Details were also arranged with regard to the colour and print- ing of the cover.

The Scientific Secretary was instructed to confer with the printers with regard to the selection of a suitable paper for the text.

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