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I should be glad to know whether this list of names is approved by your Lordship, in order that I may be in a position to authorise accordingly the distri- bution of the scientific apparatus which Mr. Neave is bringing with him.

I have, &c.,

ALEXANDER BOYLE,

Acting Governor,

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officers who have stated that they are ready to interest themselves in the entomological research work.

2. I trust, however, that a greater number of medical officers than is indicated by the list will find it possible to take a course of instruction in entomology during their leave of absence.

I have, &c.,

CREWE.

Enclosure in No. 53.

ENTOMOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS.

(Circular. No. 866/09.)

Chief Secretary's Office, Entebbe, Uganda, 26th October, 1909. In view of the intimate relation which is recognised as existing between certain insects and the propagation of diseases of man and animals in Tropical Africa, and of the similar relation between insects and economic plants, which is becoming more will be to evident as settlement in the continent of Africa progresses, the Secretary of State for the Colonies has appointed a scientific committee whose object further the study of economic entomology with special reference to Africa.

2. This body will be known as the African Entomological Research Com mittee, and will have its headquarters in London at the Natural History Museum, South Kensington. Mr. Guy Marshall has been appointed Scientific Secretary.

3. Arrangements are being made to send a trained entomologist, Mr. S. A. Neave, to the east side of Tropical Africa for the purpose of interesting official and other residents in the collection and observation of noxious insects, and affording It is expected that he will leave instruction in the use of scientific methods. England at the beginning of next year.

4. The Secretary of State has directed that steps shall be taken to ascertain what officials in the Uganda service will be willing to co-operate with the entomo- logist appointed for the purpose of furthering the object for which he is being sent to this part of Africa. If this co-operation is to be effective arrangements will have to be made for the proper instruction of the officials concerned, and His Lord- ship has accordingly approached the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the Natural History Museum, and the London and Liverpool Schools of Tropical Medi- cine with a view to arranging for the instruction at one or the other of these places

members of the Uganda service who are prepared to take part in this work.

The course of instruction would not Le a long one, the tuition fees would be paid by the Government, and officials would receive during the period of instruc- tion the same allowances as are granted to medical officers undergoing instruction at the Schools of Tropical Medicine during their leave of absence.

of any.

6. I have therefore to request that any official who is ready to interest himself in this research work will notify me at an early date, and also whether he would be prepared to undergo the proposed course of instruction at one of the above institutions during his next leave of absence, as it will be necessary to inform the Secretary of State of the fact when reporting the grant of leave of absence.

7. The Secretary of State attaches great importance to this matter, and it is proposed to ask for annual reports of the value and nature of work done in this connection by officials in this Protectorate and favourable reports will be noticed in connection with officer's services.

To all officials.

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SIR,

W. ALISON RUSSELL,

Acting Chief Secretary to the Government.

No. 54.

UGANDA.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE ACTING GOVERNOR. (No. 126.)

Downing Street, 6 April, 1910.

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 46, of the 19th of February,* and to inform you that I approve the list of names of those

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No. 55.

MINUTES OF THE SECOND MEETING OF THE GLOSSINA SUB- COMMITTEE, HELD AT THE OFFICES OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, ON THE 12TH MAY, 1910.

PRESENT:

Sir JOHN MCFADYEAN (Chairman),

Mr. E. E. AUSTEN,

Dr. A. G. BAGSHAWE,

Mr. S. STOCKMAN, and the

Scientific Secretary.

The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed.

The Scientific Secretary then read the letters which he had sent to the British South Africa Company and to the Liebig Extract of Meat Company, drawing their attention to the urgent necessity that a competent pathologist and entomologist should be appointed for the express purpose of investigating nagana and the general life-history of Glossina morsitans in Southern Rhodesia, and asking whether they would be prepared to give any assistance for this purpose. The reply from the British South Africa Company was to the effect that the matter would be referred to the Administrator of Southern Rhodesia for report; while the Liebig Company stated that the suggestion would receive their consideration when their enterprise in Rhodesia was further advanced.

Two statements were read which had been drawn up by Dr. Bagshawe, in co-operation with other members of the Sub-Committee, setting forth various points which required to be specially investigated: (1) in regard to the habits and distri- bution of Glossina morsitans; and (2) in connection with the study of the trypano- was decided that they should some of nagana. These reports were approved, and be published in the next issue of the Bulletin, but that they need not be separately printed for general distribution.

The Scientific Secretary then read a series of 23 questions, which had been similarly prepared, for the purpose of eliciting information with reference to various important points in the general life-history of Glossina morsitans. This interroga- tory was approved, and it was decided that the Colonial Office be asked to print off a number of copies, and to assist in distributing them as widely as possible. It was suggested that the questions should be printed in such a way as to leave spaces for the answers.

Colonel Sir David Bruce, who attended the meeting by special request, drew attention to the danger of placing too implicit a reliance on information obtained in this way, for he had himself experienced how entirely misleading might be the statements of untrained observers in matters of this kind. With regard to the general question of game preservation, he expressed the view that such things as farming and big game could not co-exist, quite apart from any question of nagana, and that the formation of proper game reserves offered the only practicable solution of the difficulty. He then gave a brief account of some interesting experiments which he had carried out in Uganda in order to ascertain the true food-habits of Glossina palpalis, with special reference to a possible reservoir of Trypanosoma gambiense.

The Sub-Committee generally agreed that the replies to their interrogatory would have to be treated with discretion, and they desired specially to emphasisc the point that they attached immense importance to the appointment of thoroughly competent investigators on the spot.

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