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The Sub-Committee felt some difficulty in limiting the movements of scholars, but the following recommendations were made:-

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(a) That Mr. Grosvenor should be informed that, if he had no objections to raise, the Committee would prefer him to spend a part of the time at the State Bureau in Washington, in order that he might study the American system of organising economic entomology;

(b) That the two other scholars should be invited to visit different Univer-

sities, probably Cornell and California;

With regard to the time for which the scholarships should be held, the amount of the scholarships, and connected questions, the Sub-Committee recom- mended :-

(a) That Mr. Grosvenor should, in view of his past experience, be appointed for twelve months only, with permission to break up that period into two parts in order to return to England and carry on his work in this country;

(b) That the other scholars should be appointed for two years, the first of which should be spent mainly in one of the Universities, and the second in travelling in the field, if the qualifications of the candidates were such as to make it probable that they would obtain profit from field work;

(c) That the scholarships should be fixed at £250 per annum, to be paid to candidates at that rate from the date of their leaving this country for America until the date of their return to this country; (d) That a sum of £20 should be granted in addition to the scholarship proper to cover the cost of travelling from this country to the first American centre to which the candidates selected may proceed, except in the case of the candidate allocated to California University for whom a special grant to cover the expense of the longer journey would be necessary;

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(e) That a like sum should be granted to cover the cost of the return journey

from America to this country;

(That expenses incurred on travelling in connection with their work should

be refunded to candidates up to a limit of £50 per annum.

No. 62.

AGENDA AND MINUTES OF THE FIFTH GENERAL MEETING OF THE TROPICAL AFRICAN ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH COMMITTEE HELD AT THE COLONIAL OFFICE ON THURSDAY, 27TH OCTOBER, 1910.

AGENDA.

1. To approve the minutes* of the last General Meeting.

2. To receive the report of the Scientific Secretary.

3. To consider the recommendations of the special Sub-Committee appointed

at the last General Meeting to recommend candidates for the scholarships offered by Mr. Carnegie.

4. To consider a despatch§ from the Officer Administering the Government of Hong Kong relating to the specific determination of Hong Kong flies (especially biting flies), ticks, fleas, &c.

5. To receive correspondence between the Colonial Office and the Foreign Office relating to the representation of the Foreign Office on the Committee, and to a contribution from Zanzibar to the funds of the Committee.

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ENCLOSURES.

Minutes of the last General Meeting (Agendum 1).

2. Despatch from the Officer Administering the Government of Hong Kong, 18

June (Agendum 4).

3. From Colonial Office to Foreign Office, 29 July (Agendum 5).

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From Foreign Office to Colonial Office, 10 August.

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† See Annexure I.

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MINUTES.

PRESENT:

The EARL OF CROMER (Chairman). Colonel ALCOCK.

Mr. AUSTEN.

Dr. BAGSHAWE,

Dr. ROSE BRADFORD.

Sir DAVID BRUCE. Dr. HARMER.

Dr. MACDOUGALL.

Sir JOHN MCFADYEAN. Mr. NEWSTEAÐ. Professor NUTTALL. Professor POULTON.

Lieutenant-Colonel PRAIN. Mr. READ.

Hon. N. C. ROTHSCHILD.

Dr. SHIPLEY.

Mr. STOCKMAN-

Mr. THEOBALD.

Mr. MARSHALL (Scientific Secretary). Mr. PARKINSON (Secretary).

1. Before taking the business on the Agenda, Lord Cromer offered the con- gratulations of the Committee to Dr. Shipley on his election as Master of Christ's College, Cambridge.

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2. The minutes of the last General Meeting* were approved, subject to twa alterations proposed by Dr. Harmer, viz., the substitution of the word " producing for the word "reproducing" in line 7 of paragraph 2 (c) (i); and the substitution of "for the words "not be the words" probably be liberal in giving away duplicate slow to give up" in line 9, paragraph 4.

3. The report of the Scientific Secretary, including the balance sheet of the funds of the Committee as at the 30th September, 1910, was submitted and approved. A copy of the report and balance sheet is annexed to these minutes.

On this report there arose three points for special consideration:-

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(i.) It was resolved that the Scientific Secretary should be authorised to enter upon negotiations with a view to obtaining the services of an assistant at a cost not exceeding £150 per annum, and that he should report on the matter in due course to the Finance Sub- Committee.

(ii) It was resolved that the subscription for the Bulletin, which had been fixed provisionally at 10s. for the first year ending in December, 1910, should not be changed for the present.

(iii) The question of increased accommodation for the Scientific Secretary was discussed-Professor Poulton emphasising the necessity for some improvement. The Chairman asked Dr. Harmer if he would be good enough to take the matter into consideration. It was further resolved that in the event of the authoritics at the British Museum being unable to give assistance, the Finance Sub-Committee should take such steps as appeared to them necessary to obtain more spacious accommodation for the Scientific Secretary.

4. Dr. Shipley, Chairman of the Sub-Committee appointed at the previous tieneral Meeting to recommend candidates for the scholarships offered by Mr. Carnegie, summarised the results of the Sub-Committee's deliberations, to the following effect:—

(a) That Mr. G. H. Grosvenor (Oxford), Mr. A. Rutherford (Edinburgh University), and Mr. E. H. Strickland (Wye College) should be selected as Carnegie scholars;

(b) That Mr. Grosvenor should be invited to leave for America as early as possible next year, and should be informed that, if he had no objec- tions to raise, the Committee would prefer him to spend a part of the

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