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The part now in the press contains an account by Mr. Simpson of his tour in the Gambia, and he is preparing similar reports upon Northern and Southern Nigeria. In each case the report will be accompanied by a map giving the latest information as to the distribution of sleeping sickness and of all the species of tsetse-flies.

A statement is submitted showing the payments and receipts in connection with the Carnegie Scholarships, from which it will be seen that at the end of the year there will be an unexpended balance of £300. Next year the expenditure will be greater, because Messrs. Rutherford and Strickland will spend much of their time visiting various field stations attached to the Bureau of Entomology. Dr. Howard writes that for this purpose at least £60 should be allowed to each of them; he has been advised that the Committee has already sanctioned an expenditure of £100 in this connection. After consultation with the Chairman of the Finance Sub-Com- mittee, arrangements were made to cable the sum of £50 to Mr. Grosvenor to enable him to join Dr. Howard and Professor Escherich on a visit to the entomo- logical stations in the Western States.

As the present method of transmitting money to the various scholars appears to have given rise to some difficulties, the Colonial Office has now authorised the Crown Agents to send all three monthly allowances in advance to Dr. Howard, who has kindly agreed to pay, them over when they fall due.

General Financial Statement, as at 30th SEPTEMBER, 1911. Cash in hand:-

London County and Westminster Bank, on deposit at call Crown Agents

Cash receivable:-

Scientific Secretary

Treasury Grant

"Bulletin "

(estimated)

Estimated liabilities for the remainder of the

financial year :-

Salaries

Bulletin "

Travelling Expenses

Renewal of Outfits

Sundries

Unexpended balance of Carnegie Fund

Balance in reserve

£

s. d. 852 0 0

230 0 0

30 0 0

40 0 0

10 0 0

664 0 0

1,396 17 0

£

s. d. 1,500 0 0 661 17 7 10 19 5

1,000 0 0 50 0 0

£3,222 17 0 £3,222 17 0

Statement of Revenue and Expenditure for THE QUARTER ENDING 30TH

Office furniture

SEPTEMBER, 1911.

Salaries

Publications

Travelling expenses

Scientific equipment

General expenses

Grant from Mr. Carnegie

Interest on deposit

Scientific equipment, per

Government of

Northern Nigeria

Government grants, Government of Zanzibar

Payments.

Receipts.

£

8. d. 367 5 0

£

8. d.

30 2 7

38 0 2

10 0 0

9 2 3

13 11 4

1,000 0 0

5 1 2

£468 1 4

16 9 2 50 0 0

£1,071 10 4

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FINANCIAL STATEMENT IN RESPECT OF THE CARNEGIE SCHOLARSHIPS AS AT 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1911.

Grant from Mr. Andrew Carnegie Passage money and allowances paid to date Allowances payable up to 31st December Travelling expenses of Mr. G. H. Grosvenor

in the States (estimated)

Estimated surplus at end of calendar year

1.

Annexure 2 to No. 103.

£

s. d.

£ S. d.

1,000 0 0

335 16 11

291 13 4

70 0 0 302 9 9

£1,000 0 0

REPORT OF CHAIRMAN of Sub-COMMITTEE B.

£1,000 0 0

In accordance with a reference of the General Committee, we have con- sidered the replies received to the Secretary of State's despatch of the 22nd of March, 1911, addressed to the West Indian and Eastern Colonies, on the subject of co-operation between these Colonies and the Committee.

2. An examination of the replies showed that no contributions to the funds of the Committee from any of the Colonies concerned could be hoped for, at any rate for the present, though one or two, notably the Federated Malay States, are willing to incur a limited local expenditure.

3. We would recommend that the general attitude adopted should be to meet as far as possible the wishes of the Colonies which have replied favourably, both by furnishing information when asked for and by identifying insects sent home for that purpose, provided that the demand made on the time of the Scientific Secretary and his assistants is not excessive. It will thus be left open to the Committee to advise the Secretary of State to make its continued assistance conditional upon some kind of monetary grant from those Colonies if at any time the work becomes too much for the present staff to cope with.

4. Taking the individual replies, we recommend that they should be treated on

the following lines:-

(a) Imperial Commissioner for Agriculture, West Indies.

It will be remembered that the suggestions made by the Imperial Commissioner

were:-

(1) That the Imperial Department of Agriculture, Barbados, might act as a centre for distribution of information, and for the transmission of specimens collected in various colonies.

(2) That the entomologist attached to the Department might, on his visits to the Islands, meet those interested in the work of the Committee and advise as to collecting and transmitting specimens, and so organize to some extent their work, agricultural or medical.

(3) That trained men might be sent on visits to the West Indies. The men would obtain training and experience of tropical conditions. The Department would provide some laboratory accommodation and suggest lines of work and travel. We recommend that these suggestions be accepted.

(b) Leeward Islands.

(c) Windward Islands.

The acceptance of Dr. Watts's suggestions will meet with the approval of the Governors of the Leeward and Windward Islands, and nothing further therefore is required in replying to these Colonies, except that the offer of Dr. L. Nicholls of St. Lucia to co-operate with the Committee should be specifically accepted.

(d) Barbados.

The offer of co-operation on the part of the local Committee should be accepted; but the Governor should be informed in reply to the first of the questions in para- graph 5 of his despatch, that the only modification in the proposals of the local Committee that appears to be necessary is that the Entomological Committee for the