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forwarded direct to the British Museum (Natural History) for examination. These 3,182 adults were bred out from, approximately, 573 samples of larvæ, and details are given in Appendices C. and D.*
Further instalments will be sent fortnightly, and it is requested that named specimens of every species be returned to this Institute.
There does not seem to be any doubt that if Stegomyia fasciata exists in Hong Kong it must do so in very scanty numbers, as the results of fifteen months' search gave only one specimen. It has, of course, to be admitted that the search is only a part-time one, and, therefore, not as thorough as it should be. Also that Kowloon, where many ships lie alongside, has not been properly examined. As Stegomyus fasciata is stated to be a ship-borné mosquito, it might be worth while to search ships coming direct from ports which have Stegomyia fasciata, e.g., Singapore, Java, &c.
Dr. Chan Tsun Kun, the Bacteriologist to the Government of Canton, late Bacteriological Assistant in this Institute, informs me that he has been carrying out a similar search for Stegomyia fasciata in Canton, and that he has examined over five thousand specimens there with a negative result, no Stegomyia fasciata having been found.
Summary.
Fifteen months' search for Stegomyia fasciata in Hong Kong has yielded, as far as I know, one specimen only.
The search was a part-time [one] only, and, therefore, not of such a thorough nature as if the whole of my time had been devoted to it.
Stegomyia scutellaris (or nearly allied varieties) is the commonest mosquito in Hong Kong During the summer months practically every house in the city is infected with species. It is also very prevalent outside of the city, on the hill- sides, &c.
Further and more systematic search for Stegomyia fasciata is, in my opinion, necessary before definitely stating that they do not breed here.
2. The general collection of anophelines and culicines. Considerable progress has been made in this work, and an arranged collection will be forwarded for examination at an early date.
Of the three anophelines recorded by Dr. Thomson, one of these Pyretophorus minimus-which he gives as forming one out of every six anophelines, does not, as far as I can see, exist at all.
Of the culicine, several species new to Hong Kong have been obtained.
27th October, 1913.
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No. 60.
AUSTRALIA.
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
(No. 265.)
(Received 15 December, 1913.)
[Answered by No. 62.]
Governor-General's Office,
SIR,
Melbourne, 11th November, 1913. WITH reference to your despatch, dated 23rd August last, No. 487,* I have the honour to inform you that action is being taken to obtain for the Imperial Bureau of Entomology information as to the distribution of mosquitoes, and in particular of stegomyia, in Papua.
2. I shall be glad if you will be so good as to furnish me, for transmission to my Ministers, with a copy of the report of Major S. P. James, I.M.S., on the pro- tection of India from yellow fever, referred to in the second paragraph of your despatch, together with any information relating to this subject which may be available in the future.
I have, &c.,
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(No. 321.)
SIR,
No. 61.
GAMBIA.
DENMAN,
Governor-General.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR.
Downing Street, 18 December, 1913.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Campbell's despatch, No. 307, of the 28th of November, and to inform you that I have noted with satis- faction that it has been decided to continue the annual contribution of £50 by the Gambia to the Imperial Bureau of Entomology for a further period of five years.
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I have, &c.,
L. HARCOURT.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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SIR,
No. 59. GAMBIA.
THE ACTING GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received 13 December, 1913.) [Answered by No. 61.]
(No. 307.)
Government House, Bathurst, Gambia,
28th November, 1913.
In continuation of my despatch, No. 268, dated 29th September last,† relating to annual contributions of £50 being made to the Entomological Research Committee, I have the honour to inform you that, on the return of the Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council, the matter was again brought forward and it was agreed in Council that the Colony's annual contribution be continued for another four years from 1915-16 to 1918-19.
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No. 62.
AUSTRALIA.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL.
(Miscellaneous.)
MY LORD,
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Downing Street, 27 December, 1913.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's despatch,
No. 265, of the 11th ultimo, § and to transmit, for the information of your Ministers,
a copy of the report by Major S. P. James, I.M.S., on the prevention of the spread of yellow fever to India.
2. Any further information relating to this subject which may be available in the future will be communicated to you, as requested in the second paragraph of your despatch.
I have, &c.,
I have, &c.,
W. T. CAMPBELL,
Acting Governor.
† No. 43.
L. HARCOURT.
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