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of the family Chalcididae. For this purpose the man would have to be a good micro- scopist, with a proven capacity for an accurate discrimination of minute specific characters; and, further, he must be a man who would be content to remain in the service of the Bureau for a reasonable period of years. Mr. Marshall thought that he had found such a man in the Rev. James Waterston, a young Presbyterian minister, who has accumulated quite a remarkable private collection of fleas and fice and has done some excellent work on these difficult insects. He is a married man, but would be willing to take the post at a salary of £300 a year.

Mr. Marshall reminded the Sub-Committee that they still had an unexpended income of £300 a year, and the salary of the retiring assistant was £165; further, the Bureau had now a reserve balance of about £1,300, so that there was no difficulty on the grounds of finance.

Dr. Harmer stated that he had discussed the matter with Mr. Charles Roths- child, who was acquainted with Mr. Waterston's scientific work, and he had expressed his entire approval of the suggested appointment. Dr. MacDougall having also spoken in high terms of Mr. Waterston, with whom he was well acquainted, the appointment was agreed to by the Sub-Committee.

3. The following applications for Carnegie Scholarships were then dealt with:-

Mr. J. D. Tothill, Assistant to the Dominion Entomologist of Canada, six months;

Mr. Speyer, of Oxford University, three to six months; and Mr. H. Champion, of Oxford University, six months.

With regard to Mr. Speyer, who desired a scholarship as a means of preliminary training before taking up the investigation of the shot-hole borer of tea in Ceylon, Mr. Read suggested that probably the Ceylon Government would defray the expenses of his visit to the United States; it was agreed therefore that the matter should stand over until Mr. Read had ascertained whether such an arrangement might be possible.

A similar suggestion was made by Professor Lefroy with reference to Mr. Champion, who is entering the Indian Forest Service. Professor Lefroy pointed out that in the case of another man in the same position the Indian Government had defrayed the cost of a visit to Germany, as well as of a course of entomology at the Imperial College of Science. It was therefore decided to postpone a consideration of all the applications until further information was available.

In the course of a discussion on the possible renewal of the grant from Mr. Carnegie for a further term, Professor Lefroy stated that if it were proposed to give such scholarships to young men just leaving the universities, it would interfere very seriously with the entomological courses at the Imperial College of Science and might even prevent their continuance. Mr. Marshall suggested that even on other grounds it would probably be better to grant the scholarships to young men already holding entomological posts who might require some experience of field work on a large scale. Professor Lefroy said that such a course would avert his difficulties, and from his own experience he considered that a visit to the United States would be much more useful to a man after he had had some opportunity of becoming acquainted with the conditions and requirements of the country in which he was going to work.

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will no longer withhold their assent to the proposal that a single account should be kept of the income and expenditure of the combined Bureau and Research Com- mittee. Their Lordships consider, however, that a note should be appended to the account showing the amount of contributions received from the West African Pro- tectorates or from the Colonial Office on behalf of the East African Protectorates and of the salaries and expenses of investigators in Africa. They understand that no difficulty is anticipated in furnishing this information.

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WESTERN PACIFIC.

I am, &c.,

JOHN BRADBURY.

THE RESIDENT COMMISSIONER, SOLOMON ISLANDS, to THE HIGH

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COMMISSIONER.

(Received in Colonial Office, 4th May, 1914.)

Office of the Resident Commissioner, Tulagi,

British Solomon Islands, YOUR EXCELLENCY,

13th March, 1914. In compliance with the instructions contained in your letter, No. 221, of 15th October, 1913, I have the honour to inform you that the Medical Officer, Dr. Davies, was requested to make a collection of specimens of mosquitoes inhabiting this Protectorate, and to furnish a report.

2. He has now done so, and I am forwarding, with a duplicate of this letter, three copies of the report to the Secretary of State for the Colonies for transmission to the Director of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology at the British Museum (Natural History). The collection of specimens is forwarded to the Secretary of State under separate cover.

3. The remarks contained in paragraphs 3 to 6 of Dr. Davies's report are interesting and valuable, and, from a long acquaintance with the species of mosquitoes inhabiting this Protectorate, I believe the collection of species to he complete.

4. An examination of the specimens will doubtless establish the fact that a mosquito of the genus stegomyia does occur here, as Dr. Davies supposes.

I have, &c.,

His Excellency

CHARLES M. WOODFORD,

Resident Commissioner.

Sir Bickham Escott, G.C.M.G., &c.,

High Commissioner, Western Pacific.

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TREASURY to COLONIAL OFFICE.

(Received 25th March, 1914.)

Treasury Chambers, 25th March, 1914. SIR,

I HAVE laid before the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury Mr. Lambert's letter of the 18th ultimo (1802/1914),* further relative to the accounts of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology and the Entomological Research Committee.

In reply, I am to request you to inform Mr. Secretary Harcourt that, in view of the further representations of the Committee as to the difficulty and expense involved in any reasonable allocation of common charges and receipts, my Lords

• No. 72.

SIR,

Enclosure in No. 77.

Office of the Government Medical Officer, Tulagi,

9th March, 1914.

In accordance with the instructions contained in your minute of 22nd November, 1913, I have the honour to submit, for the information of the Director of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology at the British Museum, a report upon the distribution of mosquitoes, especially of the genus stegomyia, in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate.

2. Upon receipt of your minute I commenced collecting specimens of mosqui- toes, breeding some from the larvæ and catching others in the adult stage.

At the time it was somewhat difficult to obtain specimens of any kind, owing to the unusual drought which was being experienced, but during the last two months I have been able to collect numerous specimens.

Enclosure in No. 56.

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