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be impossible without a staff which is utterly beyond our means at present; every means is taken amongst the whites to mitigate these nuisances and dangers to health. So far as officials are concerned, since I have been in office every endeavour has been made to provide all quarters throughout the territory with mosquito-proof wire- gauze to all openings, and every new building is mosquito-proof.
5. Under the foregoing circumstances I see no object in incurring the expendi- ture which would be entailed by sending a delegate to the Conference in question.
His Excellency the
High Commissioner,
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2. The Government Entomologist, Mr. T. J. Anderson, is due to proceed on leave in May, and is desirous of attending the Conference. 1 regret, however, that the Mycologist will be unable to accompany him.
"The
3 Mr. Anderson has submitted a further subject for discussion, viz.: distribution of parasites of insect pests; the dissemination of information as to places where such parasites are obtainable; and what attention is necessary during transit on ships."
I have, &c.,
F. W. PANZERA,
Resident Commissioner.
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I have, &c.,
H. CONWAY BELFIELD,
Governor.
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(No. 262.)
MY LORD,
Cape Town.
Enclosure 2 in No. 128.
Administrator's Office, Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia,
6 July, 1914. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Lordship's despatch, No. 13/88, of June 19th, transmitting a Circular from the Secretary of State, dated May 29th, relative to a proposed Conference of Entomologists in London in July,
1915.
2. We should not be in a position to send an Entomologist from Northern Rhodesia to the Conference, but I am forwarding a copy of Mr. Harcourt's Circular to London for the information of the Board.
I have, &c..
His Excellency
SIR,
The High Commissioner for South Africa,
Pretoria.
Enclosure 3 in No. 128.
(High Commissioner. No. 137.)
L. A. WALLACE,
Administrator.
Administrator's Office, Salisbury 24th July, 1914. · I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Lord Gladstone's despatch, No. 13/88, of the 19th June, covering a Circular from the Secretary of State on the subject of a proposed Conference of Entomologists in London during July, 1915.
In reply, I have the honour to state that this Administration will endeavour to be represented at this Conference, and will communicate the name of its repre- sentative at a later date.
I have, &c.,
His Excellency the
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SIR,
High Commissioner, Pretoria.
(No. 836.)
No. 129.
W. H. MILTON,
Administrator.
EAST AFRICA PROTECTORATE.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
(Received 30th October, 1914.)
Government House, Nairobi,
British East Africa, September 18th, 1914.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Circular despatch of the 29th of May,* and to inform you that I cordially concur in the proposal that the official Entomologists of the Empire should meet in London next July. I am of opinion that great benefit is likely to accrue to this Protectorate thereby.
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SIR,
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No. 130.
HONG KONG.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received 2nd November, 1914.)
[Acknowledged 5 November, 1914.]
Government House, Hong Kong, 18th September, 1914. In continuation of Mr. Severn's despatch, No. 393, of the 11th November, 1913, I have the honour to transmit a copy of a further report by the Government Bacteriologist on the distribution of mosquitoes in Hong Kong, summarising the results obtained in the investigation up to the 31st August.
A copy of the report will also be sent to the Director of the Bureau of Entomo- logy at the British Museum.
Enclosure in No. 130.
(B. No. 70/14.)- PRINCIPAL CIVIL Medical OffiCER,
I have, &c.,
F. H. MAY,
Governor, &c.
THE following is a brief summary of the state of the mosquito investigation up to August 31st. The facts are already known to you, but are collected here for reference.
(1) The search for Stegomyia fasciata.-The two Police Collectors went back to police duties on the 13th August; since that date I have personally taken out the two coolies who accompanied the Police Collectors and have continued the search.
The work has been concentrated on Kowloon, as this district apparently offered the most likely chance of success, and the results have justified this view, Stegomyia fasciata larvæ having been taken in 37 different places during this month as compared with 18 takes during the previous two years.
Table A attachedt shows the date, place of capture of larvæ, and number of specimens bred out since the commencement of the search. Briefly, it may be noted that during the six months search in 1912 Stegomyia fasciata was taken once; during the whole of 1913 it was taken once, and during 1914 it was taken in 53 places.
The larva have always been found in houses or backyards, especially in wooden water-barrels, earthenware water-pots, flower pots or jars; in this its habits agree with experience elsewhere, especially as described by the late Sir Rubert Boyce, the well-known yellow fever authority.
My experience is that far more larvæ would be taken if the Chinese did not know that they were being searched for, and, in consequence, whenever the search of a block begins, they at once proceed to empty the breeding places in all surrounding houses.
As regards the number of specimens bred out from each sample of larvæ, it has to be noted that in order to keep the different finds separate only a small test tube can be used for each find. This naturally limits the number of larvæ which can be
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