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No. 92.

MINUTES OF THE THIRTIETH GENERAL MEETING OF THE MANAG- ING COMMITTEE OF THE IMPERIAL BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY, HELD AT THE COLONIAL OFFICE ON THE 16TH OF JULY, 1919.

Present:

VISCOUNT HARCOURT (Chairman). MR. AUSTEN.

SIR DAVID BRUCE.

DR. HARMER.

PROFESSOR LEFROY.

DR. MCDOUGALL.

PROFESSOR POULTON.

SIR H. READ.

DR. SCOTT.

MR. THEOBALD.

DR. MARSHALL (Director of the Bureau).

DR. NEAVE (Assistant Director).

MR. PARKINSON (Secretary).

1. BEFORE proceeding to the agenda Viscount Harcourt referred to the death of Sir John McCall, Agent-General for Tasmania, who was one of the members of the Managing Committee. He stated that he felt sure that the Com- mittee would wish an expression of their deep regret and sympathy conveyed to Lady McCall.

The Director was requested to write to Lady McCall, conveying, on behalf of the Chairman and the Committee, an expression of their regret and sympathy with her in her loss.

2. The Secretary was directed to arrange for a letter to be sent to the Agents- General of the Australian States inviting them to select a representative to sit on the Committee in the place of Sir J. McCall.

3. The minutes of the Twenty-Ninth General Meeting* were passed.

4. A report was received from the Publication Sub-Committee (copy annexed). The recommendations of the Sub-Committee were approved, except that it was decided that back parts of the Review of Applied Entomology should be sold at the part rate instead of the volume rate. This variation of the recommendations of the Sub-Committee was made, as it had since been ascertained that the practice of the publishers and booksellers, who act virtually as agents for the Bureau, was to sell back parts at the part rate, and it was considered inadvisable for the Bureau to adopt a procedure different from that of the publishers and booksellers.

5. A report of the "Hypericum" Sub-Committee was received. Professor Poulton stated that since the report was drawn up he had received further information with regard to Chrysomela varians, which seemed to show that this insect was more successful in its attacks on Hypericum than was originally sup- posed, but he preferred to wait until the end of the season, when fuller details would be available.

Dr. Marshall informed the Committee that a copy of the recommendations of the Sub-Committee‡ had already been sent to the Commonwealth Advisory Council of Science and Industry at Melbourne.

6. The Committee considered the question of holding a Conference of Dominion and Colonial Entomologists in London, with special reference to the question of granting some financial assistance from the funds of the Bureau towards the cost of passages for the delegates.

Dr. Marshall stated that up to date about half the Governments approached had replied that the Government of Canada and the Government of Trinidad had stated definitely that they would be represented at such a Conference: but tha the other replies received showed generally that the Governments were willing to be represented only if the Government Entomologist or other suitable representative happened to be on leave in this country at the time the Conference was to be held. He then read letters from Dr. C. P. Lounsbury, Government Entomologist in the

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Union of South Africa, which showed that there was a danger of the Conference not being fully representative unless the Bureau was in a position to offer financial assistance in respect of the passages to and from this country of delegates.

It was suggested that possibly the balance of the Carnegie Fund might be used in order to supply the funds required; but the Committee agreed that it would be necessary before doing this to obtain the consent of Mr. Carnegie, as his dona- tion is definitely allocated for the purpose of sending Entomologists to the United States to receive special training in entomology in that country.

Dr. Harmer stated that, in his opinion, it was most desirable that the Confer- ence should be fully representative; that the most suitable representatives should be present from each Government, and that, if possible, funds of the Bureau should be allocated as suggested. This view was endorsed by the Committee generally.

After discussion, it was decided: --

(a) That Dr. L. O. Howard, Chief of the Bureau of Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture, of Washington, should be invited to attend the Conference. (b) That Mr. Carnegie should be asked whether he would have any objection to a portion of the Carnegie Fund being used for the purpose of pro- viding financial assistance for delegates' passages, including those of Dr. Howard.

(c) That if Mr. Carnegie should not agree to this arrangement the surplus balance of the Bureau, amounting to about £1,000, should be utilized for the purpose.

(d) That the Secretary of State should be requested to send to all the Dominions and Colonies a despatch explaining that much importance was attached to the proposed Conference; that the Conference ought to be fully representative of the Entomological Departments in all the Dominions and Colonies; that the most suitable men should be sent as representatives of the different Governments; that it is proposed that Dr. L. O. Howard, from Washington, should be specially invited to attend the Conference; and that if there are any financial difficulties in the way of providing the passages of the representatives, the Com- mittee would consider the question of making a suitable grant towards the cost of the passages.

(e) That provisionally the Conference should be fixed for the month of May,

1920.

(That it would not be necessary to refer again to a general meeting of

the Committee with regard to procedure.

7. On the recommendation of Sir H. Read it was agreed that the Govern- ments of the East Africa, Uganda, and Nyasaland Protectorates should be invited to contribute to the funds of the Bureau as from the 1st of April next. The sums suggested were £250, £150, and £100 respectively.

8. The Committee noted that the Government of Newfoundland had increased its contribution from £5 to £25 per annum, and requested that a despatch should be sent by the Secretary of State to the Governor expressing their appre- ciation.

ANNEXE TO MINUTES. Report.

A MEETING of the Publication Sub-Committee* was held on the 4th of June

to consider certain points brought forward at the general meeting on the 22nd of May with reference to the publications of the Bureau.

1. Professor Nuttall proposed that abstracts for the Review of Applied Ento- mology should not, in future, be prepared under the present system, namely, by a permanent staff of abstractors working continuously in the offices of the Bureau, but that their preparation should be entrusted to a number of independent specialists who would sign their respective contributions.

2. Professor Nuttall also proposed that authors should be asked to append to their papers their own abstracts, which would be available for reproduction in the Review of Applied Entomology.

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