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No. 99.
MINUTES OF THE SECOND MEETING OF THE GLOSSINA SUB- COMMITTEE OF THE IMPERIAL BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY, held on 9th of MarCH, 1920.
Present:
SIR H. READ (Chairman).
Major AuSTEN.
DR. HARMER.
SIR S. STOCKMAN.
DR. MARSHall.
DR. NEAVE.
DR. BAGSHAWE.
MR. PARKINSON, Secretary.
1. THE minutes of the First Meeting were approved, subject to certain minor alterations in paragraph 7 desired by Professor Newstead.
2. The draft report of the Sub-Committee for the General Committee was approved, subject to the amendment of two errors in printing.
3. Dr. Harmer suggested that perhaps the draft report assumed too much knowledge of the subject, e.g., in paragraph 6, but it was pointed out that the report was intended for submission to the General Committee, not for circulation Dr. Harmer to non-scientific persons who might be approached later for funds. therefore waived his objection.
4. As regards the raising of funds, Sir H. Read said that this was primarily a matter for Lord Milner's consideration on his return from Egypt. But it was possible that the West African Governments might be willing to allocate for Glossina investigations a sum of approximately £5,000, which had been set aside no longer required for that purpose. for yellow fever investigations but was Further, the Colonial Research Committee might perhaps be approached in view to obtaining a small grant from the sum at their disposal.
5. The question of obtaining men to carry on the necessary work when funds are available was discussed briefly. Sir H. Read thought that the British South Africa Company might be willing to detail an entomologist for work in Rhodesia, and Dr. Marshall had no doubt that Mr. W. F. Fiske, who is now in Uganda, would be glad to take up work for the Committee. As regards work in Nyasaland, Dr. W. A. Lamborn would have assisted the Committee very materially, but as he has now been transferred to the Malay States, the question of securing his services In for these special investigations will have to be deferred for the present. general, Dr. Marshall said that there was much difficulty at present in finding trained entomologists, and that the demand for these, for example, from India and Egypt, is such that there seems little prospect of obtaining good men at the moment, unless men actually in the service of the Colonial or Protectorate Govern- ments in Africa can be detailed. But it might be possible to obtain junior men more or less untrained and let them work at first as assistants to such trained entomologists as can be detailed for the work, and these junior men could certainly be obtained for a salary of £500 a year.
6. The Sub-Committee decided that, as the next General Meeting of the Committee would not be held until the 19th of May, it would be desirable to circu- late to all members of the Committee at once the draft report; if the Committee accepts the report, steps could then be taken to raise the necessary funds.
7. The Sub-Committee recommended that the West African Governments should be approached in order to ascertain whether or not they would be willing to devote to Glossina investigation in Africa the money previously allocated for yellow fever investigation.
8. The Sub-Committee decided that a statement in rather more general terms than the draft report should be prepared, including suitable extracts from the reportt of the Earl of Desart's Sleeping Sickness Commission, for use by the Secretary of State when he attempts to secure the necessary funds. Meanwhile they saw no objection to the report of the Sub-Committee, if approved by the General Committee, being sent to the West African Governments, or to other Administrations in Africa, with an inquiry as to the possibility of funds being contributed for Glossina investigations or entomologists being specially detailed for the work.
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No. 100.
MINUTES OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH MEETING OF THE FINANCE SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE IMPERIAL BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY, HELD AT THE COLONIAL OFFICE ON THE 9TH Of March, 1920.
approved.
Present:
DR. HARMER (Chairman).
SIR D. PRAIN.
SIR H. READ.
SIR S. STOCKMAN.
DR. MARSHALL.
DR. NEAVE.
MR. PARKINSON, Secretary.
1. MINUTES of the Twenty-third Meeting* of the Sub-Committee were 2. The Sub-Committee agreed to the temporary appointment of Captain H. S. Bushell as an assistant at the Bureau in place of Captain Waterston, with salary at the rate of £150 per annum with war bonus as from the 16th of February,
1920.
The Sub-Committee considered the suggestion made by Dr. Marshall that a second assistant should be appointed temporarily, and they agreed that an offer should be sent to Dr. B. Uvarof, now working at the Caucasian Museum in Tiflis. As Dr. Uvarof, unlike Captain Bushell, is a trained entomologist, the Sub-Com- mittee agreed that a salary of £300 per annum with war bonus should be offered for a period of one year in the first instance, and further that the passages of Dr. Uvarof and his family from Tiflis to England should be provided from the funds of the Bureau. At Sir. H. Read's suggestion it was decided that it would be best to communicate with Dr. Uvarof through the Foreign Office by telegraph.
3. The Sub-Committee authorised the payment of a fee of £25 to Mr. C. Warburton for the identification of ticks.
4. Dr. Marshall reported that the lease of the premises now occupied by the Bureau in Queen's Gate would terminate in September, 1921, but that the lessors would be glad if the Bureau could find other premises at an early date, as the house in which the Bureau has its present rooms has been turned into an hotel. He stated that the Entomological Society may be acquiring a large house in Crom- well Road, and that it might be possible for the Bureau to secure rooms in that house from the Society. The Sub-Committee regarded this as an admirable sug- gestion; and they authorised Dr. Marshall to enter into negotiations with the Entomological Society with a view to obtaining the necessary accommodation in the house in Cromwell Road if the Society finally decided to purchase it. The Sub-Committee recognised that it would be necessary to offer a somewhat larger sum for the rent of the accommodation required than that now paid for the Queen's Gate premises.
Dr. Marshall stated that an advance to the Society towards the purchase of the freehold of the house in Cromwell Road might be of assistance to the Society; that interest would be paid on the advance, and that the security in the form of a first mortgage on the freehold premises would be safe. It was decided that unless the question of an advance were actually raised by the Society, no action should be taken in the matter.
5. The Sub-Committee agreed that the war bonus paid to the staff of the Bureau should be raised to the same level as that now paid to the members of the Civil Service, i.e., war bonus at the rate of thirty per cent. of salary plus £80 per annum with effect from the 17th of November, 1919. It was estimated that the additional cost per annum would be approximately £270.
As regards the finances of the Bureau generally, Dr. Marshall pointed out that whereas the expenses had necessarily increased, the contributions to the Bureau are at the pre-War figure, and that, at present, in order to carry on, the Bureau The Sub-Committee agreed that the whole question is drawing on its reserve.
of adequately financing the Bureau should be raised and dealt with at the Confer- ence in June, and that in the meantime no useful purpose would be served by making applications for increased contributions.
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See No. 101.
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