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No. 3.

COLONIAL OFFICE to THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR NEW ZEALAND. [Copy to Imperial Bureau of Entomology, 14th January, 1915. L.F.]

SIR,

Downing Street, 9th January, 1915. I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Harcourt to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 6th of January, and to request you to inform the High Commissioner for New Zealand that, owing to the war, it has been decided to post- pone indefinitely the Conference of Official Entomologists which it was proposed to hold in London in July next. This decision was communicated to the Governor of New Zealand in a despatch dated the 20th of November, 1914.†

2. Mr. Harcourt notes that the Government of New Zealand are in favour of mycologists as well as entomologists attending the Conference, and that the officer whom they would probably depute as their representative would be Mr. A. H. Cockayne.

I am, &c.,

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No. 4.

H. W. JUST.

IMPERIAL BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY.

MINUTES OF THE SEVENTEENTH MEETING OF THE FINANCE SUB- COMMITTEE, held at the Colonial Office at 4.30 P.M. ON THURSDAY, 4TH FEBRUARY, 1915.

Present:

DR. HARMER (Chairman),

SIR DAVID PRAIN,

MR. READ,

SIR STEWART STOCKMAN,

MR. MARSHALL,

MR. NEAVE,

MR. PARKINSON.

1. THE minutes of the sixteenth meeting of the Sub-Committee were approved, subject to one small alteration.

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2. The question of financing the Bureau after 1915 was considered. memorandum § detailing the income of the Bureau was circulated to members before the meeting, and the Secretary pointed out that, as shown by the memorandum, the contributions which expired at the end of 1915-16 would be those promised for three years from 1913-14 inclusive, by the Imperial Treasury, and the Governments of India, Canada, South Africa, Australia and the Australian States, New Zealand, Newfoundland, Hong Kong, Malay States, Straits Settlements, Ceylon, Mauritius, Seychelles, and Fiji.

Mr. Marshall presented an estimate of expenditure for the year 1916-17 (£5,975), which it was clear could not be nearly met should these contributions not be renewed. He estimated the balance at the 31st of March, 1915, at £2,400, of which £1,000 was allocated for tropical African work.

The Sub-Committee recommended that the Indian, Dominion and Colonial Governments should be asked to renew their contributions for three years from 1916-17, and that, when the replies had been received from these Governments, a similar application should be made to the Imperial Treasury.

The Sub-Committee were further of the opinion that it would not be politic in present circumstances to raise the question of placing the Bureau on a permanent basis or of increasing the amounts contributed to its upkeep.

It was remarked, incidentally, that for no apparent reason the amount of interest received by the Bureau on its funds deposited with the Crown Agents for the Colonies had fallen considerably in the last quarter. Mr. Marshall was requested to communicate with the Crown Agents and clear up the matter.

* No. 2.

† No. 138 in Miscellaneous No. 290. No. 78 in Miscellaneous No. 200. Copy annexed.

3. Mr. Marshall informed the Sub-Committee that comparatively little pro- gress had yet been made with the Stegomyia survey in the Far East.

The foreign Governments which had promised co-operation had not yet given any material assistance. and it seemed clear that, if the survey was to be carried out satisfac- torily, a special officer must be detailed to visit the ports of call in Japan, China, the Dutch East Indies, Indo-China, Borneo, and the Malay Peninsula.

It was sug- gested that a very suitable officer for this work would be Dr. A. T. Stanton, Bacteri- ologist at the Institute for Medical Research at Kuala Lumpur, if the Malay States Government could spare him. It was noted that Dr. Stanton's salary was at the present moment £660, with £125 duty allowance, and the Sub-Committee hoped that, in the event of this officer being lent by the Malay States Government, that Government would share with the Bureau the salary to be paid to him while engaged on the survey. Mr. Marshall was requested to furnish the Colonial Office with a memorandum which could be transmitted to the High Commissioner for his con- sideration. No reliable estimate of the expenditure which the proposal would involve could be furnished until the High Commissioner had been consulted.

It was further decided that the Colonial Office should be asked to write again to the Foreign Office, urging that the French, Dutch, and Japanese Governments should be reminded that no assistance has yet been received from them in this connexion.

4. Certain claims in respect of camp equipment, purchased by Mr. J. J. Simpson for his recent tour in the Gold Coast, were again submitted for the con- sideration of the Sub-Committee. Originally, expenditure up to £100 was approved for scientific and camp equipment, and of this sum £70 17s. Od. had been paid. The claims now submitted amounted to about £60; but the exact sum was doubtful, as some of the items were indefinite, and for none of the payments specified were there supporting vouchers.

The Sub-Committee, after careful consideration, regretted that they could not see their way to go beyond their original decision to allow expenditure up to £100 for scientific and camp equipment. Mr. Marshall was accordingly requested to inform Mr. Simpson of the decision, and to pay over to him the difference between

£100 and £70 17s. Od.

Annexure to No. 4.

IMPERIAL BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY. Memorandum on financial resources.

THE Contributions made to the Bureau are as follows:-

(a) Grants promised for five years from

1914 (1914-15) to 1918 (1918-19):- Nigeria

Gold Coast

Sierra Leone

Gambia

Zanzibar

(b) Grants promised for three years from

1914-15 to 1916-17:-

Imperial Treasury (for Exchequer- aided Protectorates in East

Africa)

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(c) Grants promised for three years from

1913-14 to 1915-16:- Imperial Treasury Canada

£500

350

100

50

100

£1,100

£1,000

£500

500

Union of South Africa Australia

350

200

Six Australian States

300

New Zealand

200

50

Newfoundland

India

Hong Kong Malay States

500

50

100