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7. It is difficult to make any exact estimate of the time that will be required for such an investigation, but it is suggested that in the first instance arrange- ments should be made for a period of six months.

I have, &c., GUY A. K. MARSHALL,

Straits Settlements

Ceylon

Mauritius

£50

100

50

Seychelles

25

Fiji

50

£3,025

(d) Grants promised for three years from

1915 (1915-16) to 1917 (1917-18) :—

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£100

Cyprus

20

Malta

£120

No. 6.

Director.

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(e) Grants promised for no specified

period:-

West Indies

Egypt

Sudan

MALAY STATES.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE HIGH COMMISSIONER. [Answered by No. 31.]

£250

(Miscellaneous.)

50 50

SIR,

£350

Andrew

£1,000

(f) Special grant from Mr.

Carnegie for six years from 1911-12

to 1916-17

No. 5.

IMPERIAL BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY to COLONIAL OFFICE.

(Received 24th February, 1915.)

[Answered by No. 7.]

British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road,

London, S.W., 23rd February, 1915.

I HAVE the honour to report that the Stegomyia survey of the Far East, which was undertaken by this Bureau at the instance of the Government of India, has not progressed so satisfactorily as was anticipated.

2. This state of affairs is mainly due to the fact that the information and assistance which were promised to us by the various foreign Governments posSESS- ing Colonies in the Far East have not so far materialised.

3. In these circumstances, it was decided by our Finance Sub-Committee at a recent meeting that it was desirable that some special officer should be appointed for the purpose of visiting the more important ports along the trade routes which converge on Singapore from the East, so that he might collect and study the mos. quitoes in each place, and thus enable us to ascertain the ports in which there is a possibility of yellow fever becoming established, if introduced.

4. It is clearly desirable that the officer to be appointed should be a man having a good knowledge of Eastern mosquitoes, as well as some practical experience of life and conditions in the Far East, and the Sub-Committee decided that the most suitable man for the purpose would be Dr. A. T. Stanton, Bacteriologist at the Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, if his services can be spared by the Government of the Federated Malay States.

5. The funds that the Bureau has available for an investigation of this kind are limited, and the Sub-Committee therefore expressed a hope that the Malay States Government might be willing to share the cost of the inquiry. In this con- nexion it may be pointed out that the matter is one of the very highest importance The serious risk of the introduction of yellow fever to the Federated Malay States. into the East upon the opening of the Panama Canal has already been fully recog- nized by the Government of India, and it is clear that the Malay States are even more exposed to this danger, both owing to their more easterly position and to the convergence of so many trade routes at Singapore.

6. The ports which it would appear advisable to examine as soon as possible are: Batavia, Samarang, and Soerabaya; Makassar; Labuan; Saigon, Turan, and Hai-phong; Bangkok; Canton, Fu-Chau, and Shanghai; and Nagasaki, Kobe, and Yokohama.

Downing Street, 1st March, 1915.

I HAVE the honour to transmit to you, for your consideration, a copy of a letter from the Director of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology, on the subject of the Stegomyia survey in the Far East.

2. I regard this survey as a matter of much importance, in view of the danger of yellow fever being imported into India, the Malay States, and other British Possessions in the Far East, and I am of the opinion that it should be pressed on with as quickly as possible.

3. The Bureau specially asks for the services of Dr. A. T. Stanton, and I trust that the Government of the Malay States will see their way to lending this officer temporarily for the work proposed: The Director indicates in his letter that the Federated Malay States and the Straits Settlements are particularly exposed to danger, and I need not emphasize the importance of taking steps to meet that danger before it is too late. "You will no doubt bear this aspect of the question in mind when considering the suggestion that the Malay States and the Straits Settle- ments Governments should bear a share of the cost of the proposed investigation.

4. I have to request that you will be good enough to inform me without delay whether Dr. Stanton is willing to undertake this work for the Bureau, and, if so, whether the Malay States Government can place his services at the disposal of the Bureau. Assuming that he can be spared, I should be glad to know how soon he could begin the work, and what is the maximum period for which he could be allowed to interrupt his ordinary duties. It would also be most useful if you would consult Dr. Stanton; and furnish an estimate (preferably in detail) of the expenditure which will be involved, on the assumption that the period of the inves- tigation will be six months. The expenditure might be shown under three heads--- travelling, subsistence, and equipment.

5. If Dr. Stanton undertakes this work, I presume that he will continue to draw his normal salary as Bacteriologist at the Research Institute at Kuala Lumpur.

6. In replying to this despatch you will no doubt say to what extent the Malay States and Straits Settlements Governments would be prepared to share the expenses of the investigation.

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No. 7.

I have, &c.,

L. HARCOURT.

COLONIAL OFFICE to THE IMPERIAL BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY. Downing Street, 1st March, 1915.

SIR,

I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Harcourt to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 23rd of February, relating to the Stegomyia survey in the Far East, and to transmit to you for your information a copy of a despatcht which is being sent to the High Commissioner of the Malay States on this subject.

2. A further communication will be sent to you when a reply is received from the High Commissioner.

I am, &c.,

H. J. READ, for the Under-Secretary of State.

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No. 8.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE HIGH COMMISSIONER

AND GOVERNORS.

[Answered by Nos. 16, 18, 21, 23, 24, 26, and 35.]

(Malay States.)

(Straits Settlements.)

(Hong Kong)

(Mauritius.)

(Seychelles.)

(Fiji.)

(Ceylon.)

(Miscellaneous.)

Downing Street, 3rd March, 1915. SIR,

It will be within your recollection that, when the Imperial Bureau of Ento- mology was formed at the beginning of 1912, your Government undertook to make an annual contribution of [£100] [£50] [£50] [£50] [£25] [£50] [¤100 } towards its upkeep for three years. The period for which this contribution was guaranteed expires at the end of the year 1915 (1915-16), and the Managing Com- mittee of the Bureau have represented to me that the question of financing the Bureau after this year should be now considered.

2. It was hoped that the question of placing the Bureau on a permanent basis might have been discussed at the Conference of the Official Entomologists of the Empire which it was proposed to hold in London next summer; but circumstances have arisen which render it impracticable to hold such a Conference. The Com- mittee have suggested that, pending an opportunity for such a discussion, the grants which have been made by the Imperial Treasury and the Indian, Dominion, and Colonial Governments for three years from 1912 should be renewed for a further period of three years (1916 to 1918).

3. I am entirely in accord with this suggestion, and I have to recommend it There can, I think, be no doubt that the for your consideration and approval.

Bureau has more than justified itself by the excellent work which it has carried out, and I do not believe that any of the Governments which have hitherto contributed towards its upkeep will wish to withdraw their support. The report on the work of the Bureau for 1914 has just been issued as a Parliamentary Paper,* and copies are being sent to you; but I enclose one copy for reference with this despatch, and I need not do more than invite attention to the full statement there given.

4. I trust that your Government will agree to a renewal of their contribution for three years from 1916 inclusive; and, as I am anxious to communicate with the Committee at an early date on this subject, I should be glad if you would be good enough to reply to this despatch without delay

I have, &c.,

L. HARCOURT.

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Committee of the Bureau have suggested that, pending an opportunity for such a discussion, the grants which have been made by the Imperial Treasury and the Indian, Dominion, and Colonial Governments for three years from 1912 should be renewed for a further period of three years (1916 to 1918).

3. Mr. Harcourt is entirely in accord with this suggestion, and, having regard to the excellent work performed by the Bureau, he does not suppose that any of the Governments which have hitherto contributed toward its upkeep will wish to withdraw their support. The report on the work of the Bureau for 1914 has just been issued as a Parliamentary Paper,* and copies are being sent to you; but I enclose one copy for reference with this despatch, and I need not do more than invite attention to the full statement there given.

4. Mr. Harcourt trusts that Lord Crewe will concur in his view as to the usefulness of the Bureau, and that he will recommend to the Indian Government that their contribution should be renewed for three years from 1916 inclusive.

I am, &c.,

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SIR,

No. 10.

COLONIAL OFFICE to FOREIGN OFFICE. [Answered by No. 12.]

H. W. JUST.

Downing Street, 3rd March, 1915. In a letter dated the 25th August, 1913,† a request was made by Mr. Secretary Harcourt, on the recommendation of the Managing Committee of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology, that Secretary Sir E. Grey would be good enough to ask certain foreign Governments to furnish the Bureau with information as to the distribution of mosqunces, and, in particular, of Stegomyia, in their possessions in the Pacific and the Far East.

2. As a result of representations made through His Majesty's Ambassadors at Paris, Berlin, Tokio, and Washington, and His Majesty's Minister at the Hague, promises of co-operation were received from the French, German, Japanese, American, and Netherlands Governments. Mr. Harcourt understands from the Managing Committee of the Burean that little or no information and no collections of mosquitoes have been received from these Governments; and, as the question is one of much importance in relation to the spread of yellow fever, he would be obliged if Sir E. Grey would instruct His Majesty's representatives at Paris, Tokio, and the Hague to invite the attention of the French, Japanese, and Netherlands Govern- ments to the previous correspondence on the subject, and to ask those Governments to take such action as is possible in the matter.

I am, &c.,

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No. 11.

H. W. JUST.

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SIR,

No. 9.

COLONIAL OFFICE to INDIA OFFICE.

[Answered by No. 32.]

Downing Street, 3rd March, 1915.

I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Harcourt to request you to invite the atten- tion of the Marquess of Crewe to the fact that the annual contribution of £500 guaranteed by the Indian Government for three years to the Imperial Bureau of Entomology expires at the end of the year 1915.

2. It was hoped that the question of placing the Bureau on a permanent basis might have been discussed at the Conference of the Official Entomologists of the Empire which it was proposed to hold in London next summer; but circumstances have arisen which render it impracticable to hold such a Conference. The Managing

* Colonial Reports (Annual), No. 884.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNORS-GENERAL AND GOVERNORS.

[Answered by Nos. 15, 20, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30, 33, 34, 36, and 45.] (Canada. No. 190.)

(Union of South Africa. No. 141.)

(Commonwealth of Australia. No. 130.)

(New Zealand. No. 104.) (Newfoundland. No. 103.) (Queensland. No. 22.)

(New South Wales. No. 30.) (Victoria. No. 19.)

(South Australia. No. 46.)

(Western Australia, No. 16.)

(Tasmania. No. 19.)

[SIR,] [MY LORD,]

Downing Street, 4th March, 1915.

I HAVE the honour to request that [Your Royal Highness] [Your Excellency! [you] will be good enough to invite the attention of your Ministers to a suggestion