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which has been made by the Managing Committee of the Imperial Bureau of Ento- mology with regard to the financing of the Bureau after the end of the current year. 2. It will be within the recollection of your Ministers that, when the Bureau was formed at the beginning of 1912, they undertook to make an annual contribution [To Canada, Union of South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Newfoundland only:-of [£500] [£350] [£200][£200] [£50]] towards its upkeep for three years. [To Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania only:--In the case of the six State Governments of Australia, it was arranged that the total contribution should be £300, divided between the States on a population basis]. The period for which the contribution was guaranteed expires at the end of the year 1915 (1915-16), and the Managing Committee have repre- sented to me that the question of financing the Bureau after this year should he now considered.
3. 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).
4. I am entirely in accord with this suggestion, and I wish to recommend it for the consideration and approval of your Ministers. There can, I think, be no doubt that the 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 Parlia- mentary Paper,* and copies are being sent to you; but I enclose one copy for refer- ence with this despatch, and I need not do more than invite attention to the full statement there given.
5. 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 as soon as possible on this subject, I should be obliged if I could receive a reply to this despatch at an early date.
I have, &c.,
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L. HARCOURT.
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Foreign Affairs, stating that he is again requesting the Minister of Colonies to hasten the inquiry on the subject of Stegomyia in the Netherland Indies.
I have, &c.,
The Right Honourable
Sir Edward Grey, Bart., K.G., M.P.,
&c.,
&c.,
MONSIEUR LE MINISTRE,
&c.
ALAN JOHNSTONE,
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères,
La Haye, le 17 mars 1915. En réponse à l'office de Votre Excellence du 12 de ce mois, et en me référant aux notes-verbales de ce Ministère du 10 mars et 13 juin 1914, Nos. 4908 et 12197, j'ai l'honneur de porter à votre connaissance que je m'adresse derechef au Ministre des Colonies avec prière de bien vouloir activer l'enquête au sujet du stegomyia aux Indes-Néerlandaises.
Veuillez agréer, etc.,
Son Excellence
Sir Alan Johnstone,
etc..
etc.,
etc.
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SIR,
No. 13.
J. LOUDON.
COLONIAL OFFICE to THE IMPERIAL BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY.
Downing Street, 24th March, 1915. I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Harcourt to inform you that the suggestion has recently been made to him by the President of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries that the Board should be directly represented on the Managing Committee of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology.
2. Mr. Harcourt is of the opinion that the closer the co-operation of the Board with the Bureau the more satisfactory will be the results, and he has therefore replied to the President, agreeing to the suggestion. He understands that Mr. J. C. F. Fryer, Entomological Inspector of the Board, will be nominated as its representative on the Committee.
3. It is presumed that Mr. Fryer's name will be added to the list of the Com- mittee in the publications of the Bureau, and that you will arrange for him to receive copies of the publications which are sent to the other members of the Committee.
No. 12.
FOREIGN OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received 24th March, 1915.)
[Copy to Imperial Bureau of Entomology, 29th March, 1915. L.F.]
THE Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs presents his compliments
to the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, and, by direction of the Secretary of State, transmits herewith copy of a letter from His Majesty's Minister at the Hague.
Foreign Office,
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I am, &c.,
HENRY LAMBERT, for the Under-Secretary of State.
No. 14.
HONG KONG.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
(Received 5th April, 1915.)
Government House, Hong Kong, 17th February, 1915.
IN continuation of my despatch No. 324, of the 18th September,* I have the honour to transmit the enclosed copy of a report by the Government Bacteriologist, summarising the results obtained in 1914 in the investigation of mosquitoes.
I have, &c.,
F. H. MAY,
24th March, 1915.
Reference to previous correspondence: Letter to Foreign Office: 3rd March (6896/15).†
(No. 56.)
SIR,
Enclosure in No. 12.
(No. 319. Commercial.)
SIR,
The Hague, 18th March, 1915. WITH reference to your despatch No. 166, Commercial, of the 10th instant, I have the honour to transmit copy of a note from the Netherlands Minister for
† No. 10.
* Colonial Reports (Annual), No. 884.
*No. 130 in Miscellaneous No. 200.
Governor, &c.
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