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Professor Munro, Imperial College (insecticides)
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Experts on Cooperatives ?London Cooperative Society Sir John Boyd Orr, M. P., Director General F.A.0. Sir Frank Stockdale, Adviser on Development Planning.
FORESTRY
This is a complex!!
Prewar
HORTICULTURE COMPLEX.
A Botanical and Forestry Department Superintendent: F. Flippance (max. salary £900)
Tamworth, B.Sc. Oxford (Forestry)
Asst.
Suggested New Set-up:
A Gardens Department
A Forestry Department or sub-department
if agreed then :-
*EITHER Mr. Flippance relinquishes his control of Forestry
and his post of Agricultural Adviser to which he was gazetted on 24th September, 1940, and becomes Superintendent of Gardens and ?Horticultural Adviser on City Planning, OR he is trans- ferred to another Colony (there does not seem to be a suitable vacancy Trinidad not enough salary; Peradeniya Parsons is retiring or has retired but the job is too good for F.) There is plenty of work for F. in Hong Kong but he does not love me because he followed me in 1938 (after I had acted Supt. for five months) and was given two new "babies" to carry; one of these he was compelled to nurture, to his disgust, and the other he allowed to die, to my disgust. I have spoken to John Gilmour and he has discussed this in brief with Sir Edward Salisbury. J.G. suggests that the C.O. might invite Sir Edward's comments on this problem. In any case Flippance cannot remain as Agricultural Adviser if I am appointed to the post as suggested, so some action is necessary.
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FORESTRY:
Mr. Tamworth would, I am sure, be willing to act as head of the forestry sub-department under my leadership. He was with me in 1937-1938 for a short time when first appointed and there were no difficulties. It might be advisable for him to take a short refresher course in new methods of afforestation especially in respect to nursery management and plantation establishment!
Neither of these men has as yet made contact with Kew!
B. Research Stations, Scientists and Officials
Seen:
Sir Edward Salisbury
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Director, Kew,
John Gilmour Assistant Director, Kew,
Professor F. T. Brooks Cambridge.
To See:
Sir Edward Salisbury again
Sir Geoffrey Evans
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Economic Botanist, Kew,
Dr. M. A. H. Tincker R.H.S. Gardens, Wisley,
Director and Staff, Forests Products Research Laboratory,
Princes Risborough,
? W. A. Robertson, Forestry Adviser, C.O.
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