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The scheme was accepted by the various self-governing Do- 

 minions and Colonies which were invited to co-operate, and the 

 Crow^n-Colonies and British Protectorates will also participate in 

 the advantages of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology which has 

 now been established. The former Entomological Research Com- 

 mittee has become the Honorary Committee of Management, with 

 the eminent administrator, the Earl of Cromer, as President, and 

 the Scientific Secretary of the Committee, Mr. Guy A. K. Marshall, 

 has been made Director of the Bureau and Editor of the Journal. 

 The Government Entomologists of the Dominions are ex-officio 

 members of the Committee of Management. 



The publication of the Bureau's journal, which is entitled 

 '"The Revieiv of Applied Entomology,'' was commenced in January. 

 It is being published in two parts: Series A, Agricultural; and 

 Series B, Medical and Veterinary. As the organization and library 

 of the Bureau becomes perfected, the value of this journal to ento- 

 mological workers cannot be overestimated, when it is remembered 

 that there are no less than 1700 periodicals — scientific, agricultural 

 and medical — which may contain articles dealing with entomology, 

 but a small proportion of which widely scattered entomologists 

 have the opportunity of seeing or the time to consult. 



An idea of one aspect of the three years' work of the original 

 Entomological Research Committee will be gathered from the fact 

 that the collections received from collectors in tropical Africa and 

 other parts of the world during that time amounted to about 

 190,000 insects, of which no less than 56,000 were actual or poten- 

 tial disease carriers. The value of this function of the Bureau to 

 •entomologists situated in portions of the Empire where there are no 

 collections and little literature to aid them in identification will be 

 realized by their more fortunate fellow-workers. 



It has been stated that the Imperial Bureau of Entomology 

 Avill serve the needs of the British Empire in a manner similar to 

 that in which the United States Bureau of Entomology serves those 

 of the United States. This statement, however, is not correct. 

 Its primary function will be that of an intelligence Bureau, collect- 

 ing information for the use of British countries supporting it and 

 assisting entomologists and other officials in those countries in the 

 identification of their material. Bv these methods which have 



