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eminent specialists in certain lines of study. I am also under obligation to my many 

 correspondents who have notified me of outbreaks of injurious insects and assisted 

 in carrying out experiments for controlling the same. Recognizing the great value 

 of this assistance, I endeavour to give proper credit where it is due, when circum- 

 stances demand that the various subjects should be treated of at length in the annual 

 reports. All records of observations in letters from correspondents are carefully pre- 

 served and made use of, either when received or at some future time. Every exact 

 observation is of scientific value, and frequently small facts apparently of little im- 

 portance at the time, provide missing links of great importance in working out the 

 life histories of injurious insects and devising remedies for their control. 



In conclusion, I have much pleasure in testifying to the assiduity and excellence 

 of the work performed by my assistants, Mr. J. A. Guignard, B.A., and Mr. Arthur 

 Gibson, in office hours or afterwards whenever required. 



I have the honour to be, sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



JAMES FLETCHER, 



Entomologist and Botanist. 



