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(ENCLOSURE". 



" The Imperial College of Science and Technology desires to- 

 increase the facilities for the training of young nien for plant sanitaton 

 work especially in the Tropics. The Department of Botany in the 

 College, of which Plant Pathology forms a part, is overcrowded, and 

 it has not been found possibe Uiaving regard to the commitments in 

 respect of other departments of the College Work) to provide out of 

 existing capital the full amount of the funds necessary to place Plant 

 Pathology on a footing commensurate with the industrial importance 

 of the subject. The College has already made arrangements for the 

 maintenance of a teaching staff to deal with the subject, and to 

 vestigate the problems which are continually arising to confront those 

 who are directly concerned with plant sanitation. But the work is 

 seriously hampered by the inadequate; space and equipment which 

 can be placed at the disposal of th.^ Department. 



A sum of £18,000 is required for building and equipping the 

 laboratories, and of this sum the college is piepared to tind £lO,000, 

 while a further sum of about £i,000 has been given or promised, 

 leaving about £6,000 still to be raised. 



The College therefore appeals to those who are interested in the 

 great plant industries of the Tropics to enable it to obtain this £6,000 

 and thus to provide the means for proceeding with the work here in- 

 dicated. Furthermore, it is believed that the existence in London of 

 a trained and active laboratory staif will prove of use in helping to 

 solve in the laboratory many problems that are, for various reasons (e. 

 g. absence of suitable equipment, books etc.,) difficult to attack with 

 much hope in the field. In this, as well as in other ways, the Depart- 

 ment will continue to be of direct use to, and in direct contact with, 

 the industries aboard. 



Advisory Board : It is also anticipated that it may be possible 

 to form an Advisory Body, largely drawn from those who are directly 

 concerned in the Plant Inoustriee. This would serve as a further 

 means of ensuring that the Pathological Department was placed in 

 immediate contact with the current needs of research, and would add 

 to its usefulness. 



Nomination of Students : In view of the influx of students which 

 has now rendered immediate expansion necessary, it is evident that 

 a selection must be made for admission, and it is recognised as 

 reasonable that qualified students nominated by those who may have 

 contributed towards the defraying of the expenses that must be in- 

 curred, should have prior claims to attend the courses of training they 

 wish to join. 



Donations or subscriptions to the funJ for the Plant Pathological 

 Department may be sent to. 



The Rector of the Imperial College, 



Souih Kensington^ 



