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A large number of valuable papers have been put out by the Min- 

 istry of Agriculture in several series. An Agricultural Journal of 

 Egypt was published from 1911 to 1920, and in 1923 a new series 

 was started monthly printed in Arabic only. A New Annual Series 

 in English was started in 1923 and continued for two years, when it 

 was stopped. 



A series of technical and scientific bulletins was begun in 1916. 

 Eighty-five numbers were published down to 1928, of which 33 were 

 concerned with economic entomology. These technical bulletins, 

 whose authors included Messrs. Storey, Gough, Williams, Bishara, 

 Iscandar, Hall, and Mellor, cover a large field. 



There is, in addition, a short series of entomological pamphlets and 

 a long series of Agricultural Circulars. Of 99 of these, beginning 

 with March, 191 1, and continuing until December, 1925, 27 are con- 

 cerned with economic entomology. 



In addition to these publications, members of the scientific staff 

 have published occasional articles in the Bulletin of Entomological 

 Research in England. 



Doctor Gough, who was head of the service for so many years, was 

 concerned mainly in matters of administration but published some 

 sound papers on the life history of the pink boll worm and on its 

 dispersion in Egypt. He also published an important key to the iden- 

 tifications of the scorpions of Egypt. 



Mr. Storey seems to have occupied himself principally in regard 

 to control measures for the pink bollworm and published papers on 

 the treatment of cotton seed and a general paper (in 1921) entitled 

 " The Present Situation with Regard to the Control of the Pink Boll- 

 worm in Egypt." 



Doctor Hall, during his seven years residence, seems to have 

 worked principally with scale insects. He published as one of his 

 first papers an account of the liibiscus mealy-bug, and in 1924 issued 

 a paper on the insect pests of Citrus trees in Egypt. In 1925 he pub- 

 lished notes on Egyptian Coccidae with descriptions of new species, 

 and in 1926 a paper entitled "A Contribution to the Knowledge of the 

 Coccidae of Egypt." The same year there were published over his 

 name two pamphlets, the one relating to the hibiscus mealy-bug with 

 notes on the introduction of Cryptolacnius uioiitroiisicri and the other 

 one notes on the Aphididae of Egypt. 



Mr. Kirkpatrick published one ornithological paper and a large and 

 important work entitled " The Mosquitoes of Egypt " which was done 

 under the auspices of the Antimalaria Commission. It was a large 

 work of more than 200 pages, fully illustrated with figures and maps. 



