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destruction, and, among other things, he investigated the South 

 African ticks that carry diseases of domestic animals. 



Two other South African colonies, namely Natal and Transvaal, 

 soon started work in this direction. Claude Fuller (brought from 

 Australia, where he had done excellent work) was placed in charge 

 of the work in Natal, and C. B. Simpson of the United States Bureau 

 of Entomology was sent out to take charge of the new work in the 

 new colony of the Transvaal. Fuller was an excellent man, and has 

 remained with the service all these years. (He died in late 1928 as 

 a result of an automobile accident.) He was not given good laboratory 

 facilities for a long time, but the work that he turned out was sound 

 and established an excellent reputation. Simpson did admirably from 

 the start. He took hold of the existing problems with energy, enthusi- 

 asm, and tact. He secured the confidence of the people at once. He 

 conducted investigations on the ordinary crop pests, upon the malarial 

 mosquitoes, and was finally given a large sum. amounting to $60,000. 

 for locust destruction. His death from typhoid fever, which occurred 

 in the autumn of 1906, was a great loss to the Transvaal and a great 

 loss to economic entomology. He was succeeded by C. P. Hardcnberg, 

 also from the United States Bureau of Entomology. Later, W. Moore 

 was made Entomologist at the Potchefstroom School in the Trans- 

 vaal, C. P. van der Merve was made Government Entomologist and 

 Horticulturist for the Orange Free State, and C. W. Mally, also 

 from the United States, was made Government Entomologist for the 

 eastern part of Cape Colony. Lounsbury remained Government Ento- 

 mologist for Cape Colony, and was the onlv entomologist located at 

 a seaport. After a time he got an entomologist with an assistant 

 stationed at each of the four principal ports ; each school got an ento- 

 mologist, and four of them assistant entomologists as well, and a 

 considerable stafif was built up at headquarters and for temporary 

 stations. 



From the very beginning, Lounsbury had great plans, which how- 

 ever were slow in materializing. Li 1910 the four colonies of Trans- 

 vaal, Natal, Orange River, and Cape of Good Hope were united to 

 form the Union of South Africa. The Dei)artments of Agriculture 

 of the several former colonies were dissolved, and from the released 

 personnel was formed the Union Department of Agriculture with 

 headquarters at Pretoria. The colleges of the Union were brought 

 into cooperation, and the work went forward. 



At the time of Professor Lounsbury's retirement, in 1926 or 1927, 

 25 good men were connected with his organization and properly 

 placed at dififerent points. In addition, four other good men were 



