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Barber in Antigua, of J. H. Hart in Trinidad, and J. R. Bovell in 

 Barbados. The contributions made by Mr. Ballou himself during 

 that period were very important and include strong articles on insects 

 affecting cotton, sugar cane, and cacao. He also published numerous 

 shorter notes, as well as an important monograph of the insects known 

 as " cotton stainers " — true bugs of the genus Dysdercus. He con- 

 tinued work of this kind and carried it on very efficiently under the 

 same governmental position until 1922 when the Imperial College 

 of Tropical Agriculture was established at Trinidad. 'Jliis was the 

 outcome of the efforts of Sir Francis Watts, Commissioner of the 

 Imperial Department of Agriculture for the West Indies, who had 

 been advocating such an educational institution for many years. He 

 was made the first Principal of the College. The nucleus of the 

 College staff was the staff of the Imperial Department, and for the 

 first year or two this nucleus did the whole work. The College was 

 charged, in fact, with the carrying on of the work of the Imperial 

 Department, and since 1922 the Professor of Entomology (Mr. 

 Ballou) has still functioned as the Entomologist of the Department 

 of Agriculture. On the establishment of the College, he not only 

 became Professor of Entomology but carried on his work as Assistant 

 Commissioner of Agriculture for the West Indies. More recently he 

 has been appointed Commissioner of Agriculture, and still carries 

 on the duties of Professor of Entomology and all the entomological 

 w^ork for the Lesser Antilles. At the end of 1927 Mr. F. W. Urich 

 retired from the Trinidad Department of Agriculture and was ap- 

 pointed Assistant Professor of Entomology at the College. 



During the past few years the majority of the students have been 

 postgraduates, mostly from British universities and colleges of rec- 

 ognized standing, most of them going directly from college to ap- 

 pointments on existing agricultural staffs in the colonies. The insti- 

 tution is one of high standing, and fills a very useful function in the 

 British Empire, since so many of her dominions and colonies are 

 situated in the Tropics, and of course a thorough training in the 

 tropical aspects of the different agricultural sciences is necessary to 

 the experts who take positions around the world within tropical 

 limits. 



There is one more entomological officer in the British West Indies. 

 Mr. R. W. E. Tucker holds the official position of Government Ento- 

 mologist of Barbados. 



A number of other men should be mentioned in connection with 

 West Indian work, from the Rev. Landsdown Guilding who during 

 his long residence on the island of St. Vincent published a dozen 



