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carried on jointly by the Fruit Brancli and the Entomological Department of the 

 Agricultural 'College, whose teachers direct the work of the inspectors in addi- 

 tion to carrying on the educational and investigatory work in the Province. In 

 1!)13 the very necessary step of appointing a Provincial Entomologist was taken, 

 and Mr. Lawson Caesar, who had carried on for several years the duties of such an 

 office with commendable zeal and success was appointed to the position. His recent 

 promotion to be Associate Professor of Entomology in the Agricultural College is 

 a deserved reward for the excellent practical work which our fellow member is 

 carrying on. I hove no hesitation in saying that the provincial entomological organ- 

 ization in Ontario, under Profesv?or Caesar, who directs an excellent staff of in- 

 spectors, Avill not suffer from comparison with similar services in the states to the 

 soutili of us. 



Britiak Columbia. 



As early as 1887 the Eev. George W. Taylor, whose subsequent reputation as 

 an entomologist was by no means confined to this country, was appointed Honorary 

 Provincial Entomologist of British Columbia, but 1 am inclined to believe that the 

 duties were more along the line? of systematic than applied entomology. Owing 

 no doubt to the fact that a considerable proportion of the people who settled in 

 the Pacific coast province came out from England, and because of the rich and 

 attractive insect fauna which was discovered there, we find that entomology has 

 always had a number of zealous devotees in the province, among whom may be 

 mentioned the names of Taylor, Harvey, Hanham and Day. In spite of the tem- 

 porary suspension in 1908 of the activities of the British Columbia Entomological 

 Society, which was started in 1901 and affiliated with out society in 1905, the 

 interest in entomology did not die out, for the society Avas resuscitated throug'h the 

 energetic efforts of Mr. E. C. Treherne in 1911. 



During this period a change in the public estimation of entomology in the 

 province has been brought about. Formerly it signified the collection of insects 

 and their study; now it involves not only this systematic aspect but a consideration 

 of the practical bearing of insect life upon human activities. I have no hesitation 

 in saying that with the co-ordination of these two independent sections of entomo- 

 logical work entomology in British Columbia has a firm establishment, and the 

 present growing society will not suffer the fate of the former society, which had 

 not the same amount of human interest in the subject. 



For this entomologicaJ revival in British Columbia much credit is due to 

 Mr. Treherne, who, as an officer of the Dominion Entomological Service, was sent 

 out to take charge of the work in that province in 1911, and in 1912 commenced 

 a series of investigations at the Dominion Entomological Field Station established 

 that year at Agassiz. 



The applied entomological work of the Provincial Government has, until a 

 year or two ago, taken the form of the administration of legislation having for its 

 object the prevention of the introduction of insect pests into the province. Great 

 praise is due the Province for its activities in this important direction. Follow- 

 ing the organization of the fruit-growers about twenty-five years ago, the Provincial 

 Government passed the Horticultural Board Act in 1894, under which a Provincial 

 Inspector of Fruit Pests Avas appointed. This oflficer's duties were somevVhat exten- 

 sive; they were educational, in that he was required to "hold meetings through- 

 out the Province in tlie interests of horticulture and impart such information and 



