11 Is'ov., 1918.] 



Weevil Pest of Grain. 



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THE AVEEVIL PEST OF GRAIN. 



Summary of Proceedings of Conference held in Melbourne, ' 

 October 15th, 1918. 



The following were present : — 



Professor D. Orme Masson, F.R.S., Deputy Chairman of the 

 Commonwealth Advisory Council of Science and Industry, 

 in the chair ; 



Mr. Love, British Wheat Commissioner; 



Representatives of the Australian Wheat Board : Mr. H. G. D. 

 Darling, Mr. G. C. Boehme, and Mr. H. A. Pitt 

 (Manager) ; 



Representatives of the Advisory Council Grain Pests Com- 

 mittee: Mr. L. RossELL (Chairman), Mr. W. W. Froggatt 

 (Government Entomologist, ISTew South Wales) ; 



Representatives of the Victorian Wheat Board : Hon. D. 

 S. Oman, M.L.A. (Minister for Agriculture), Hon. W. 

 Kendell, M.L.C, Messrs. Baker and Sibbald; 



Representatives of the Victorian Department of Agriculture : 

 Dr. S. S. Cameron, Mr. A. E. V. Richardson, and Mr. C 

 French (Government Entomologist) ; 



Representatives of South Australian Wheat Weevil Committee: 

 Dr. W. A. Hargreaves (Chairman), Mr. A. M. Lea (Go- 

 vernment Entomologist), Mr. D. C. Winterbottom (Super- 

 visor) ; 



Dr. W. H, Green and Mr. W. B. Alexander (Secretary). 



The Chairman welcomed the delegates on behalf of Senator Russell, 

 Chairman of the Advisory Council and of the Australian Wheat Board, 

 who had summoned the Conference. He briefly outlined the position, 

 pointing out that the Advisory Council, at the request of the Royal 

 Society of London, received through the Commonwealth Govei-nment, 

 had appointed a Special Committee to undertake researches. The 

 Special Committee had outlined a scheme of investigation, and had 

 suggested that the Australian Wheat Board should provide the neces- 

 sary funds; but the Wheat Board had been unable to make a grant for 

 this purpose. It was understood that the Wheat Weevil Committee 



