Reports to the Foreign Office, 157 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 



IZrd Angust, 1901. 



To Sir T. H. Sanderson, G.C.B., K.C.M.G., 

 Foreign Office, Downing Street. 



Sir, — I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter 

 of yesterday's date enclosing a copy of a dispatch from His Majesty's 

 Acting Agent and Consul-Genera I in Egypt relative to the ravages 

 committed in the Sudan by the White Ant. 



In reply I have to state that Kew is not in possession of anything but 

 the most general information on the subject and is therefore unable to 

 furnish any advice which would be of any practical utility to Sir Rennell 

 Rodd. I have forwarded the correspondence to the Director of the 

 Natural History Museum, South Kensington, and requested him to examine 

 the question and communicate with you. 



I am, etc., 

 (Signed) W. T. Thiselton-Dyeu. 



British Museum (Nafc. Hist.), 



Cromwell Road, S.W., 



Itli September, 1901. 

 To Sir T. H. Sanderson, G.C.B., 

 Foreign Office, S.W. 



Sir, — I am directed by Professor Eay Lankester to acknowledge 

 the receipt of your letter of the 22nd ult. addressed to the Director of the 

 Royal Gardens, Kew, enclosing copy of a despatch.from His Majesty's Acting 

 Agent and Consul-General in Egypt, relative to the ravages committed in 

 the Sudan by the White Ant. 



I am to state, for the information of the Marquess of Lansdowne, that 

 Professor Ray Lankester is giving his attention to the question, and that 

 he will further communicate with you in regard to the matter. 



I am, etc., 

 (Signed) 0. E. Fagan. 



British Museum (Nat. Hist.), 



Cromwell Road, S.W., 



5th November, 1901. 



To Sir T. H. Sanderson, G.C.B.. 

 Foreign Office, S.W. 



Sir, — Referring to your letter of 22nd August last to the Director 

 of the Royal Gardens, Kew, and to my acknowledgment of the 7th of 

 September, relative to a despatch from His Majesty's Acting Agent and 

 Consul-General in Egypt on the subject of the ravages committed in the 

 Sudan by the White Ant, I have the honour to enclose herewith, for the 

 information of the Marquess of Lansdowne, a report prepared by Mr. F. V. 

 Theobald, of this Department, on the Termites or White Ants, dealing 

 generally with their prevention and destruction. 



I am, etc., 

 (Signed) E. Ray Lankester. 



