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To fill the vacancy created in the post of Assistant for India in 

 the Herbarium at Kew by the transfer of Mr. J. Hutchinson 

 (p. 236), the Secretary of State for India in Council has re- 

 appointed, temporarily, Mr. S. T. Dunn, B.A., F.L.S., who 



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We learn that Mr. R. S. Troup, Assistant Inspector General 

 of Forests, India, has been elected Professor of Forestry in the 

 University of Oxford. 



We learn that Mr. H. E. Jones, a student in the Imperial 

 College of Science, has been appointed Mycologist to the Ministry 

 of Agriculture, Egypt. 



We learn that Mr. H. B. Sharpe, a former member of the 

 gardening staff at Kew, and for some time Plant Import Inspector 

 in the East Africa Protectorate, has been appointed by the 

 Secretary of State for the Colonies an Assistant District Com- 

 missioner in the East Africa Protectorate. 



We learn that Mr. Alec Holm, Under-Secretary to the Ministry 

 of Agriculture, Union of South Africa, and lately in charge of 

 the Experimental Farm, Potchefstroom, has been appointed by 

 the Secretary of State for the Colonies Director of Agriculture, 

 East Africa Protectorate. 



The following appointments have been made by the Secretary 

 of State for the Colonies on the recommendation of Kew : 



East Africa Protectorate : — 



Mr. W. H. Birchenough, to be Tropical Agricultural 

 Instructor. 



Messrs. F. B. Butler and J. Sparrow, members of the 

 gardening staff at Kew, to be Agricultural Instructors. 



Mr. C. B. Ussiier, formerly a member of the gardening staff at 

 Kew, to be Horticulturist. 



Uganda ; — 



Messrs. P. Chandler and C. Hazel, members of the gardening 

 staff at Kew, to be Assistant District Agricultural Officers. 



Nyasaland : 



Messrs. A. M. Henderson, T. J. Shaw and D. Prain, to be 



Agriculturists in the Department of Agriculture. 



Gold Coast ; 



Mr. W. C. Fishlock, formerly a member of the gardening 

 ataff at Kew, and for several years" Curator of the Botanic Station 

 in the Virgin Islands, to be a Senior Curator in the Department 



of Agriculture. 



