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Imported and exported fruits and fruit grown and sold in 

 the State are inspected under State regulations by a staff of 

 inspectors and the inspection of nurseries is also carried out. 



The existence of insect borne diseases in the State has 

 resulted in attention being paid to this branch of entomology 

 and at the Tropical School of Medicine at Townsville Mr. F. 

 Taylor has carried on some excellent work on blood-sucking 

 Diptera, particularly Culicidae and Tabanidae. 



Tasmania. The entomological work of the Island State is 

 conducted in conjunction with the phytopathological work and 

 advice on the control of insect pests is also given by the Fruit 

 Expert. Imported fruit is inspected and local Fruit Boards 

 administer the provisions of the Codling Moth Act. 



Western Australia. The agricultural productions of this 

 State whose cultivated lands fringe the western coast of the 

 continent consist mainly of cereals, fruit and wines. Large 

 areas suitable for the cultivation of the vine, olive and silk 

 could be opened up if labour and means of transport were 

 procurable. An Entomologist has been maintained since 1898 

 and the present occupant of the position is Mr. J. L. Norman, 

 with headquarters at Perth. An inspection service is main- 

 tained for the supervision of imported vegetation and the 

 nurseries in this State, and modern methods of dealing with 

 insect pests affecting fruit are very generally followed. 



Northern Territory. Little work on economic insects has 

 been carried out in the State owing no doubt to the lack of 

 agricultural development. But the Government Entomologist, 

 Mr. Gerald F. Hill, who is stationed at Darwin, has made some 

 valuable and interesting contributions to our knowledge of 

 the Termites. Recently he has been studying the relation of 

 blood-sucking flies to the transmission of parasitic nematode 

 worms, and he will no doubt have excellent opportunities for 

 further work on veterinary and medical entomology. 



Canada. 



The interest in each other's work and the spirit of co-opera- 

 tion that exists between Canada and the United States renders 

 an enumeration of our entomological problems unnecessary, for 

 owing to ' the fact that we share the same continental area 

 without any barrier greater than a parallel of latitude and a 



