PREFACE 
Wuen Gordon Hewitt came to Ottawa in the fall of 1909 
to enter upon his duties as Dominion Entomologist, he fully 
expected to return to Manchester University in a year or 
so, there to continue his researches in entomology and his 
lectures in zodlogy; but the call of Canada was not to be 
ignored: he found work for a giant to do and he bent him- 
self to his task. 
Ten years of life in office were allowed him, and, during 
that time, he had the satisfaction of developing the Do- 
minion Entomological Service from a small division, at- 
tached to the Experimental Farm, to a separate branch of 
the Department of Agriculture, with four divisions at Ot- 
tawa, and twelve laboratories throughout Canada, organ- 
ized for the purpose of watching, combating and forestall- 
ing insect injury to forests and crops. Quarantine stations 
were also established to prevent the importation of foreign 
pests. For this work, trained, scientific men were required, 
and here his enviable talent for selecting the right man for 
the place, and in using his powers to the full stood him in 
- good stead. Indeed, the relation that existed between my 
husband and his associates was like that which animates 
a group of friends, where each one gives the best that is in 
him and looks for the best in others—a bright record in 
Civil Service history of loyalty and disinterestedness. Com- 
menting on his remarkable faculty of choosing his associ- 
ates and attaching them to himself and his schemes, Doctor 
W. M. Wheeler wrote: “‘The truly remarkable record of de- 
velopment and public service exhibited by Doctor Hewitt’s 
department during the decade of his administration was 
clearly due to the unusual abilities of the man. Combin- 
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