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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOrHTH 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  

  

  ing 
  tlie 
  necessity 
  of 
  correctness 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  matter, 
  but 
  such 
  incorrect 
  dates 
  

   of 
  publication 
  may 
  lead 
  to 
  errors 
  later 
  on, 
  and 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  desirable 
  to 
  call 
  

   your 
  attention 
  to 
  such 
  cases 
  now. 
  The 
  fact 
  that 
  a 
  Journal 
  bears 
  a 
  parti- 
  

   cular 
  date 
  on 
  its 
  cover 
  is 
  no 
  proof 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  actually 
  published 
  at 
  that 
  

   time 
  ; 
  the 
  actual 
  date 
  of 
  publication 
  is 
  the 
  earliest 
  date 
  on 
  which 
  such 
  a 
  

   Journal 
  is 
  accessible 
  to 
  the 
  public 
  by 
  purchase. 
  I 
  may 
  add 
  that 
  in 
  my 
  

   annual 
  list 
  of 
  publications 
  on 
  Indian 
  Entomology 
  the 
  dates 
  quoted 
  

   against 
  papers 
  are 
  the 
  actual 
  dates 
  of 
  publication 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  this 
  can 
  be 
  

   ascertained. 
  / 
  

  

  No 
  International 
  Conference 
  of 
  Entomologists 
  has 
  been 
  held 
  since 
  1912 
  

   and 
  I 
  have 
  heard 
  of 
  no 
  proposals 
  regarding 
  the 
  next 
  Conference. 
  An 
  

   Imperial 
  Entomological 
  Conference 
  attended 
  by 
  delegates 
  from 
  the 
  self- 
  

   governing 
  Dominions 
  and 
  Colonies 
  within 
  the 
  Empire, 
  was, 
  however, 
  

   held 
  in 
  London 
  in 
  June 
  1920, 
  and 
  a 
  report 
  of 
  this 
  Conference 
  is 
  laid 
  on 
  

   the 
  table 
  for 
  your 
  information. 
  I 
  was 
  selected 
  to 
  attend 
  to 
  represent 
  

   India 
  but, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  difficulty 
  of 
  obtaining 
  a 
  passage 
  to 
  England, 
  I 
  

   was 
  unable 
  to 
  go 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Beeson, 
  who 
  was 
  then 
  in 
  England 
  on 
  leave, 
  

   attended 
  the 
  meetings 
  and 
  will, 
  I 
  hope, 
  give 
  us 
  some 
  further 
  account 
  of 
  

   it, 
  the 
  published 
  report 
  being 
  disappointingly 
  scanty. 
  The 
  main 
  purpose 
  

   of 
  the 
  Conference, 
  if 
  we 
  may 
  judge 
  from 
  the 
  Resolutions 
  passed, 
  

   appears 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  to 
  place 
  the 
  Imperial 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Entomology 
  

   on 
  a 
  more 
  substantial 
  financial 
  foundation 
  and 
  to 
  this 
  end 
  India 
  has 
  

   been 
  asked 
  to 
  increase 
  her 
  annual 
  contribution 
  from 
  £500 
  to 
  £1,000 
  

   for 
  the 
  next 
  five 
  years, 
  after 
  which 
  period 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  modifying 
  

   the 
  amount 
  may 
  again 
  be 
  raised. 
  

  

  No 
  further 
  general 
  legislation 
  regarding 
  insect 
  pests 
  has 
  taken 
  place 
  

   during 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  years. 
  The 
  regulations 
  regarding 
  the 
  importation 
  

   of 
  plants 
  into 
  India 
  have 
  continued 
  to 
  be 
  carried 
  out 
  by 
  the 
  Customs 
  Staff 
  

   at 
  the 
  specified 
  Ports 
  of 
  Entry, 
  but 
  at 
  Bombay, 
  owing 
  to 
  complaints 
  

   regarding 
  treatment 
  of 
  plants 
  during 
  the 
  process 
  of 
  disinfection, 
  a 
  Ipcal 
  

   inspector 
  has 
  been 
  appointed 
  to 
  assist 
  in 
  the 
  fumigation 
  of 
  plant 
  imports. 
  

   The 
  year 
  1919, 
  however, 
  saw 
  the 
  passing 
  into 
  law 
  and 
  into 
  working 
  of 
  

   Madras 
  Act 
  III, 
  which, 
  to 
  quote 
  from 
  its 
  title, 
  is 
  an 
  Act 
  for 
  the 
  prevention 
  

   of 
  the 
  spread 
  of 
  insect 
  pests, 
  plant 
  diseases 
  and 
  noxious 
  weeds. 
  This 
  

   Act 
  has 
  been 
  applied 
  in 
  the 
  Coimbatore 
  district 
  to 
  control 
  pests 
  (princi- 
  

   pally 
  Platyedra 
  gossypiella) 
  of 
  Cambodia 
  cotton 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Ballard 
  is, 
  I 
  

   hope, 
  going 
  to 
  give 
  us 
  an 
  interesting 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  practical 
  working. 
  

  

  With 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  Resolutions 
  passed 
  at 
  our 
  Third 
  Meeting 
  no 
  action 
  

   was 
  required 
  on 
  Resolution 
  I. 
  Resolution 
  II, 
  dealing 
  with 
  the 
  necessity 
  

   for 
  legislation 
  concerning 
  importation 
  of 
  bees 
  and 
  bee 
  products 
  has 
  been 
  

   rejected 
  by 
  Government 
  for 
  the 
  time 
  being. 
  The 
  whole 
  question 
  of 
  

   the 
  improvement 
  of 
  bee-keeping 
  in 
  India 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  one 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  put 
  up 
  

  

  