﻿PROCEEDINGS 
  OP 
  THE 
  FOURTH 
  EN1 
  OMOLOGTCAL 
  MEETING 
  11 
  

  

  Next 
  we 
  have 
  the 
  cattle, 
  on 
  which 
  the 
  whole 
  cultivation 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  

   depends, 
  and 
  the 
  total 
  money-value 
  of 
  these 
  animals 
  may 
  be 
  estimated 
  

   at 
  Ks. 
  4,779,50,000 
  ; 
  taking 
  the 
  losses 
  in 
  live-stock 
  and 
  animal 
  labour 
  or 
  

   produce 
  (hides, 
  milk, 
  flesh, 
  eggs, 
  etc.), 
  due 
  to 
  premature 
  death, 
  debility 
  

   or 
  damage 
  caused 
  by 
  arachnids 
  and 
  insects 
  at 
  8 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  this 
  total 
  

   value, 
  we 
  find 
  an 
  annual 
  loss 
  under 
  this 
  head 
  of 
  Rs. 
  38,236,000. 
  Totalling 
  

  

  these 
  various 
  headings 
  we 
  find 
  the 
  losses 
  due 
  to 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Es. 
  

  

  Crop-pests 
  1,80,00,00,000 
  

  

  Forest-pests 
  ...••• 
  

   Human 
  diseases 
  ..... 
  

   Animal 
  diseases 
  , 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  • 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  1,25,00,000 
  

  

  10,00,00,000 
  

  

  3,82,36,000 
  

  

  2,01,07,36,000 
  

  

  or 
  in 
  all, 
  say, 
  in 
  round 
  figures 
  two 
  thousand 
  millions 
  (or 
  two 
  hundred 
  

   crores) 
  of 
  Rupees 
  every 
  year. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  think 
  that 
  these 
  figures 
  are 
  at 
  

   all 
  exaggerated 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  needless 
  to 
  add 
  that 
  they 
  disprove 
  any 
  idea 
  

   that 
  Entomology 
  is 
  a 
  minor 
  science 
  of 
  little 
  practical 
  importance. 
  If 
  

   we, 
  by 
  a 
  study 
  of 
  insects 
  and 
  by 
  practical 
  application 
  of 
  the 
  knowledge 
  

   gained 
  thereby, 
  can 
  save 
  even 
  one 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  this 
  enormous 
  wastage 
  

   of 
  the 
  national 
  wealth 
  of 
  India, 
  such 
  a 
  saving 
  would 
  more 
  than 
  justify 
  

   the 
  most 
  complete 
  expansion 
  of 
  entomological 
  work 
  that 
  we 
  can 
  possibly. 
  

  

  imagine. 
  

  

  When 
  I 
  last 
  addressed 
  you 
  two 
  years 
  ago 
  we 
  met 
  under 
  the 
  shadow 
  

   of 
  the 
  Great 
  War 
  which 
  had 
  come 
  to 
  a 
  close 
  just 
  before 
  our 
  Third 
  Meeting 
  

   and 
  which 
  for 
  over 
  four 
  years 
  had 
  filled 
  the 
  newspapers 
  with 
  lengthy 
  

   casualty 
  lists 
  and 
  details 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  struggle. 
  But 
  we 
  entomological 
  

   workers 
  are 
  still 
  living 
  under 
  the 
  shadow 
  of 
  a 
  Great 
  War, 
  a 
  strife 
  between 
  

   the 
  Insect 
  World 
  on 
  the 
  one 
  side 
  and 
  Mankind 
  and 
  his 
  possessions 
  on 
  

   the 
  other, 
  a 
  Great 
  W^ar 
  of 
  Waste 
  which 
  is 
  taking 
  place 
  every 
  day 
  not 
  

   only 
  in 
  India 
  but 
  throughout 
  the 
  whole 
  world 
  and 
  beside 
  which 
  the 
  

   Great 
  War 
  of 
  the 
  Nations 
  becomes 
  almost 
  insignificant 
  when 
  we 
  reckon 
  

   up 
  the 
  total 
  losses 
  on 
  our 
  side. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  whole 
  v^^orld 
  mankind 
  

   struggles 
  to 
  raise 
  crops 
  to 
  provide 
  food 
  for 
  his 
  wants 
  and 
  in 
  every 
  country 
  

   under 
  the 
  sun 
  his 
  crops 
  are 
  ravaged 
  by 
  insect-pests 
  and 
  he 
  himself 
  and 
  

   his 
  domestic 
  animals 
  stricken 
  with 
  diseases 
  carried 
  by 
  insects. 
  To 
  us, 
  

   as 
  entomologists, 
  such 
  a 
  statement 
  is 
  a 
  truism, 
  although, 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  abeady 
  

   said, 
  few 
  even 
  of 
  us 
  realize 
  the 
  magnitude 
  of 
  the 
  losses 
  caused 
  by 
  insects, 
  

   and 
  I 
  am 
  far 
  from 
  wishing 
  to 
  emulate 
  the 
  Bell-man 
  by 
  repeating 
  :— 
  

   " 
  / 
  have 
  said 
  it 
  thrice 
  " 
  : 
  " 
  What 
  I 
  tell 
  you 
  three 
  times 
  is 
  true." 
  However, 
  

   as 
  entomologists 
  it 
  behoves 
  us 
  to 
  try 
  to 
  educate 
  the 
  General 
  Public 
  into 
  

   some 
  realization 
  of 
  the 
  waste 
  of 
  national 
  wealth 
  due 
  to 
  insect 
  pests 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  

   with 
  this 
  object 
  in 
  view 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  addressed 
  you 
  on 
  this 
  subject. 
  

  

  