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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOTJETIT 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  

  

  ledge 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  who 
  formerly 
  knew 
  nothing 
  about 
  

   it 
  and, 
  whether 
  from 
  innate 
  courtesy 
  or 
  from 
  real 
  feeling, 
  there 
  were 
  

   cases 
  where 
  gratitude 
  was 
  expressed 
  that 
  Government 
  had 
  taken 
  the 
  

   trouble 
  to 
  make 
  all 
  these 
  arrangements 
  for 
  their 
  benefit. 
  One 
  raiyat 
  

   at 
  least 
  stated 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  formerly 
  looked 
  on 
  Government 
  simply 
  as 
  a 
  

   tax-collector 
  but 
  had 
  now 
  been 
  most 
  happily 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  wrong. 
  

  

  The 
  Staff. 
  

  

  The 
  staff 
  used 
  in 
  this 
  campaign 
  consisted 
  of 
  three 
  Assistants, 
  three 
  

   Sub-assistants 
  from 
  my 
  section 
  and 
  two 
  Assistant 
  Farm 
  Managers 
  

   sent 
  to 
  me 
  by 
  the 
  District 
  Staff. 
  When 
  first 
  drawing 
  up 
  the 
  scheme 
  

   for 
  the 
  campaign 
  I 
  had 
  hoped 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  much 
  larger 
  number 
  of 
  men 
  at 
  

   my 
  command. 
  Things, 
  however, 
  turned 
  out 
  otherwise. 
  

  

  These 
  lecturers 
  armed 
  with 
  four 
  magic 
  lanterns 
  actually 
  addressed 
  

   meetings 
  of 
  various 
  sizes 
  in 
  570 
  Amsams, 
  or 
  villages, 
  taking 
  two-and-a- 
  

   half 
  months 
  to 
  complete 
  the 
  work. 
  

  

  Three 
  men 
  had 
  to 
  be 
  withdrawn 
  as 
  casualties 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  fever 
  or 
  

   accident. 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  was 
  also 
  called 
  away 
  for 
  other 
  work 
  in 
  another 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  Presidency 
  and 
  one 
  more 
  had 
  to 
  be 
  withdrawn 
  to 
  head- 
  

   quarters 
  as 
  the 
  new 
  term 
  at 
  the 
  College 
  was 
  about 
  to 
  begin. 
  

  

  In 
  conclusion, 
  I 
  should 
  like 
  to 
  emphasize 
  the 
  good 
  results 
  which 
  

   must 
  follow 
  from 
  a 
  campaign 
  of 
  this 
  kind. 
  Not 
  only 
  did 
  it 
  give 
  a 
  unique 
  

   opportunity 
  for 
  collecting 
  information 
  about 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  various 
  

   paddy 
  pests, 
  but 
  it 
  supplied 
  the 
  means 
  of 
  getting 
  into 
  touch 
  with 
  the 
  

   people. 
  Hundreds 
  of 
  raiyats 
  who 
  had 
  never 
  heard 
  of 
  the 
  Agricultural 
  

   Department 
  now 
  know 
  of 
  its 
  existence, 
  and 
  have 
  been 
  given 
  proof 
  that 
  

   Government 
  is 
  not 
  merely 
  a 
  tax-gatherer.* 
  

  

  Concentration 
  of 
  the 
  whole 
  energies 
  of 
  the 
  section 
  on 
  work 
  on 
  such 
  a 
  

   large 
  scale 
  naturalh'' 
  put 
  a 
  great 
  strain 
  on 
  our 
  resources 
  and 
  involved 
  the 
  

   refusal 
  of 
  help 
  in 
  many 
  isolated 
  cases 
  in 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  Presidency. 
  

   Bat 
  it 
  cannot 
  be 
  too 
  strongly 
  insisted 
  on 
  that 
  once 
  a 
  campaign 
  of 
  this 
  

   kind 
  is 
  started, 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  carried 
  through 
  to 
  the 
  end. 
  Sickness 
  and 
  

   other 
  casualties 
  cannot 
  always 
  be 
  avoided 
  but 
  men 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  with- 
  

   drawn 
  for 
  other 
  work. 
  The 
  principle 
  of 
  the 
  concentration 
  of 
  over- 
  

   whelming 
  force 
  at 
  a 
  particular 
  point 
  rather 
  than 
  the 
  dissipation 
  of 
  

   energies 
  against 
  many 
  isolated 
  objectives 
  should 
  be 
  avoided 
  as 
  much 
  in 
  

   pest 
  campaigns 
  as 
  in 
  war. 
  Although 
  we 
  had 
  only 
  one 
  opportunity 
  of 
  

   testing 
  the 
  final 
  phase 
  of 
  the 
  campaign 
  and 
  that 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  most 
  unfav- 
  

   ourable 
  circumstances, 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  is 
  justifiable 
  to 
  claim 
  that, 
  had 
  the 
  

   Spodoptera 
  attack 
  this 
  year 
  been 
  as 
  severe 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  last 
  year 
  and 
  in 
  

  

  * 
  This 
  must 
  not 
  be 
  construed 
  into 
  a 
  criticism 
  of 
  the 
  local 
  Agricultural 
  staff 
  who 
  

   bsin" 
  few 
  in 
  number 
  cannot 
  cover 
  the 
  wliolo 
  of 
  a 
  bi» 
  district 
  such 
  as 
  Malaimr. 
  

  

  