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  OF 
  THE 
  FOrRTH 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  385 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  lists 
  of 
  plant 
  pests 
  was 
  emphasized, 
  in 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  

   triennial 
  indexes 
  of 
  the 
  Review 
  will 
  ultimately 
  cover 
  the 
  whole 
  field 
  

   comprised 
  by 
  the 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Plant 
  Pests, 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  agreed 
  that 
  the 
  

   provision 
  of 
  extra 
  staff 
  for 
  this 
  purpose 
  was 
  not 
  justified. 
  

  

  (6) 
  The 
  financial 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  was 
  considered 
  by 
  a 
  Com- 
  

   mittee 
  on 
  which 
  I 
  also 
  served. 
  Dr. 
  Marshall 
  pointed 
  out 
  that 
  in 
  view 
  

   of 
  the 
  post-war 
  inflation 
  of 
  values 
  the 
  Bureau 
  would 
  rot 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  

   carry 
  on 
  after 
  April 
  1921, 
  unless 
  the 
  funds 
  at 
  its 
  disposal 
  were 
  consider- 
  

   ably 
  increased. 
  I 
  need 
  not 
  go 
  into 
  the 
  details 
  of 
  the 
  establishment 
  

   and 
  the 
  estimates 
  of 
  the 
  expenditure. 
  The 
  staff 
  recommended 
  is 
  given 
  

   in 
  an 
  appendix 
  to 
  the 
  report 
  ; 
  the 
  expenditure 
  estimated 
  on 
  a 
  post- 
  

   war 
  basis 
  amounts 
  to 
  £13,000 
  ; 
  the 
  increased 
  amount 
  is 
  due 
  almost 
  

   entirely 
  to 
  revised 
  salaries, 
  and 
  includes 
  the 
  provision 
  of 
  three 
  new 
  

   assistants' 
  posts, 
  one 
  mainly 
  for 
  identification 
  work 
  and 
  two 
  for 
  publi- 
  

   cation 
  work. 
  I 
  understand 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  an 
  Orthopterist 
  will 
  be 
  

   appointed 
  to 
  the 
  former. 
  

  

  The 
  Conference 
  was 
  dismayed 
  to 
  learn 
  that 
  the 
  activities 
  of 
  the 
  

   Bureau 
  might 
  cease 
  for 
  want 
  of 
  funds 
  and 
  strongly 
  recommended 
  that 
  

   the 
  contributing 
  Governments 
  should 
  be 
  asked 
  to 
  increase 
  their 
  contri- 
  

   butions 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  place 
  the 
  Bureau 
  on 
  a 
  permanent 
  basis. 
  As 
  regards 
  

   our 
  Oriental 
  possessions, 
  India 
  was 
  asked 
  to 
  raise 
  its 
  contribution 
  from 
  

   £500 
  to 
  £1,000, 
  Ceylon 
  from 
  £100 
  to 
  £500, 
  and 
  the 
  Federated 
  Malay 
  

   States 
  from 
  £100 
  to 
  £750. 
  I 
  understand 
  that 
  every 
  Government 
  has 
  

   agreed 
  to 
  contribute 
  the 
  sum 
  suggested 
  except 
  Newfoundland, 
  which 
  

   has 
  definitely 
  refused, 
  and 
  Grenada, 
  British 
  Honduras 
  and 
  British 
  

   India, 
  which 
  have 
  not 
  yet 
  arrived 
  at 
  a 
  decision. 
  

  

  The 
  present 
  moment 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  excellent 
  opportunitv 
  to 
  

   ascertain 
  to 
  what 
  extent 
  economic 
  entomologists 
  in 
  India 
  value 
  the 
  

   work 
  of 
  the 
  Imperial 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Entomology, 
  and 
  I 
  trust 
  that 
  express- 
  

   sions 
  of 
  opinion 
  will 
  be 
  forthcoming 
  that 
  will 
  justify 
  the 
  action 
  I 
  have 
  

   taken 
  in 
  recommending 
  to 
  the 
  Government 
  of 
  India 
  that 
  they 
  should 
  

   guarantee 
  an 
  annual 
  contribution 
  of 
  £1,000. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  Review 
  

   of 
  Ap'plied 
  Entomology 
  to 
  us 
  cannot 
  be 
  overstated. 
  We 
  have 
  grown 
  

   to 
  rely 
  on 
  it 
  to 
  an 
  extent 
  that 
  we 
  shall 
  sadly 
  realise, 
  if 
  it's 
  publication 
  

   has 
  to 
  cease 
  for 
  lack 
  of 
  funds. 
  Personally, 
  I 
  consider 
  that 
  the 
  Review 
  

   alone 
  justifies 
  an 
  imperial 
  contribution, 
  and 
  I 
  believe 
  I 
  am 
  ri^ht 
  in 
  

   saying 
  that 
  the 
  Dominion 
  of 
  Canada 
  has 
  recognised 
  this 
  return 
  as 
  

   amply 
  recompensing 
  its 
  donations, 
  and 
  that 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  look 
  to 
  the 
  

   Bureau 
  for 
  assistance 
  in 
  other 
  directions. 
  

  

  In 
  conclusion 
  I 
  wish 
  to 
  refer 
  briefly 
  to 
  the 
  subject 
  matter 
  of 
  the 
  

   papers 
  read 
  at 
  the 
  Conference 
  and 
  the 
  discussion 
  that 
  followed 
  them 
  

  

  