1082 PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 



Staffs ; and some three years ago I had the details more or less worked 

 out in my own mind. Two years ago the Goverimient of India called 

 for proposals for an expansion of the Pusa Research Institute and I 

 then drafted my proposals for the centralization of all the varied ento- 

 mological work being done in India, as I considered that the question 

 should be considered as a whole and not only as regards Pusa alone. 

 These proposals were submitted to Government and were confiidered 

 by a Committee which met in Simla in May 1918 and reported favourably 

 on them. They were also printed in the Report of the Indian Industrial 

 Commission which also endorsed them. It is now for this Meeting to 

 consider them and make any criticisms on them. I may say that for 

 my part I shall welcome any criticisms that you may have to offer. 

 I will now read the Report of the Committee appointed to consider this 

 subject. 



" Report of Committee on organization of entomological ivork in India. 



" No alternative proposals having been received, the Committee has 

 considered the proposals contained in Mr. Bainbrigge Fletcher's scheme 

 ^Appendix K to Report of Indian Industrial Commission) on which 

 they offer the following remarks :— 



(1) The Committee considers that the centralization of entomolo- 



gical research work in India is very desirable. 



(2) As regards the Agricultural and Forest Departments, the 



Committee considers that the dimensions of the Service 

 proposed are not large enough to commence the work satis- 

 factorily, in view of the importance of entomology in India, 

 and that an increase in the numbers proposed is necessary 

 and that an increase in the rates of pay proposed for the 

 lower grades is also necessary. The Committee offers no 

 remarks as regards other Departments. 



(3) The Committee considers that the staff of the central entomolo- 



gical institute should be imperial {i.e., employed directly 

 under the Government of India). 



v(4) Provincial staffs will be required, in addition to the staff of 

 the central entomological iiistitute, and we consider that 

 they should work under the local Agricultural or Forest or 

 other Departments, as the case may be, reporting to the 

 central institute through such local Departments. 



