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PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 



There certainly will be difficulty in getting together a body of experts 

 in various lines and it will necessarily be a gradual process. 



Therefore it is best that we start training men in this country. 



In an Institute of this kind men fresh from College are better drafted 

 on to special subjects so that they come without a bias and specialize 

 in that subject in the course of time. 



The doors of the Institute should be open to all. 



There must be some limit to the number of students to be admitted. 



Some of us have drafted another note dealing with the points that 

 concern most of us and especially the Provincial Assistants. In a 

 discussion that we had before this General Meeting we came to certain 

 conclusions which we have incorporated in this note, which we should 

 like to have included in the Proceedings. 



Provided that the note is signed by its supporters, there is no objec- 

 tion to its inclusion in the Proceedings, as it comes to the same thing 

 whether you each sjaeak on the subj ect or whether you read a note. 



The following is the note : — 



" In our opinion that part of the scheme which contemplates investi- 

 gations of special crops and problems by the appointment of Special 

 Experts who wOl include in their sphere 6f investigations the crops or 

 problems as they affect the country as a whole is good. By such investi- 

 gations, the experts will be able to investigate problems as they affect 

 different parts of the country and will thus be able to make efficient 

 recoTnmendations. But in oiu: opinion the success of such organization 

 is indissolubly connected with the appointment of Provincial Entomolo- 

 gists who will keep themselves in touch with the Special Experts and 

 will also attend to the adoption and carrying out of the measures recom- 

 mended by them. This will do away with the extra burden which would 

 otherwise have fallen on the shoulders of the Deputy Directors of Agri- 

 culture, who having no expert knowledge of the subject take only a 

 half-hearted interest in the recommendations and give a step-motherly 

 treatment to the Entomological Staff entrusted with the execution of 

 the recommendations. 



" The scheme as outlined in the recommendations of the committee 

 appointed during the present session contemplates continuation of the 

 present system whereby the Entomological Assistants do not get oppor- 

 tunities and encouragement for work but are at times even employed 

 to do non-entomological work. 



" By the appointment of a Provincial Entomologist the question of 

 dual control will be avoided ; and the Special Expert dealing with a 

 problem affecting different Provinces will not be expected to become 

 conversant with the language, habits and agricultural practices of the 



