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Thomas, Oldfield, f.r.s. Wellcome Bureau o£ Scientific 



Thompson, H. Research 



Thompson, Major W. A. Wells, F. E. 



Thomson, R. M. Willis, C. A. 



Totton, Capt. A. K., m.c. Whatman, Mrs. 



Walton, Mrs. Whyte, Capt. H. W. 



Ward Bequest, Trustees o£ the Woodward, B. B. 



Rowland Woolward, Miss F. 



Ward, Rowland, Ltd. Worssam, Lieut. Cecil 



Waterston, Capt. J. Young, G. S. 

 Washington, D.C., National Zoological Society of London 



Museum Zoological Survey of India 



VI. — Economic Zoology. 

 I. Mammalia. 



The Falkland Islands Committee, on which the Museum was 

 represented by the Keeper, has completed its labours. The Report, 

 which deals specially with the Whaling problem and the protection 

 of Elephant Seals, is ready for publication. 



Whaling and Sealing operations in the Southern Hemisphere, 

 particularly off South Georgia, the South Shetlands and South 

 Africa, have continued to receive much attention, and have formed 

 the subject of frequent communications with the Colonial Office. 

 The acclimatization of animals, and specially the Reindeer, in South 

 Georgia, has also given rise to a good deal of correspondence with 

 the same Government Department. 



The protection of Mammals in various parts of the world has 

 received consideration. The threatened extermination of the 

 Elephants in the Addo Bush near Port Elizabeth — practically the 

 last remnant of the elephants of Cape Colony — has led to the 

 passage of a number of letters between the Museum and various 

 writers. 



During 1919, rats and mice, in relation to the public health and 

 general economics, have again received much attention. Information 

 and advice have been given in response to requests received from 

 many public bodies and private individuals. In July Mr. M. A. C. 

 Hinton, as the delegate of the Museum, attended the Congress of the 

 Royal Sanitary Institute at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, where the rat and 

 mouse problem was discussed from various points of view. 



II. AVES. 



The protection of Birds in British Colonies and Protectorates has 

 continued to be the subject of communications with the Colonial 

 Office. 



The special exhibit of Birds Beneficial to Agriculture has been 

 completed and a guide-book has been issued. 



III. Pisces. 



Throughout the year Mr. Regan has served on the Freshwater 

 Fish Committee, and he also acted as secretary of a committee 



