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   NOTICES 
  OF 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  APPOINTMENTS, 
  &c. 
  

  

  The 
  Canadian 
  Entomological 
  Service. 
  

  

  Thirty 
  years 
  ago, 
  in 
  1884, 
  the 
  Canadian 
  Government 
  appointed 
  a 
  

   Dominion 
  Entomologist 
  to 
  advise 
  agriculturists 
  and 
  others 
  regarding 
  

   the 
  control 
  of 
  insect 
  pests. 
  Two 
  years 
  later, 
  on 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  

   the 
  Experimental 
  Farms 
  system, 
  Dr. 
  James 
  Fletcher 
  who 
  occupied 
  

   the 
  position, 
  was 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  new 
  Branch 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  

   Agriculture 
  in 
  the 
  joint 
  capacity 
  of 
  Entomologist 
  and 
  Botanist, 
  which 
  

   position 
  he 
  occupied 
  with 
  conspicuous 
  success 
  until 
  his 
  death 
  in 
  1908. 
  

   The 
  growth 
  in 
  importance 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  subjects 
  necessitated 
  their 
  

   separation 
  and 
  accordingly 
  Divisions 
  of 
  Entomology 
  and 
  Botany 
  were 
  

   created. 
  Dr. 
  C. 
  Gordon 
  Hewitt 
  was 
  appointed 
  Dominion 
  Ento- 
  

   mologist 
  in 
  1909 
  and 
  entrusted 
  with 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  organising 
  the 
  new 
  

   Division 
  of 
  Entomology 
  of 
  the 
  Experimental 
  Farms 
  Branch 
  of 
  the 
  

   Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  with 
  offices 
  and 
  laboratory 
  at 
  the 
  Central 
  

   Experimental 
  Farm, 
  Ottawa. 
  

  

  The 
  urgent 
  need 
  of 
  legislation 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  permit 
  action 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  

   to 
  prevent 
  the 
  introduction 
  into 
  Canada 
  and 
  spread 
  within 
  the 
  country 
  

   of 
  serious 
  insect 
  pests 
  and 
  plant 
  diseases 
  was 
  responsible 
  for 
  the 
  passage 
  

   of 
  the 
  Destructive 
  Insect 
  and 
  Pest 
  Act 
  in 
  1910. 
  The 
  still 
  greater 
  need 
  

   of 
  investigations 
  on 
  the 
  insect 
  pests 
  affecting 
  agriculture, 
  forestry 
  

   and 
  other 
  branches 
  of 
  human 
  activity 
  has 
  led 
  to 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  

   field 
  or 
  regional 
  laboratories 
  in 
  different 
  parts 
  of 
  Canada 
  with 
  trained 
  

   Entomologists 
  in 
  charge 
  to 
  study 
  the 
  local 
  problems. 
  

  

  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  consequent 
  expansion 
  of 
  the 
  Entomological 
  work 
  

   along 
  investigatory 
  and 
  administrative 
  lines 
  and 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  such 
  

   work 
  did 
  not 
  constitute 
  a 
  necessary 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Experimental 
  

   Farms 
  system 
  and 
  executively 
  was 
  virtually 
  distinct, 
  the 
  Entomo- 
  

   logical 
  Service 
  has 
  now 
  been 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  Experimental 
  Farms 
  

   Branch 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  constituted 
  an 
  independent 
  Branch 
  of 
  the 
  Depart- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  Dominion 
  Entomologist. 
  

   It 
  is 
  proposed 
  to 
  erect 
  a 
  building 
  to 
  provide 
  offices 
  and 
  laboratories 
  for 
  

   the 
  new 
  Entomological 
  Branch. 
  Will 
  correspondents 
  kindly 
  note 
  that 
  

   I 
  all 
  official 
  communications 
  and 
  publications 
  should 
  be 
  addressed 
  to 
  

  

  The 
  Dominion 
  Entomologist, 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Ottawa." 
  

  

  This 
  reorganisation, 
  which 
  will 
  also 
  include 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  a 
  

   [national 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  insects 
  of 
  Canada 
  in 
  the 
  Canadian 
  National 
  

   Museum 
  (the 
  Victoria 
  Memorial 
  Museum) 
  at 
  Ottawa, 
  under 
  the 
  care 
  of 
  

   the 
  Dominion 
  Entomologist, 
  marks 
  an 
  important 
  step 
  in 
  Canadian 
  

   entomology. 
  It 
  will 
  result 
  in 
  a 
  still 
  greater 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  study 
  

   of 
  Canadian 
  insects 
  along 
  scientific 
  and 
  practical 
  lines. 
  

  

  The 
  present 
  organisation 
  of 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Branch 
  of 
  the 
  

   j 
  Canadian 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  is 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Dominion 
  Entomologist 
  and 
  Chief: 
  — 
  C. 
  Gordon 
  Hewitt, 
  D.Sc, 
  

   F.R.S.C. 
  

  

  Chief 
  Assistant 
  Entomologist: 
  — 
  Arthur 
  Gibson. 
  

  

  Assistant 
  Entomologist 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  Forest 
  Insect 
  Investigations 
  : 
  — 
  

   J. 
  M. 
  Swaine, 
  M.Sc, 
  B.S.A. 
  

  

  Assistant 
  Entomologist 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  Fruit 
  Insect 
  Investigations 
  : 
  — 
  

   vacant. 
  

  

  Field 
  Officers 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  Branch 
  Laboratories 
  : 
  — 
  Field 
  Officer 
  for 
  

   Forest 
  Insect 
  Investigations, 
  R. 
  N. 
  Chrystal, 
  B.Sc. 
  ; 
  G. 
  E. 
  Sanders, 
  

  

  