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was increased to $750. In 1875 the grant was $750, plus $100 for illus- 
trations; in 1876 $750, plus $500 toward the expense of an exhibit at 
the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia; in 1877, 1878, and 187!) ft 
was $750 per annum, and in 1880 the grant was increased to $1,000, at 
which sum it has continued since that date. The Government also 
pays the expense of printing the annual report. 
The society has conscientiously complied with the conditions of the 
grant. Its reports, published annually, have greatly increased in size 
and in the general interest of their contents. They have contained 
much matter of economic value as well as of educational interest. 
In 1884 the Department of Agriculture of Canada established the 
office of honorary entomologist, and this office was filled by the appoint- 
ment of Mr. James Fletcher, at that time an employe of the Govern- 
ment Library at Ottawa, and already widely known in entomological 
circles through his active interest in the Ontario society and his con- 
tributions to its publications. On July 1, 1887, Mr. Fletcher was trans- 
ferred to the starr' of the Dominion Experimental Farms at Ottawa as 
entomologist and botanist. Mr. Fletcher's footing since that date has 
been practically identical with that of an entomologist to one of our 
State experiment stations, except that his field is larger. He has pub- 
lished a report yearly in the Annual Report of the Experimental Farms, 
published as an appendix to the report of the Minister of Agriculture. 
Mr. Fletcher has shown himself to be a man of extraordinary energy, 
a most entertaining writer, and a most careful observer, and one who 
has always kept the practical part of his work foremost in view. He 
has paid a great deal of attention to a side of his work which is neg- 
lected by many of our own official entomologists, namely, personal 
intercourse with farmers, frequent talks on injurious insects at farmers' 
institutes, etc., and has in this way built up a very large clientage 
among the most intelligent agriculturists of the Dominion. In economic 
entomology Canada at the present day is perhaps in no way behind the 
United States, and this is largely due to Mr. Fletcher's individual efforts, 
aided and encouraged as they are by the warm support of the eminent 
director of the experimental farms system, Mr. William Saunders, 
himself a pioneer in economic entomology in Canada and the author of 
one of the most valuable treatises upon the subject that has ever been 
published in America. Canada has the man and the knowledge, but 
has been hampered by want of funds. The result is that while she 
has immediately and intelligently adopted the results of researches 
made in this country, she has not been able to lead us in original inves- 
tigation. 
European Countries. 
In general it may be said that Europe has not felt the need of ento- 
mological investigation from the economic standpoint to anything like 
the same extent as the United States. A climate much less favorable 
