Vol. LVIL, No. 1. 
Proceedings of the Royal Society of 
Queensland. 
Presidential Address : 
>THE MOSQUITO PROBLEMS OF QUEENSLAND. 
By F. A. Perkins. B.Sc.Agr., Department of Biology, University of 
Queensland. 
(Delivered before the Royal Society of Queensland, 2 6t/i March, 1945.) 
INTRODUCTION. 
As retiring President, I should like to pay a tribute to the Hon. 
Secretary and the members of the Council for their assistance during 
the past year. As a general rule, the success achieved by a Society 
depends very largely on the enthusiasm and ability of the executive, 
and the Royal Society of Queensland is no exception to this rule. 
During the year the death occurred of Dr. J. Lockhart Gibson, who 
first became a member of the Society in 1923. He was one of the leaders 
of the medical profession in Queensland and the author of many scientific 
papers and treatises. The support of a man so high in the medical 
profession was an asset to the Society, and his death is deeply 
regretted. 
For many years the library of the Society has been housed in 
University buildings, and meetings held in University lecture rooms. 
In the near future, the University is to be removed to St. Lucia, and 
the present arrangement will no longer be in the best interests of the 
Society. Moreover, as the premier scientific Society in the State, it must 
start to make preparations for expansion after the war. The first 
essential is a permanent home for the library and a central meeting 
place. As usual, lack of money is the main obstacle in the way of such 
a development, an obstacle which will be difficult to overcome. The 
incoming council will be well advised to give this matter very earnest 
consideration. The accommodation problem within the University is 
rapidly approaching a critical state, and it is quite possible that in the 
very near future the Society will be asked at very short notice to make 
other arrangements to house its library. Suggestions the incoming 
Council might consider are: — (1) The establishment of a building 
fund; (2) a campaign to obtain financial assistance from members and 
other influential people in the community: and (3) requests to the 
State and Commonwealth Governments for aid. 
It will take several years to make adequate provision for the future, 
and a start should be made at the earliest possible moment. 
THE MOSQUITO PROBLEMS OF QUEENSLAND. 
In the first place, it is necessary to draw attention to the title of 
this address. The plural is used deliberately, because in Queensland, 
and elsewhere, mosquitoes constitute not one, but several problems. One 
of the chief reasons why more has not been done to control mosquitoes 
in Queensland is the fact that they have been regarded as one big 
