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(ENCLOSURES 
The Imperial College of Science and Technology desires to 
increase the facilities for the training of young men for plant sanitaton. 
work especially in the Tropics. The Department of Botany in the 
College, of which Plant Pathology forms a part, is overcrowded, and 
it has not been found possibe (having regard to the commitments in 
respect of other departments of the College Work) to provide out of 
existing capital the full amount of the funds necessary to place Plant 
Pathology on a footing commensurate with the industrial importance 
of the subject. The College has already made arrangements for the 
maintenance of a teaching staff to deal with the subject, and to 
vestigate the problems which are continually arising to confront those 
who are directly concerned with plant sanitation. But the work is 
seriously hampered by the inadequate space and equipment which 
can be placed at the disposal of the Department. 
A sum of £l8,000 is required for building and equipping the 
laboratories, and of this sura the college is piepared to find £10,000, 
while a further sum of about £1,000 has been given or promised, 
leaving about £6,000 still to be raised. 
The College therefore appeals to those who are interested ill the 
great plant industries of the Tropics to enable it to obtain this £6,000 
and thus to provide the means for proceeding with the work here in- 
dicated. Furthermore, it is believed that the existence in London of 
a trained and active laboratory staff will prove of use in helping to 
solve in the laboratory many problems that are, for various reasons (e. 
g. absence of suitable equipment, books etc.,) difficult to attack with 
much hope in the field. In this, as well as in other ways, the Depart- 
ment will continue to be of direct use to, and in direct contact with,, 
the industries aboard. 
Advisory Board : It is also anticipated that it may be possible 
to form an Advisory Body, largely drawn from those who are directly 
concerned in the Plant Industries. This would serve as a further 
means of ensuring that the Pathological Department was placed in 
immediate contact with the current needs of research, and would add 
to its usefulness. 
Nomination of Students : In view of the influx of students which 
has now rendered immediate expansion necessary, it is evident that 
a selection must be made for admission, and it is recognised as 
reasonable that qualified students nominated by those who may have 
contributed towards the defraying of the expenses that must be in- 
curred, should have prior claims to attend the courses of training they 
wish to join. 
Donations or subscriptions to the fund for the Plant Pathological 
Department may be sent to. 
The Rector of the Imperial College, 
South Kensington.. 
