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[Vol. VIII 
competition and controversy are excellent things in their way, but in 
the early stages of tackling a complex subject they are too apt to 
mean waste of energy on unsound work and eye-wash”. In what 
follows I have taken it for granted that effective collaboration exists 
and that a reasonable division of labour is therefore practicable. 
Staff and Equipment .—A staff might be engaged in the first 
instance for a period of five years. Appended is a list of the posts 
recommended, and a rough estimate of initial and recurrent expen¬ 
diture involved in the maintenance of a Lac Laboratory on a suitable 
scale. If the success of the work justified it, some enlargement 
might be considered advisable at a later date. 
Staff and Salaries. 
Initial. 
Annual Re¬ 
current. 
Rs. 
Rs. 
i Laboratory Director on 
1,500—2,000 
21,000 (average). 
i Entomologist 
500—750 
7,500 
i Chemist 
500—750 
7,500 
i Physiological Assistant 
400—600 
6,coo 
4,800 
i Entomological ,, 
300—500 
i Chemical ,, 
250—300 
3,300 
I Botanical ,, 
250—300 
3 , 3 oo 
i Superintendent ... 
150—200 
2,400 
i Artist-Photographer 
150—200 
2,100 
i Head Fieldman ... 
150—200 
2,100 
i Fieldman 
100—150 
1,500 
i ,, ... ... ... 
75—100 
1,050 
I Laboratory Keeper 
50—75 
750 
I Stenographer 
150—200 
2,100 
i Clerk and Recorder 
100—150 
1,500 
i Typist 
75—100 
1,050 
Menials and subordinates 
Buildings 
*50 
1,800 
69,750 
Laboratories, Offices, Stores, Museum, and 
Insectary ... ... .i. 
Furniture, almirahs, racks and shelving, 
boxes and insectary fittings, museum fit¬ 
24,000 
tings ... 
6 500 
... 
1,000 
l 
30,500 
I 1,000 
