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and taxes, and the use of water, gas, electric current, &c. This figure is a provisional one, and is subject to revision at the end of one year. The total estimated expenditure on capital account, exclusive of scientific apparatus yet to be bought, is anticipated to be in the neighbourhood of £9,250. Staff. —It will be remembered that the appointments of Mr. R. Stenton and Dr. J. G. Myers as senior and junior technical assistants respectively, and the transfer of Miss R. Davenport from the Publication Office as secretary, were approved at the last meeting of the committee. Since the purchase of the property Mr. J. Smith has been selected for the post of caretaker-mechanic at £2 17s. 6d. a week and a cottage. He is a remarkably competent carpenter and all-round mechanic. Mrs. Smith will undertake the cleaning, &c., of the laboratory for a further 17s. 6d. a week. Mr. P. Trevaskis has been appointed as head gardener at £2 10s. a week with quarters. He was trained at the famous gardens at Aldenham House, and created a very favourable impression as a student at Kew, whence he has come to us direct. He has already done some excellent work. The services of Mr. J. Macro, an under-gardener in the employ of the former occupier of the property, have been retained at £2 ss. a week. Mr. L. F. Milton, of the Department of Science, University of Durham, has been appointed laboratory assistant at an initial salary of £210 per annum. A boy of fifteen, who lives in the neighbourhood and has a marked taste for natural history, has been appointed at a salary of 15s. per week to assist him and to be trained in the handling of living insects. This will complete the requisite staff for the present, though if the probable demands from the Dominions and colonies are realized in the next year or two, additions to the technical staff will be essential. Unless there is some unforeseen delay, the laboratory should be in working-order by the Ist June, though, owing to the season being already far advanced, the investigations that can be undertaken this year will necessarily be limited and of a preliminary character only. Appendix II. —Statement of Receipts and Payments for the Year ended 31st March, 1927. Received. Expended. £ s. d. £ s. d. Government grants .. .. .. .. .. 13,403 18 6 Interest on deposits .. .. .. .. .. 348 4 3 Review of Applied Entomology .. .. .. .. 563 8 5 1,110 14 3 Bulletin of Entomological Research .. .. .. .. 365 17 10 666 18 9 Salaries .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8,340 15 6 Queen's Gate office .. .. .. .. .. .. 624 11 5 Library .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 191 11 8 Office and library furniture .. .. . . .. .. .. 135 17 4 Scientific equipment .. . . .. .. .. .. 49 8 0 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. .. .. .. 52 16 3 Translations .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 17 6 Specialists' fees .. .. .. . . .. .. .. 90 2 3 General expenses .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 282 0 11 " Handbook of Tropical African Pests" .. .. .. .. 49 2 9 Zoological Record (" Insecta ") .. .. .. .. 102 15 5 61 0 0 Tropical African Fund .. .. .. .. .. 723 Carnegie students .. .. .. .. .. .. 100 0 0 Sundry publications .. .. .. .. .. .. 60 2 2 Provident Fund .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 656 13 0 Suspense .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 200 0 0 £14,891 6 8 £12,581 11 9 Appendix 111. —General Financial Position as at 31st March, 1927. Received. Expended. £ s. d. £ s. d. Cash with Crown Agents .. .. .. .. .. .. 481 16 3 Cash on deposit .. .. . . .. .. .. .. 7,500 0 0 Invested in 4 per cent, funding stock .. .. .. .. 2,500 0 0 Stationery Office, paid in advance .. .. .. .. .. 200 0 0 Government grants outstanding : South Africa, £350 ; S.Rhodesia, £300 .. .. .. .. • • •• •• .. 650 0 0 Outstanding liabilities — Salaries for March .. .. .. . ■ . . 629 0 0 Government grants paid in advance .. .. .. 50 0 0 Review of Applied Entomology (six parts and two indices) .. 604 0 0 Bulletin of Entomological Research (three parts and index) .. 386 0 0 Balance of Carnegie Fund . . .. . . . . .. 231 11 0 Publication Office, rent, lighting, &c. .. . . .. 150 0 0 Stationery Office .. .. . • • • • • • • 30 0 0 Library .. .. .. . • • • • • • ■ 20 2 9 Sundry publications .. .. • • • • • • 20 0 0 2,120 13 9 11,331 16 3 Balance of Tropical African Fund .. .. 638 0 8 Balance of Bureau Fund .. .. .. 8,573 1 10 £11,331 16 3 £11,331 16 3

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