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Union of South Africa (£1,200) and Newfoundland (£464); £1,200 contributed by the Government of India; £6,492 contributed by Colonial Governments; £6,856 contributed by another private individual; and £6,000 odd_ from miscellaneous sources, in addition a cinema is maintained in the Institute at the charges of the Empire Marketing Fund. (vi) Imperial Institute of Entomology. As regards constitution, the Institute is governed by an Honorary Committee of Management, consisting of twenty (20) members resident in the United Kingdom, though in many cases with oversea experience, plus the Chief Entomologist of each of the Dominions ex-officio. Its work is further reviewed by the Imperial Entomological Conference, which meets every five years and last met in 1930. . As regards finance, the latest available report indicates that the Institute expected in the current year an income of £13,000. Apart from £1,800, the annual income is derived from contributions from the Governments of the United Kingdom, the Dominions, India and Colonial dependencies. The Imperial Entomological Conference of 1930 estimated the minimum efficient income of the Institute for the following five years at £18,070. None of the foregoing figures include the cost of the Biological Control Station at Farnham Royal, which was established and is maintained at the charges of the Empire Marketing Board, at an original capital cost of £15,000 plus a maintenance charge of about £5,000 a year. (vii) Imperial Mycological Institute. As regards constitution, this Institute closely resembles the Imperial Institute of Entomology. It has an honorary Committee of Management with the same Chairman as that Institute, consisting of twenty-three (23) members, plus the Chief Mycologist in each of the Dominions ex-officio. As regards finance, the latest available report indicates that the Institute expected in the current year an income of £5,400, the whole being subscribed by the Dominions and the Colonial dependencies (£3,650). It has lately been provided with a new headquarters building at the charges of the Empire Marketing Fund. (viii) Imperial Communications Advisory Committee. As regards constitution, this Committee derives from a recommendation of the Imperial Wireless & Cable Conference, 1928. It consists of representatives appointed by the Governments of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Union of South Africa, Irish Free State, India and the Colonies and Protectorates. As regards finance, no appreciable expenditure from public funds is involved. (ix) Mechanical Transport Council As regards constitution, the Council consists of five members representing the Governments which had contributed to its work, viz: Australia, New Zealand, India, Southern Rhodesia and the Colonial dependencies, with three representatives of the Empire Marketing Board. The Council has full control over its own funds and elects its own Chairman. The technical work is carried out through a Directing Committee of five persons, none of whom are members of the Council. As regards finance, the whole of the cost of the first year's working (£20,000) was borne by the Empire Marketing Board, who further agreed to make a total contribution up to £60,000 subject to its contributions being matched from other sources. Contributions from other Governments (New Zealand, Southern Rhodesia, India, Colonies, Sudan) have been at the rate of approximately £9,500 per annum; and in addition the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia contributed £500 towards the expenses of the first year. Up to March 31, 1932 a sum of £39,257 had been provided for the Council's needs. fx) Imperial Forestry Institute As regards constitution, this Institute, which was established as the outcome of a resolution of the British Empire Forestry Conference of 1923, is associated with the University of Oxford, the Professor of Forestry at Oxford being its Director. It is controlled by a Board of eight Governors, of whom four are resident in Oxford, while the Colonial Office, the Forestry Commission and the Empire Forestry Association are also represented.