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the Committee are anxious to present their report with as little delay as possible, and would much appreciate an early reply to their request. I have, &c, MILNER. Governor-General His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, P.C, G.C.M.G, G.B.E, M.V.O, &c.

No. 34. New Zealand, Dominions No. 611. My Lord, — Downing Street, Ist August, 1919. With reference to my predecessor's despatch, No. 209, of the 14th November, 1918, regarding the establishment of an Imperial Bureau of Mycology, I have the honour to request Your Excellency to inform your Ministers that the following gentlemen have now been appointed as scientific members of the Committee of the Bureau :— Professor I. Bayley Balfour, M.D, D.Sc, LL.D, MA, F.R.S.; King's Botanist in Scotland; Regius Keeper of Royal Botanical Garden, Edinburgh; Professor of Botany, Edinburgh University. W. Bateson, Esq., M.A, F.R.S, Honorary D.Sc; Sheffield Director John Inncs Horticultural Institution, Merton Park, Surrey. Professor V. 11. Blackman, F.R.S, Sc.D.; Professor of Plant Physiology and Pathology, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London. Professor F. 0. Bower, Sc.D, F.R.S.; Regius Professor of Botany, University of Glasgow. A. I). Cotton, Esq, F.L.S.; Board of Agriculture and Fisheries. Professor J. B. Farmer, D.Sc, M.A, F.R.S.; Professor of Botany, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London. A. W. Hill, Esq, F.L.S.; Assistant Director, Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. Professor W. H. Lang, F.R.S, M.B, D.Sc; Barker Professor of Cryptogamic Botany, University of Manchester. Sir Daniel Morris, K.C.M.G, D.C.L, F.L.S, &o; Vice-President Royal Horticultural Society and Royal Colonial Institute, &c. Address —14 Crabton Close, Bournemouth. Sir David Pram, C.M.G, CLE, F.R.S.; Director, Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. A. B. Rendle, Esq, F.R.S, F.L.S.; Keeper, Department of Botany, British Museum. H. N. Ridley, Esq, C.M.G, F.R.S.; ex-Director of Gardens and Forests, Straits Settlements. Address—7 Cumberland Road, Kew. R. A. Robertson, Esq, F.R.S.E.; Reader in Botany, St. Andrews University. A. E. Shipley, Esq, F.R.S, F.L.S.; Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University; Master of Christ's College, Cambridge. Professor W. Somerville, F.L.S. R.R.S.E, F.S.S.; Sibthorpian Professor of Rural Economy and Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford. • Professor J. W. H. Trail, F.L.S, F.R.S.; Regius Professor of Botany, University of Aberdeen. Professor S. H. Vines, F.R.S.; Sherardian Professor of Botany, Oxford University; and Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. H. W. T. Wager, Esq, F.R.S.; Honorary Acting Professor of Botany, University of Leeds. Professor G. S. West, F.L.S.; Mason Professor of Botany, Birmingham University. Professor H. H. Dixon, F.R.S.; Professor of Botany, University of Dublin. G. IT. Pethybridgc, Esq, B.Sc.; Department of Agriculture, Ireland. 2. As regards the question of representation of the self-governing Dominions on the Committee, it will be appreciated that, with a view to

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