its principles and lessons are being studied and applied in other countries, notably in Zambia and Sierra Leone, where projects based on the methods used in the Malawi Control Project have been initiated. LEPRA promotes research into the causes, treatment and prevention of leprosy, and circulates information on the disease throughout the World. BRITISH NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON (THE ROYAL SOCIETY) 6 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AG (01-839 5561) Chairman: Sir Miles Clifford, KBE, CMG Since the International Geophysical Year twelve countries have remained actively interested in scientific research in the Antarctic. The Royal Society's British National Committee on Antarctic Research is the United Kingdom committee adhering to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research of the International Council of Scientific Unions, which is the international nongovernmental organisation responsible for the coordination of the scientific programmes. BRITISH NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON (THE ROYAL SOCIETY) 6 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG (01-839 5561) Chairman: Sir George Deacon, CBE, FRS The Royal Society's British National Committee on Oceanic Research is the United Kingdom committee adhering to the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research of the International Council of Scientific Unions. SCOR is an interdisciplinary non-governmental marine science organisation and serves as one of the scientific advisory bodies to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission. BUREAU OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL DISEASES Director: Dr F. I. C. Apted Assistant Director: Dr S. Caruana, OSTJ Secretary: A. H. Phipps, MBE The Bureau, established in 1908, is a centre for the collection and general distribution of information with regard to hygiene and tropical diseases. It is maintained by the proceeds of sales of its publications, and by contributions from the British Government and other governments and institutions. It publishes the Tropical Diseases Bulletin and Abstracts on Hygiene. The Bureau is under the general control and direction of an Honorary Managing Committee, appointed by and responsible to the Minister for Overseas Development. The Committee is composed of the following members: Chairman: The Chief Medical Adviser, Overseas Development Administration Dr J. L. Kilgour, MB, ChB Brigadier Sir John Boyd, OBE, FRS Dr A. C. E. Cole Sir George Godber, KCB Dr L. G. Goodwin Sir John Gray, MB, BChir Dr C. E. Gordon Smith, CB Secretary: D. A. Pott, OBE (Overseas Development Administration) CENTRE FOR EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OVERSEAS Address: Tavistock House South, Tavistock Square, London W.C.1 (01-387 0166) Director of Curriculum Division and Deputy Director General: R. W. Morris Director of Audio-Visual Aids Division: A. W. Bartram The Centre for Educational Development Overseas (CEDO) was established as an independent body by the Minister of Overseas Development on 1st April 1970. Three related organisations which were already in operation formed the nucleus of CEDO. These were the Centre for Educational Television Overseas (CETO), the Centre for Curriculum Renewal and Educational Development Overseas (CREDO) and the Oversea Visual Aids Centre (OVAC). CEDO helps in establishing and assisting educational centres and systems in developing countries and advises on curriculum renewal, examination and selection methods and the introduction of new educational techniques and media. Training is arranged in the U.K. and overseas in all aspects of the production and use of educational radio and television, new teaching methods, particularly those concerned with curriculum changes, and the production and use of educational materials and audio-visual aids. The collection, collation and dissemination of information on all aspects of educational development is also a central feature of CEDO's activities. Displays of equipment and materials and a reference library are maintained and publications are available. THE CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL BRIEFING (FARNHAM CASTLE) The Castle, Farnham, Surrey (Farnham 21194) Registered Office: The Castle, Farnham, Surrey. Director: W. Grenville-Grey The Centre for International Briefing is an independent organisation founded in 1953. Its purpose is to prepare men and women, by means of short residential Courses and Conferences, to live and work successfully in other countries. The Courses are held every week of the year and, dealing with a separate region each week, cover 70 countries throughout the world. Regular four-day residential Courses are also run, dealing with life in Britain, for the benefit of those from abroad who are temporarily resident in the U.K. A total of about 1,500 men and women attend these Courses and Conferences annually. CENTRE FOR OVERSEAS PEST RESEARCH College House, Wrights Lane, London W8 5SJ (01-937 8191) Director: Dr P. T. Haskell The Centre for Overseas Pest Research (COPR) is one of the scientific units of the Overseas Development Administration (ODA). It was formed in June 1971, when the Anti-Locust Research Centre and three of ODA's other mainly entomological units were amalgamated. The Centre operates as a research and technical assistance organisation in developing countries, concentrating on pre-harvest pest control and, in public health, on the control of disease vectors. Its terms of reference are: 1. to conduct and foster research and its application, for purposes of control, to various insect and certain other animal pests affecting overseas agriculture and public health, especially those of international significance. 2. To promote technical co-operation in this field, to collect, collate and disseminate information, and otherwise assist overseas governments and organizations in introducing rational strategies and techniques of pest control. 3. To provide facilities for research for visiting scientists and assist with training for students. 4. To advise Her Majesty's Government on the provision of overseas aid and technical assistance in this field. THE CEYLON ASSOCIATION IN LONDON 2/3 Crosby Square, Bishopsgate, London EC3A 6AA (01-588 1812) President: H. S. Jackson, DFC Secretary: R. J. Barber The Association was formed on 6th April 1888 and at the inaugural meeting it was decided that its purpose was to be 'the protection and furtherance of the general interests of Ceylon'. It has no Rules or Constitution and membership is open to all who claim to have any interest in, or connection with, Ceylon. The Association membership includes many banks, shipping companies, brokers and miscellaneous firms, in addition to 90 tea and rubber plantation companies and 12 agency houses who act as secretaries for the plantation companies. There are also over 400 Private Members whose interests are served by the issue of Quarterly Bulletins of information and by the organisation of social re-unions. Its affairs are conducted at monthly meetings of its Council which is representative of all interests. An Annual General Meeting is held in April or May. The Council has no power to enforce compliance with its decisions on members and may be said, therefore, to act in an advisory capacity by means of recommendations. COMMONWEALTH ADVISORY AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL Secretariat: National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex (01-977 3222) The Commonwealth Advisory Aeronautical Research Council (C.A.A.R.C.) was formed in 1946. Its objects are to encourage and co-ordinate aeronautical research throughout the Commonwealth, to avoid undesirable duplication of effort, and to ensure that the research programmes of the member countries are, as far as possible, complementary to each other. Membership is open to all countries of the Commonwealth. The Council, composed of delegates appointed by the Governments of member countries, meets in various countries of the Commonwealth at intervals of not more than three years. Its functions are strictly advisory and, after each meeting, the principal, or ‘executive', delegate from each country is responsible for furthering the aims of the Council and steering its recommendations in his own country. The Council selects certain broad subjects or 'fields' in which several Commonwealth countries have an active interest. Each country wishing to collaborate in a particular field appoints a specialist Co-ordinator, usually a man actively engaged in relevant research. He is responsible for keeping himself familiar with the work being done in his own country and for corresponding regularly with his fellow Co-ordinators. Co-ordinators in each field normally meet once between successive Council Meetings to discuss common problems and effective ways in which work may be shared between two or more countries. Continuity between Council Meetings is provided by a Central Secretariat which meets regularly in London and on which most member countries are represented by appropriate Scientific Liaison Officers. The Central Office of the Council is associated with the Secretariat of the British Aeronautical Research Council. Secretarial and administrative costs of the C.A.A.R.C. are shared by member countries. THE COMMONWEALTH AGRICULTURAL BUREAUX Tel: Farnham Common 2281 Grams: COMAG, SLOUGH EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (as at 1 June 1973) Chairman: R. E. Chandisingh (Guyana) United Kingdom: D. J. Parkinson, OBE Sri Lanka: P. M. D. Fernando Ghana: Mrs A. Y. Aggrey-Orleans Malaysia: M. Sani Nigeria: U. K. Bello Cyprus: (to be nominated) Sierra Leone: H.E. The High Commissioner Tanzania: (to be nominated) Jamaica: The Deputy High Commissioner Trinidad & Tobago: Mrs L. S. Dorset Kenya: H.E. The High Commissioner Zambia: J. S. Mwambazi The Gambia: B. A. Baldeh Botswana: H.E. The High Commissioner Barbados: The Deputy High Commissioner Swaziland: R. M. Motsa Fiji: K. R. Bain Dependent Territories: D. M. Kitching Secretary, Commonwealth Scientific Committee (Observer): D. G. Thomas Secretary: E. A. Runacres Assistant Secretary: N. G. Jones, DFC The Commonwealth (Imperial before 1948) Agricultural Bureaux, are governed by an Executive Council consisting of the nominees of the Governments of Britain and other Commonwealth countries. The Irish Republic is associated with the organisation which was set up in 1929 to administer eight bureaux organised to act as clearing-houses of information on research in eight specialised fields of agricultural science and was financed by a common fund provided by the Governments of the Dominions and Colonies. In 1933 the Council was entrusted with the control of the administration and finances of the Imperial (now Commonwealth) Institute of Entomology, originally set up in 1913, and the Imperial (now Commonwealth) Mycological Institute, originally set up in 1920, and of such research activities in Britain as the participating Governments might thereafter agree should be conducted on a co-operative basis. On the recommendations of the British Commonwealth Scientific Conference of 1936, two more Commonwealth Bureaux, for Forestry and Dairy Science were established; and these were followed in 1966 by the Commonwealth Bureau of Agricultural Economics. The Bureau of Helminthology was given Institute status in 1970. The three institutes, in addition to their function of being information services, have important and extensive work connected with identification. The Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control in Trinidad is also under the administration of the Council. It prepares and maintains a catalogue on the parasites and predators of the insects of the world. It also supplies beneficial insects for attacking various pests and takes complete charge of Biological Control Projects for Governments. In collaboration with the Institut für Dokumentationswesen (Frankfurt), the Institute of Food Technologists (Chicago) and the Centrum voor Landbouwpublikaties en Landbouwdocumentatie (Wageningen), the Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux have established an International Food Information Service which is financed and administered by the four sponsoring organisations. It is based upon a comprehensive abstract journal appearing monthly and pub |