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wheat culture and agricultural development, which 

 were printed in full in the report of the meeting. 

 Following a suggestion made at the meeting, a list 

 of desiderata for the library of the University of 

 Manitoba was widely distributed among members of 

 the Association and learned societies, by which means 

 a substantial collection of books, journals, and 

 reprints was made for the library. 



AUSTRALIA, 1914 



In 1914 the annual meeting was held in Australia. 1 

 The possibility of such a meeting was discussed as 

 early as 1884 (clearly in consequence of the interest 

 aroused by the first overseas meeting at Montreal), 

 but the time was not yet ripe. The question was 

 raised again in 1909, when Sir Charles Lucas, head 

 of the Dominions Department of the Colonial Office, 

 was visiting Australia. The question was now 

 taken up in earnest : the support of leaders of both 

 principal parties in the Commonwealth Government 

 was secured, and the promise of a grant from that 

 Government toward the overseas expenses of the 

 visit was obtained, together with similar promises 

 from other authorities. In the event, the Common- 

 wealth Government participated, through its High 

 Commissioner in Great Britain, in proffering the 

 invitation to the General Committee in 1910 ; it 

 also granted 15,000 to cover passages of not fewer 

 than 150 official representatives of the Association, 

 ' including selected Dominion and foreign scientists.' 



1 A fuller official narrative exists of this meeting than of earlier 

 overseas meetings : it is freely quoted in the following account. It 

 appears in the Report for 1914, and was also separately printed. 



