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COTTON >,..;>! .. '".*' ... 288 



Chairman: Professor Dr. O. Warburg. 



Paper on Cotton in the German Colonies, by 



Herr M. Schanz '... ... ^ ... 288 - 



Discussion: Mr. T. Thornton and the Chairman ... 291 



Paper on the Pink Boll-worm, by Dr. L. H. 

 Cough , 292 



Discussion : The Chairman, Mr. E. E. Green, Mr. 

 J. W. McConnel, and Dr. Gough 293 



Papers on Injurious Salts and the Cotton Plant in 

 Egypt, by M. Victor Mosseri; on Cotton Cultiva- 

 tion in Russian Turkestan, by M. Boris de 

 Fedtschenko; in Greece, by M. C. P. Cosmetato; in 

 Egypt, by M. N. Parachimonas ; and in India, by 

 Mr. G. A. Gammie and Mr. G. S. Henderson; and 

 on the Manuring of Cotton in/ Egypt, by M. Victor 

 Mosseri ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 294 



JUTE AND HEMP 305 



Chairman: Mr. C. C. McLeod. 



Paper on Jute, by Mr. R. S. Finlow 305 



Discussion 307 



Paper on Fibre Cultivation in the German Colonies, 



by Professor Dr. W. F. Brack 309 



Discussion 310 



Papers on the Testing of Fibres, by Professor 

 C. de M. Geraldes; on the Fibre Industry of 

 Mauritius, by Mr. F. A. Stockdale; on Sisal 

 Hemp in Sicily, by Professor C. Tropea; on the 

 Paper-making Value of Tropical Fibres, by 

 Messrs. Clayton Beadle and H. P. Stevens; and 

 on the Fibres of the Netherland East Indies, 

 by the Department of Agriculture, Buitenzorg ... 311 



FIBRE INDUSTRIES OF BRITISH EAST AFRICA 316 



Chairman: M. Emil Baillaud. 



Paper by Mr. A. Wigglesworth 316 



Discussion : Mr. T. Thornton, Mr. Manhire, Mr. 

 Wigglesworth^ and the Chairman 318 



