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would, therefore, be equivalent to about two years' work 

 at a university or college at home in which actual 

 residence, apart from vacations, does not much exceed 

 six months in each year. In the ordinary sense there 

 will be no vacation for European students in the 

 college in the Tropics, because no vacation is really 

 needed under the conditions of life proposed, whilst the 

 difficulties of providing for a satisfactory vacation in. 

 the ordinary sense within the island are considered to 

 be insuperable. Suitable opportunity for recreation will 

 be provided within the discipline of the college. Parents 

 in England who wish their sons to take up tropical 

 agriculture as a career will therefore be assured of a 

 satisfactory supervision during the year of study in 

 Ceylon. The cost of board, residence and instruction 

 for the year is estimated at ,150, which having regard 

 to the longer period of the curriculum, is rather less 

 than the cost of an agricultural college at home. 



It is very desirable that scholarships should be offered 

 of this value to students at agricultural colleges at 

 home, in order to render easier the special training of 

 the most promising of those students who wish to take 

 up tropical agriculture. Private benefaction might well 

 assist the scheme by providing such scholarships. 



It is to be hoped that it may be possible to provide in 

 Ceylon for the realization of the scheme. If not, 

 Southern India offers many advantages, and there are 

 some who desire to see the college founded in the 

 Federated Malay States. In dealing with the question 

 in detail, it is important that certain facts should be 

 kept very clearly in view. 



The college should be Imperial in its educational 

 character, and open to properly qualified candidates 

 from all parts of the Empire, without distinction of 

 race. 



The college will provide a training and experience in 

 tropical agriculture for those who are already qualified 

 in general agricultural principles and in the sciences 

 connected with agriculture, as evidenced by the posses- 

 sion of the diploma of any recognized college or 

 university. 



The Imperial College, while having close relations 

 with the Government Department of Agriculture in the 

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