country in which it is established, should, as an edu- 

 cational institution, be separately organized under the 

 management of a Committee on which all agricultural 

 interests are represented, with a representative govern- 

 ing body in London. 



The college should not trench on the domain of local 

 colleges and schools engaging in elementary teaching. 

 but should be a place of advanced learning and research 

 for those who have already received a general agricul- 

 tural education. 



In founding a college to fulfil such important pur- 

 poses, so closely connected with agricultural advance- 

 ment, it is hoped that the Governments of the tropical 

 countries will participate, and, having regard to the 

 great national interests affected, it may reasonably be 

 hoped that the Government of this country will give the 

 scheme, when complete, its financial support. The 

 National Exchequer has responded not illiberally to 

 demands for financial assistance for closely allied 

 subjects, such as the advancement of tropical medicine, 

 and it has assisted in the formation of an Imperial 

 Bureau of Entomology. 



Closely connected with, though distinct from, the 

 establishment of such a college on satisfactory educa- 

 tional lines is the provision of suitable accommodation 

 for European students, and of a proper discipline during 

 their residence in the tropics. In the first instance, at 

 all events, the large majority of the students will be 

 young Europeans who will be new to life in the tropics, 

 and who will need at least as much care, attention, and 

 discipline as they receive in a college or university at 

 home. The question of the erection of hostels or board- 

 ing-houses and their management is one for considera- 

 tion apart from the establishment of the college. Whilst 

 the duty of erecting and establishing the college is one 

 which should devolve principally on the Governments 

 of the countries concerned, and partly on the planting 

 companies and firms interested, it seems desirable that 

 the hostel for European students, though subject to 

 the Board of Management of the college, should be 

 endowed by separate European subscription. 



The establishment of an Imperial College of Tropical 

 Agriculture is to be considered at this Congress, and it 



