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that of Professor Dunstan. Like Sir George Reid, I 

 have known Professor Dunstan for a considerable 

 number of years, and we are all of us aware of the great 

 record which he has made in connection with the 

 Imperial Institute. The Imperial Institute, for some 

 years after it had been initiated, existed very beautifully, 

 but as far as the Colonies were concerned no great things 

 came out of this mountain which had been erected in this 

 City of London as an Imperial Institute. And it is due 

 mainly to the initiative of Professor Dunstan, and to the 

 energy, zeal and enthusiasm which he has brought to 

 bear upon the task entrusted to him, that the Imperial 

 Institute to-day is not only a monument in the City of 

 London, but is also a place where information is to be 

 obtained, by the manufacturers and producers con- 

 cerned, with regard to tropical products. The utility of 

 this Institute, which is known to all of us who are 

 well acquainted with the tropics, is due almost entirely 

 to Professor Dunstan's individual exertions since he 

 became the head of it, and therefore he has unques- 

 tionably earned the gratitude of all of us who are 

 interested in the development of the tropical Colonies, 

 and in your name, ladies and gentlemen, I beg to 

 second the vote of thanks which has been proposed by 

 Sir George Reid. 



The Right Hon. Lord EMMOTT, G.C.M.G. (Under- 

 secretary of State for the Colonies) : My Lords and 

 Gentlemen I did not come here for the purpose of 

 speaking this morning, but for the purpose of listening 

 to the address which Professor Dunstan has given in 

 opening the proceedings of this Congress. But may I 

 say on behalf of His Majesty's Government how we 

 welcome your presence here to-day, and particularly 

 the presence of those many gentlemen who have come 

 from other countries over the seas in order to take part 

 in this Congress? I may say that His Majesty's 

 Government takes the greatest possible interest in 

 the deliberations on which you are about to enter, 

 and will follow your proceedings very closely. 

 We have every hope that this Congress will prove as 

 successful as its predecessors in drawing attention to 

 the very important problems connected with tropical 

 agriculture. I think the locale of your meetings has 



