WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24. MORNING SESSION, 



10.30 A.M. 



Sanitation and Hygiene on Tropical Estates. 



Chairman : LIEUTENANT-COLONEL SIR RONALD Ross, 

 K.C.B., F.R.S., Professor of Tropical Sanitation, 

 Liverpool University. 



The PRESIDENT : Gentlemen Before we proceed to the 

 business of this morning, I should like to tell you that yes- 

 terday, after the morning session had closed, we had the 

 great gratification of receiving a special message from His 

 Majesty the King. The King, as you are aware, is the 

 Patron of our Congress, and he has sent us this message : 



"It is with much pleasure that I welcome to London the 

 Delegates of the International Congress of Tropical Agricul- 

 ture. The importance of their deliberations, and the number 

 and variety of the subjects to be discussed, are of especial 

 interest to me. I trust that their discussions will contribute 

 to the advancement of agriculture in the tropics." 



GEORGE R.I. 



On your behalf, I sent this reply to His Majesty's 

 message : 



" The Third International Congress of Tropical Agricul- 

 ture has received with great pleasure the gracious message 

 from the King, and begs respectfully to thank His Majesty 

 for his kind words of appreciation and encouragement of the 

 work of the Congress." (Applause.) 



At this morning's meeting we have an important discussion 

 to deal with, and Sir Ronald Ross has kindly undertaken to 

 preside. Sir Ronald Ross needs no introduction to an 

 audience composed of workers in the tropics, and the Con- 



