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receiving the amount of time and attention which is. due to 

 them. But the appointment of a Committee to consider an 

 important subject of this kind in all tropical countries is really 

 the best and most effective method, I think, of dealing with 

 this matter. I have very great pleasure in seconding the 

 resolution which Sir Horace Plunkett has proposed, and it 

 is for you to say whether it shall be adopted by this meeting 

 or not. 



The resolution was put to the Congress, and carried 

 unanimously. 



On the motion of the President a vote of thanks was 

 accorded unanimously to Sir Horace Plunkett for presiding. 



