important part of my opening address. I am very strongly 

 in favour of the establishment of such a College, but I would 

 invite remarks on the subject from any members of the 

 Congress. 



Sir HENRY BLAKE, G.C.M.G. (formerly Governor of 

 Jamaica and Ceylon) : Mr. President and Gentlemen The 

 resolution I have to propose is: 



"That this Congress desires to support the proposed 

 establishment of an Imperial College of Agriculture in 

 the British tropics, and desires that a Committee of the 

 Congress be appointed to take steps to co-operate with 

 the London Committee which is promoting its establish- 

 ment.'' 



I take it that the reason why this resolution should have 

 been confided to me is that I have had some experience in the 

 tropics of both hemispheres. In Jamaica and in Ceylon I had 

 the honour and pleasure of 'establishing agricultural associa- 

 tions for the express purpose of assisting tropical agriculture. 

 It is perfectly clear that there ought to be a college of tropical 

 agriculture, so conducted that the students will have the best 

 opportunity, not only of receiving oral instruction, but also 

 of examining the practical side of tropical agriculture in as 

 wide a fashion as possible. That means that the College 

 ought to be in a position where the students can study prac- 

 tically the greatest possible diversity of tropical crops under 

 the most varying conditions available. I think that with those 

 conditions a central college of agriculture will be of very 

 great importance, not only to the British Empire, but to all 

 the colonizing nations. Now, gentlemen, I think there will 

 be no dissentients to the proposition that such a college of 

 tropical agriculture is necessary, and I will say no more, but 

 propose to you the resolution I have just read, and hope that 

 it will be carried unanimously. 



Colonel Sir HENRY MCCALLUM, G.C.M.G. (lately Governor 

 of Ceylon) : Mr. President and Gentlemen I come to this 

 Congress at the very last moment, having, unfortunately under 

 medical advice, been unable to attend its proceedings. How- 

 ever, I am extremely glad to be here on this occasion to second 

 the resolution which has been proposed to you in such excellent 

 terms by my predecessor, Sir Henry Blake. He has pointed 

 out the importance of an imperial college such as is referred to 

 in the resolution. I must congratulate my friend, Professor 

 Dunstan, on the very able way in which, in his opening address, 

 he has brought this important subject to the notice of the 

 Congress. He has done it in such excellent terms and so 



