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man you will not 'have any benefit from the work of the insti- 

 tute. If you send a man and pay his expenses that will certainly 

 cost 1,000 a year. Now the organization of tropical agri- 

 culture is quite young yet; we do not know exactly what we 

 should do in this direction, and it would be much better to wait, 

 say, a year or two more before we take any definite steps. 

 If a tropical colony spends 1,000 per annum on the Inter- 

 national Institute at Rome, it may prove difficult to get further 

 funds for some other work that may be even more useful to it. 

 I would propose therefore to wait and not to vote on this 

 resolution now. 



Professor Dr. HEIM (France) and 1 Professor SILVA TELLES 

 (Portugal) supported the view expressed by M. Leplae. 



The PRESIDENT : There appears to be a general feeling on 

 the part of the foreign delegates that this matter should be 

 fully considered by a committee before we express any opinion 

 on it. I rather think Sir James Wilson is himself inclined to 

 favour that view, and therefore the best plan would be to ask 

 you to agree to request a committee of the Congress to take 

 into consideration the question of the co-operation of the 

 International Association with the International Agricultural 

 Institute at Rome. If that expresses your wishes I will put it 

 to the meeting in the following form : 



" That a Committee of the Congress be appointed to 

 take into consideration the question of co-operation with 

 the International Institute of Agriculture in Rome." 



This resolution was carried unanimously. 



Dr. O. WARBURG : M. Leplae and I are bringing forward the 

 following resolution: 



'That this Congress resolves to appoint an Inter- 

 national Committee, composed of representatives of each 

 European country concerned, to consider the constitu- 

 tion of the Association Scientifique Internationale 

 d'Agronomie Coloniale et Tropicale, and to suggest 

 such changes in the constitution as may be required to 

 improve international co-operation between the various 

 societies interested in tropical agriculture." 



The reason why we are making this proposal is very simple. 

 This Association is young, and its policy cannot be regarded 

 as definitely settled. Every year brings new ideas and sugges- 

 tions, and it is necessary from time to time that its constitution 

 should be altered in order that the Association may cope with 

 new developments. It is impossible for various obvious 

 reasons to discuss these alterations in large meetings and 

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