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it would be best to appoint a committee consisting of 

 representatives of each European country to do this work. We 

 suggest "each European country," not because we wish to 

 exclude the non-European countries, but because so long- 

 as the chief object of our Association is to have Congresses, 

 and as long as the Congresses are held in Europe, European 

 nations have the chief interest in them. The next point we 

 suggest is that such changes should be made in the constitution 

 of the Association as may be required to improve international 

 co-operation between the various societies interested in 

 tropical agriculture. This brings out the point that it is the 

 representatives of societies and of official bodies who chiefly 

 constitute our Congresses and give them importance, and so 

 we think ,it is very important to go into the question of how 

 it is possible to secure international co-operation among these 

 various societies interested in tropical agriculture. 



The proposal was seconded by M. E. LEPLAE, and M. EMIL 

 BAILLAUD spoke in support of it. 



The PRESIDENT : I do not know if any other member of the 

 Congress wishes to speak to this resolution, which proposes 

 that an International Committee should be appointed to con- 

 sider any changes that might be desirable in the interests of 

 the International Association in order to improve international 

 co-operation between the various societies interested. This 

 expression of opinion on the part of the Congress, of course, 

 will have to be referred by this meeting to the assembly of 

 the International Association for Tropical Agriculture which 

 was supposed to meet half an hour ago, and which will have 

 to hold its meeting some time to-day. 



This resolution was then put to the meeting and carried. 



PRESIDENT'S CLOSING REMARKS. 



The PRESIDENT : Gentlemen It has been the custom with 

 our foreign colleagues that the President should deliver a 

 final address at the conclusion of the Congress; in fact, pro- 

 nounce what I suppose may be regarded as a funeral oration. 

 I do not propose myself to follow that practice, partly because 

 time will not permit, as we have still another meeting to hold 

 this afternoon. I would, however, like to say that it has been 

 a great gratification to the British members to see such a 

 distinguished gathering of their foreign colleagues at this 

 Congress. I think it may be said that the Congress has 

 been a very great success, if success is measured first by the 

 number and distinction of those who have taken part in it ; 

 secondly, if it is to be judged by the number and importance 

 of the papers; and thirdly, by the number of speakers. In 

 all these directions I think we have been most successful, 



