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am speaking also on behalf of the delegates of Germany when 

 I say that we appreciate very much what we have heard in 

 this Congress, and what we have enjoyed outside this 

 Congress. And I want to express to you all my good wishes 

 for every success in your work on behalf of tropical 

 agriculture. 



Professeur Dr. HEIM (France) : II me sera permis comme 

 Secretaire perpetuel de T Association Scientifique Internationale 

 d' Agronomic Coloniale et Tropicale, et aussi dans ma qualite de 

 Delegue du Gouvernement Frangais, de joindre mes remerci- 

 ments a ceux de M. Leplae, au Gouvernement Britannique 

 pour 1'hospitalite qu'il a bien voulu nous reserver, au comite 

 executeur anglais, d'avoir apporte une contribution magnifique 

 aux problemes de 1'etude qui nous est si chere, contribution 

 qui peut etre consideree comme une mine inepuisable de 

 documents, et ensuite a notre cher President, le Professeur 

 Dunstan, de la fagon superbe dont il s'est acquitte de Toeuvre, 

 dont les destinees lui sont confies pour Tinstant. 



[Translation.] As permanent Secretary of the International 

 Scientific Association, for Colonial and Tropical Agriculture, 

 amd also in my capacity of Delegate of the French Government, 

 permit me to add my thanks to those of M. Leplae to the 

 British Government for the hospitality which it has been so 

 g'ood as to extend to us, to the English Executive Committee 

 for having mad'e a magnificent contribution to the problems 

 of the science which is so dear to us, a contribution which 

 may be regarded as an inexhaustible mine of information, and 

 also to our President, Professor Dunstan, for the superb way 

 in which he has carried out the work, the arrangement of which 

 was for this occasion entrusted to him. 



Dr. O. MANETTI (Italy): A nome del Governo Italiano 

 e della Sezione Italiana deH'Association Scientifique Inter- 

 nationale d'Agronomie Coloniale che qui rappresento, porgo 

 auch'io airillustre Presidente, Prof. Wyndham R. Dunstan, 

 ed agli infaticabili e benemeriti Segretari Organizzatori del 

 Congres'so il mio saluto ed i miei ringraziamenti. 



La maravigliosa organizzazione di questo Convegno Inter- 

 nazionale insieme alia cordiale ospitalita del popolo inglese 

 rimarra in me come ricordo indelebile per molti anni e come 

 prova piu vera della prosperita civile della grande nazione 

 brittanica. 



[Translation.] In the name of the Italian Government and 

 of the Italian Section of the International Association for 

 Tropical Agriculture, of which I am here as the representative, 

 I offer to our illustrious President, Professor Wyndham R. 

 Dunstan, and to the indefatigable and excellent Secretarres 

 of the Congress greetings and thanks. 



