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represented by delegates of its choice." It is administered by a 

 General Assembly and by a Permanent Committee. The staff 

 now numbers ninety-seven. 



The revenue of the Institute is derived from contributions 

 paid by each of the adhering nations according to the group in 

 which the nation is inscribed, as established by the treaty. (The 

 revenue amounts to approximately $250,000 annually. Editor.) 



The Institute performs the following work : 



1. By means of its Bureau of General Statistics, it collects, 

 coordinates and publishes as promptly as possible, statistical 

 data on crops and livestock, the trade in agricultural products, 

 and their prices on different markets. This crop reporting in- 

 formation is set forth in fuller detail in the monthly Bulletin 

 of Agricultural Statistics which is published simultaneously in 

 five languages. The Institute also publishes an " International 

 Year Book of Agricultural Statistics," which contains summary 

 tables of crop areas and yields. 



2. The Bureau of Agricultural Intelligence and Plant Dis- 

 eases collects, elaborates, publishes information of a technical 

 nature on agriculture, agricultural industries, stock-breeding, 

 etc. It publishes a bulletin each month on agricultural in- 

 telligence and diseases of plants. 



3. The Bureau of Economic and Social Intelligence collects, 

 elaborates and publishes information concerning agricultural co- 

 operation, insurance and credit as well as other questions of 

 agricultural economy. 



4. The library collects the books and documents required for 

 the work. It publishes a weekly Bibliographical Bulletin in 

 which are indicated the books received as well as the most im- 

 portant articles noted by the technical bureaus when examining 

 periodicals. 



5. The General Secretary's Office publishes an "International 

 Year Book of Agricultural Legislation" containing the laws re- 

 lating to agriculture enacted in the countries adhering to the 

 institute. 



