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realize the exact state of affairs, that they will grudge 

 such a small amount. I say this, because in April last 

 I noticed that Uganda was to have a loan of 3,000,000 

 sterling to increase its general efficiency, and from all 

 accounts the money was badly needed, and will give an 

 excellent return. 



Glad as I am, glad as everyone who knows Uganda and 

 the possibilities of trade that surround it must be, that 

 the Protectorate has received this amount, no one can 

 compare the importance of Uganda as a trading and 

 agricultural centre, with the Far East on the one hand, 

 or of Latin-America on the other. If, therefore, the 

 Government has seen its way to vote 3,000,000 sterling 

 for Uganda, it certainly, if it knows its work and can 

 realize the immense benefit these colleges will be to our 

 trade and commerce generally, cannot hesitate to vote 

 the 100,000 sterling to found two Agricultural Colleges 

 and Institutes of Tropical Research, one in the East 

 say in Ceylon and a second in the West let us say in 

 Trinidad. 



Before going on to discuss the class of student that I 

 am hoping to see make use of these colleges for I 

 believe that there is some difference of opinion as to who 

 will enter their doors I would like to call your atten- 

 tion to the enormous amount of British capital that is 

 now invested in Latin- America. I am quoting the follow- 

 ing figures from the South American Journal of 

 January 7 last, and therefore can claim that they are 

 well up to date. According to this authority, the total 

 capital invested in the Spanish and Portuguese Republics 

 amounted to 1,001,736,565 sterling, which you will 

 agree is a very substantial sum. 1 



1 According to a statement in The South American Journal, 

 January 7, 1914, the eighteen Republics of Latin-America occupy 

 a total area of over 8,000,000 square miles, having, according 

 to the latest estimates, 75,000,000 inhabitants, with a total trade 

 of 560,000,000 per annum, of which that with Great Britain 

 accounts for 125,000,000, whilst the amount of British capital 

 invested in each country, together with the total (1,001,000,000) 

 is as follows : 



