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paid to the Boseworthy Experimental Farm in South 

 Australia, and the Werribee Farm in Victoria. . . . 

 As regards irrigation, in addition to the discussion at 

 Melbourne, the members of the section visited the 

 small irrigation colonies on the lower Murray, the 

 colonies at Bacchus Marsh and Werribee, near 

 Melbourne, and the great Yanco settlement in New 

 South Wales, where a meeting was also held and 

 papers were read. On the subject of cereal-breeding 

 a fruitful discussion took place in Sydney. . . . 

 Dairying is an industry of great importance in 

 Australia, and received considerable attention in 

 the section. Some of the members of the section 

 interested in this side of the work spent a large pro- 

 portion of their available time amongst the dairying 

 in the coastal districts of New South Wales and 

 Queensland. . . . The problems of wool character 

 and wool inheritance were raised both in the meetings 

 and in the field, and though it will be long before a 

 matter of so complex a character is brought under 

 control, the question did receive some elucidation 

 which may serve as a basis for future work. The 

 members of the section owe a particular debt of 

 thanks to the Agricultural Departments of the 

 various States ; in every case special arrangements 

 were made for them, individually and collectively, 

 so that each man had the opportunity of seeing the 

 local work in which he was most interested. ' 



A number of unofficial lectures were given (in 

 addition to those indicated above) by members of 

 the overseas party at various places on the Australian 

 mainland, and in Tasmania, which was visited by a 

 party, principally of biologists, after the meeting. 

 The overseas members gave some evidence of their 



