June, 1921. 



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before the lOtli of each month, and the Institute is to 

 cable, in return, a couple of days later a summary of the 

 world's data. Moreover, in order to expedite the work, 

 ill addition to official information, semi-official data 

 may, with the authorization of the Governments con- 

 cerned, be used. 



In connection with all the Institute's Services a sys- 

 tem of continuous correspondence between the Govern- 

 ments and the Institute and the establishment for that 

 purpose of a special Bureau is recmnmended on the liiu's 

 followed by the Canadian Office and commended in 

 the Institute's official report to the Assembly. 



At the request of Japan, tea was added to the pro- 

 ducts to be regularly reported upon. There were in- 

 troduced into the classifications of the various kinds of 

 live .stock some changes to be made in annual and cen- 

 sus statistii'S, compliance with which require correspond- 

 ing changes in many adhering countries, including 

 Canada. 



Favourable action was taken on the proposals made 

 by Great Britain and Belgium a.sking the Permanent 

 Committee to investigate and report to the next General 

 Assembly the expenditure incurred Ijy the different Gov- 

 ernments in the interests of agriculture. Three pro- 

 posals were made by the Delegations of Great Britain, 



David Iiubin. 



Belgivim and Italy, asking the Institute to publish the 

 resvdts of in(|uiries into the metiiods adopted during and 

 iminediatel\' following the war for the purpose of in- 

 creasing agricultural in-oducticn. An elaborate sciieme 

 of in(juiry was adopted, V)ased on the carefully i)re- 

 jiai'ed schedule subndtted by Sir Daniel Hall. 



On tile ])roposal of the American Delegation the As- 

 semlily expressed the wish that, in view of the im- 

 ]iortance of the rapid transmission of reliable informa- 

 tion to the different Governments in respect to agri- 

 cultural conditicns, the coiulitioii of crops and of live 

 stock, and in respect to available stocks and market 

 conditions, the Institute should recommend to the ad- 

 hering (lo\'('rnments the expediency of appointing agri- 

 cultural attaches to the different embassies of the 

 countries between which there exist impoi-tation and ex- 

 portation cf agricultural and animal products. 



Mr. Louis Dop of France made an important and in- 

 ti resting report on agrieuttural meteorology, the con- 

 clusions of vvnich were adopted. They provided for 

 the creation of a Bermanent Committee of Agricuitaral 

 Meteorology, wnose members snali be named by ine 

 ivimisters ol Agriculture of each country and cuoseu 

 among the meteorologists, agronomists, botanists, plant 

 pathologists, and related scientists. 



The Governments are requested to ratify as soon as 

 possible the international (Jonvention ol I'lant I'atho- 

 logy ot iviaren -i, VJi-i, or approve its inclusions and 

 consent to organize in tUeir own countries the neces- 

 sary Departments of riant Batliology. 



ihe General Assembly recommends that the Govern- 

 ments represented at tne international (Jonterence for 

 the Control ol Grasshoppers ratity the Convention of 

 October at, iy..:u ar approve its conclusions as soon as 

 possible. 



The Governments are requested to organize on a 

 uniform plan accountancy bureaus with a central bu- 

 reau in eacli country, and the Institute is to utilize in 

 its statistical and economic publications the results ob- 

 tained and published by these Bureaus. 



The proposal of Brofe.ssor Lrikssou of Sweden for the 

 creation ot an International liesearch Institute of Blant 

 Bathology was favourably reported upon and adopted, 

 'ihe In.stitute is to be entrusted with centralizing all the 

 publications and materials concerning plant pests and 

 the enemies of plants (herbaria, collection of insects 

 etc.). 



It was proposed that through scholarships, to be pro- 

 vided by Governments or private individuals, agricul- 

 tural students be afforiled an opportunity of visiting 

 the IiLstitute and spending some time there for the pur- 

 pose of study and investigation, in which work they 

 would al.so be aided by the Italian Government. 



The Assembly adopted without discussion Mr. K. J. 

 Thompson's proposal that with the aid of the Govern- 

 n.ents there be established a Consultative Committee of 

 the specialists of each country for the purpose of co- 

 operating more directly witii the different Bureaus of 

 tlie Institr.te, and meeting in annual conference in Rome. 



The Assembly did not consider favourably the motion 

 of the American Delegation that tlie precedent created 

 by the Peace Coiifeivnce, the League of Nations and the 

 International Bureau of Labour in the concurrent use 

 of the Englisli and French languages should be reco- 

 gnized and acted upon by the Institute. It was decided 

 that the question might properly be placed on the pro- 

 gramme for discus.sion at a future General A.ssembly. A 

 debate ensued, in whicli the Canadian Delegate part- 

 icipated, in the course of wliich there were exjiressed 

 opinions favcurable to the translation of all the Institute 

 Proceedings and publications, also to abandoning the 

 n etrieal .system for the "Bulletin of Statistics" and 

 adopting expressions of ai-ea and capacity more readily 

 understood in English speaking countries. 



In addition to the practice of publi.shing monographs 

 and Bulletins the Assembly approved the suggestion of 

 the Bureau c{ iOcoiiomic and Social Intelligence that 

 there be published a Year Book of Economic and Social 

 Institutions, also a dictionar\- of technical w(u-ds used in 

 tleir work. Ilowevei-, the publication of the Year Book 

 and dictionary will liavc to wait the provision of ade- 

 quate funds and. in the meantime, the requisite mat- 

 erial will be colli>cted. 



