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life has at length ceased, I should like to see the flow of money 
diverted to the noble object of saving life by means of a great 
extension of medical research, and I can concei f no more 
fitting thank-offering for the delivery of the world from the 
greatest menace that has ever threatened modern civilization. 
What is wanted is an Indian Rockefeller to come forwa:d with 
have the far greater satisfaction of seeing for themselves the 
seed they sow in faith bearing fruit abundantly. As example 
anything I am not willing to do myself to the limits of my power. 
In addition to the rich Princes and noblemen who ultimately 
derive their wealth from the agricultural labourer, I especially 
appeal to those who have made their fortunes in commercial 
enterprises to do all they can to help in this practical way the 
labour forces to whom they so largely owe their prosperity ; so 
it is to the large commercial towns that we must also look for 
the help we require to bring the blessings of medical research 
to the aid of the hundreds of millions of patient toilers of 
India, 
Section of Agricultural and Applied Botany. 
President :—Tur Hon. Mr. G. F. Keartines, C.1.E. 
Presidential Address. 
Somer Economic Factors AFFECTING AGRICULTURAL 
PROGRESS. 
It is my pleasing duty to welcome you here to this session 
of the Agriculture and Applied Botany Section. We have 
before us twenty papers on a variety of subjects connected 
i i ave t e 
some very interesting discussions on these papers. 
I much appreciate the compliment that has been paid to 
me in asking me to preside over this Section of the Science 
Congress, the more so since I cannot claim to be a scientific 
