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tion, which was formed at the 1921 Congress. That Association 

 and Mr. Dorph-Petersen were one, and but for him there would 

 have been no Association and no Congress. Both Mr. Dorph- 

 Petersen and Dr. Volkart had done extremely valuable work. 

 Those present would look forward with the greatest possible 

 interest to Mr. Dorph-Petersen's report on the past activities of 

 the Association, and to his proposals for continuing its admirable 

 work. There was, he thought, a feeling in the minds of some 

 delegates that the Association should be made international. 

 Whether that could be achieved, or whether contact could be 

 established between Europe and America, would be discussed 

 later. The keynote of the work of the Association during the 

 past three years had been " efficiency and uniformity," and he 

 thought that the closer they got to the goal of uniformity in 

 seed testing methods the better it would be, both for those 

 working at seed testing stations and for tlie seed trade, which 

 was looking to that goal for the smooth working of the industry. 



Sir Lawrence Weaver then formally declared the Congress 

 open, and the meeting proceeded to elect a Chairman. 



Mr. Dorph-Petersen thanked Sir Lawrence Weaver for his 

 kindly words to him as Chairman of the European Seed Testing 

 Association, and on behalf of the delegates present he thanked 

 Sir Lawrence, as representative of the British Government, and 

 Mr. Chambers, Organising Secretary, for the admirable arrange- 

 ments which they had made for the holding of the Congress. 

 He said that the delegates who attended the 3rd International 

 Congress at Copenhagen regarded Sir Lawrence as the " father " 

 of that Congress, and he proposed that he be elected Chairman. 



This proposal having been received with acclamation. 

 Sir Lawrence Weaver intimated that he was proud to accept 

 the office of Chairman, but he suggested that Professor Johannsen 

 should act as Joint-Chairman. This proposal was unanimously 

 accepted. 



It should be stated that throughout the meetings Professor 

 Johannsen rendered admirable and invaluable service to the 

 Congress by his brilliant renderings, in English, Erench and 

 German, of summaries of the speeches made by the delegates. 



The programme of business (which had previously been circu- 

 lated to the delegates) and particulars of various excursions and 

 functions having been announced, Mr. A. Eastham read the 

 following paper ; — 



The Work of the Official Seed Testing Station for England and Wales. 



BY 



A. EASTHAM, 

 Chief Officer. 



The work of the Official Seed Testing Station for England and Wales 

 may be divided broadly into four main divisions, namely : — 



1, Testing for Trade purposes. 



