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Dr. Andronescu stated that, while he personally was prepared 

 to approve the Constitution, he could not bind his Government 

 to accept it. Mr. Kirotar (Esthonian Legation) and Mr. Devoto 

 expressed similar views. Sir Lawrence Weaver stated that it 

 was well recognised that all those present were subject to the 

 Oovernments who sent them and that the various Governments 

 could not be bound by the decisions that had been reached. 

 It would be the duty of the Delegates to make, strong representa- 

 tions to their Governments with the view of securing the adoption 

 of the Constitution. 



The Constitution which is appended was then unanimously 

 approved by the Congress. 



THE INTERNATIONAL SEED TESTING ASSOCIATION. 



Constitution. 



1. Ncm%e and Object. — Under the name of the International Seed 

 Testing Association, a union of Official Seed Testing Stations with legal 

 domicile at the residence of its President exists for the purpose of 

 advancing all questions connected with the testing and judgment of 

 seeds. The Association seeks to attain this object through : — 



(a) Comparative tests and other researches directed to achieving 

 more accurate and imiform results than hitherto obtained. 



(6) The formulation of uniform methods and uniform terms in 

 the analysis of seeds in international trade. 



(c) The organisation of international congresses attended by 

 representatives of Official Seed Testing Stations for the purpose 

 of mutual deliberation and information, the pubhcation of treatises 

 and reports on seed testing and mutual assistance in the training 

 of technical officers. 



2. Membership. — The following may be members of the Association : — 



(a) Official Stations which deal entirely, or to a considerable 

 extent, with seed investigations and are directly controlled by 

 Governments . 



(6) Similar Official Stations managed by Institutes or Corpora- 

 tions and effectively controlled by Governments. 



(c) Associations of Official Seed Analysts. 



Each member engages to take active part in the work of the Association 

 and each subscribing member receives a free copy of the Association's 

 publications. 



3. Finance. — The income of the Association is derived from : — 



(a) Ordinary annual contributions from its members. 

 (&) Extraordinary revenues. 



The amounts of the annual contributions will be approved at each general 

 assembly of the Association for at least the ensuing three years. They 

 will be paid either by : — 



(c) A Government on behalf of all the official Stations in that 

 country, the sum not to exceed fifty pounds sterling per annum. 



(d) An Official Station or an Institute. 



(e) An Association of Official Seed Analysts. 



When the contribution is in accordance with clause 3 (c) all Official 

 Stations in the contributing country have the right of membership and 

 voting subject to provisions of clause 8. The amoimts of the contributions 



