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country in which it is established, should, as an edu- 
cational institution, be separately organized under the 
management of a Committee on which all agricultural 
interests are represented, with a representative govern- 
ing body in London. 
The college should not trench on the domain of local 
colleges and schools engaging in elementary teaching, 
but should be a place of advanced learning and research 
for those who have already received a general agricul- 
tural education. 
In founding a college to fulfil such important pur- 
poses, so closely connected with agricultural advance- 
ment, it is hoped that the Governments of the tropical 
countries will participate, and, having regard to the 
great national interests affected, it may reasonably be 
hoped that the Government of this country will give the 
scheme, when complete, its financial support. The 
National Exchequer has responded -not illiberally to 
demands for financial assistance for closely allied 
subjects, such as the advancement of tropical medicine, 
and it has assisted in the formation of an Imperial 
Bureau of Entomology. 
Closely connected with, though distinct from, the 
establishment of such a college on satisfactory educa- 
tional lines is the provision of suitable accommodation 
for European students, and of a proper discipline during 
their residence in the tropics. In the first instance, at 
all events, the large majority of the students will be 
young Europeans who will be new to life in the tropics, 
and who will need at least as much care, attention, and 
discipline as they receive in a college or university at 
home. ‘The question of the erection of hostels or board- 
ing-houses and their management is one for considera- 
tion apart from the establishment of the college. Whilst 
the duty of erecting and establishing the college is one 
which should devolve principally on the Governments 
of the countries concerned, and partly on the planting 
companies and firms interested, it seems desirable that 
the hostel for European students, though subject to 
the Board of Management of the college, should be 
endowed by separate European subscription. 
The establishment of an Imperial College of Tropical 
Agriculture is to be considered at this Congress, and it 
