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apparently wants to draw the conclusion, taking into account 
the fact that higher prices for Indian wheats have prevailed 
at Indian ports during the later part of the season, that if the 
exports were distributed more evenly throughout the entire 
cereal year relatively higher average prices would be obtained 
for Indian wheat. 
There is a substratum of truth in the idea, but it must not 
be forgotten that the value of wheat exported from India 
depends on the world’s market, and not only on Indian prices, 
and it does not follow if the shipments were more evenly 
distributed throughout the year that the extra price obtained 
would correspond to the increased price which has been obtain- 
able in the later part of the year for Indian wheat at Indian 
ports, nor must it be forgotten that the earlier shipments of 
Indian wheat are substantially superior in quality to the later 
shipments of the same crop. 
Furthermore, it must not be assumed that the shipment of 
Indian wheat in bulk is desirable, or that it would be acceptable 
to British millers. The proof of the point is very meagre, but 
it seems that wheat which is susceptible to damage by weevil 
should be shipped in bags and not in bulk, and that the small 
saving in transit due to handling in bulk may not compensate 
for the risk of damage. 
The Cuarrman: I will ask Sir James Wilson to say a few 
words in winding up the discussion. 
Sir James Wirson: Gentlemen—I very much regret that 
Mr. Noél-Paton has been unable, owing to illness, to read 
his valuable paper himself, but I may say that I am in 
general agreement with his conclusions. I should have liked, 
if there had been time, to have gone into some of the questions 
which he has raised, especially concerning wheat, because I 
have myself been studying that subject. I will, however, say 
only a word or two about the work which Mr. Humphries has 
done for India. He has helped us enormously in India by 
carefully analysing, testing and reporting upon the different 
varieties of wheat in that great country; and it is very interest- 
ing to hear the good account he gives of the new varieties of 
wheat which our experts there, especially Mr. Howard, have 
been so successful in raising We hope that in a short time we 
shall be able greatly to increase the quantity of wheat pro- 
duced, and improve the quality over a considerable part of that 
area, 
Mr. Thorpe referred to the question of barley, and I ought 
to explain that in reading the paper, owing to the need for 
brevity, I omitted that part which deals with barley. I think 
that on reading the paper when it is printed he will find there 
is considerable information on that subject which will be useful 
