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These four resolutions were approved and adopted 
unanimously by the Congress. 
The Presmpent: I have to propose, as President of the 
Congress, three formal resolutions which I am sure will be 
acceptable to everyone. The first is :— . 
‘That the Delegates and Members of the Third 
International Congress of Tropical Agriculture desire 
to record their high appreciation of the hospitality so 
generously provided by His Majesty’s Government at 
the opening of the Congress. They also desire to 
convey their best thanks to Mr. Harcourt, Secretary 
of State for the Colonies, and to Lord Emmott, Under- 
Secretary of State for the Colonies, for their personal 
interest and assistance.” 
The second is :— 
‘That this Congress desires to record its thanks to 
His Grace the Duke of Bedford for his courtesy in 
inviting a party of Delegates and Members to visit his 
Experimental Fruit Farm at Ridgmont on June 27, 1914, 
and to Mr. Spencer Pickering, the Director of the Farm, 
for his kindness in conducting the party and explaining 
the work of the farm and the experiments carried out 
on it.” 
The third is :— 
‘“That this Congress desires to record its thanks to 
the Trustees of the Lawes Agricultural Trust for their 
courtesy in inviting a party of Delegates and Members 
to visit the Experimental Station at Rothamsted on 
June 27, 1914, and to Dr. E. J. Russell for his kindness 
in conducting the party over the Laboratories and! the 
Station and describing the nature of the work carried 
on. Also to the Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, 
Kew, for his courtesy in arranging for the visit of a 
party of Delegates and Members to Kew Gardens on 
the afternoon of June 27, 1914.” 
~, These resolutions were in turn put to the meeting and 
carried unanimously. 
The PResIDENT: Now we come to subjects on which 
motions have been brought forward by members of the 
Congress for consideration at this meeting. The first motion 
deals with the proposed establishment of an Imperial College 
of Agriculture in the British tropics. I personally need say 
little or nothing on the subject, because it formed an 
