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the same at Rome; unless tropical agriculturists were present 
and could advise the institute as to what tropical conditions 
are, I am afraid the assistance which the institute at Rome 
would render to the tropics would not be of that value which 
the Governments would expect. In the next place tropical 
agriculture when taken collectively is a very small matter. 
The whole field of agriculture is, of course, represented 
at Rome, and there are very much bigger interests there, 
and it will be some little time yet, I fear, before tropical 
agriculture assumes sufficient importance to hold its own 
against these other interests. I was glad to hear from Sir 
James Wilson that statistics were coming out in the bulletins 
on cocoa, sugar, maize, and so on, but I had not seen them. 
We have all been waiting for the time to come when: our 
tropical productions would receive due attention, and I am 
very glad they are beginning to do so, but we have had a long 
time to wait. We have had statistics for wheat and other 
temperate productions published very exhaustively, and, of 
course, that has been of great benefit to those interested in 
those cultivations. But naturally it takes a long time for this 
information to filter through. Well, Sir, I see such 
very great difficulties in connection with this proposal, 
especially the second part of it, that I would not like to 
commit myself to vote for it. I am in sympathy with the 
direction in which Sir James Wilsori wishes us to go, and I 
believe in some few years we shall go in that direction. 
Probably by that time the International Agricultural Institute 
at Rome may have a section devoted to tropical agriculture, 
dealing with it separately by experts in tropical agriculture; 
but at the present time it seems to me I could not support the 
resolution, and I would suggest, if it were acceptable to the 
meeting, that it should be submitted to our committee for 
consideration. At the present moment, Sir, I do not feel 
myself prepared to vote for or against it, and I propose that 
it should be submitted to a committee of our Association for 
consideration. 
Mr. J. S. J. McCait (Director of Agriculture, Nyasaland): 
I have listened to Professor Carmody’s remarks, and IJ must 
say I am in total agreement with him. As far as I have seen 
the publications from Rome, they have mostly dealt with 
temperate agriculture. The present statistics, I may say, with 
regard to tropical agriculture in many of our possessions are 
extremely vague, and even the protectorates themselves are 
unable to contribute statistics, so that I really think it is 
perhaps a little premature to attempt to publish statistics of 
tropical agricultural production. 
The Presipent: Perhaps it may satisfy Sir James Wilson 
