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if a committee is appointed to take into consideration the co- 
operation in this matter of the International Association for 
Tropical Agriculture with the Institute at Rome. If so, 
Professor Carmody and he would come together. 
Sir James Witson: I should like to say a few words with 
regard to what Mr. Hamel Smith said, that it took a long time 
to get things sent to Rome and to get orders back. As Sir 
Sydney Olivier has explained, any Government does what it likes 
in its own exectttive capacity. The International Agricultural 
Institute only collects information and disseminates it all the 
world over. Then as regards the difficulty of having each colony 
represented on the institute, of course no one suggests that a 
little colony like Trinidad should send someone to represent 
it. As I suggested, a whole lot of colonies might combine 
together and have a joint representative. As a matter of fact 
the representative for France represents also some of the 
colonies of France, and so on. It is not necessary to have a 
separate representative at all either for each colony or each 
group of colonies. Then again, as regards giving information 
in the bulletins about tropical products, it is the case already 
that the institute does give as full statistics as it can about those 
particular tropical productions I have mentioned—tobacco, 
sugar, and so on, and it is giving information as regards 
other products as well. I would just like to add this—that 
although certain tropical countries have not adhered to it, the 
institute desires to be a world-wide institute, and to give the 
benefit of the information it collects to all countries, whether 
they adhere or not. Any expert from any colony, if he 
chooses to send information and contributions to the bulletins, 
may be assured that the institute will be very glad to receive 
any communication of that kind. I should also like to mention 
that the institute has a splendid library, the best library of 
information—books, magazines, and so on—connected with 
agriculture in the whole world. It is the best library to be 
found anywhere, and this library is at the disposal of any 
student in any particular subject. I am quite prepared, sir, to 
have this question referred to a committee, and if the Congress 
is agreeable to that course, I shall be glad to accept that 
addition to my proposed resolution. 
M. E. Lepae (Belgium): This question is of an international 
character, and the delegates of the different countries have not 
had time to discuss it. The International Institute at Rome is 
a very active and useful body, but I do not believe it has had 
up to the present funds enough to enable it to work usefully 
in tropical agriculture. The question is, are the tropical 
countries to give these means to the International Institute at 
Rome? As Professor Carmody said, if you do not send a 
