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man you will not have any benefit from the work of the insti- 
tute. Ifyou send a man and pay his expenses that will certainly 
cost £1,000 a year. Now the organization of tropical agri- 
culture is quite young yet; we do not know exactly what we 
should do in this direction, and it would be much better to wait, 
say, a year or two more before we take any definite steps. 
If a tropical colony spends £1,000 per annum on the Inter- 
national Institute at Rome, it may prove difficult to get further 
funds for some other work that may be even more useful to it. 
I would propose therefore to wait and not to vote on this 
resolution now. 
Professor Dr. Herm (France) and Professor S1rva TELLES 
(Portugal) supported the view expressed by M. Leplae. 
The Presipenr: There appears to be a general feeling on 
the part of the foreign delegates that this matter should be 
fully considered by a committee before we express any opinion 
on it. I rather think Sir James Wilson is himself inclined to 
favour that view, and therefore the best plan would be to ask 
you to agree to request a committee of the Congress to take 
into consideration the question of the co-operation of the 
International Association with the International Agricultural 
Institute at Rome. If that expresses your wishes I will put it 
to the meeting in the following form:— 
“That a Committee of the Congress be appointed to 
take into consideration the question of co-operation with 
the International Institute of Agriculture in Rome.”’ 
This resolution was carried unanimously. 
Dr. O. Warzurc: M. Leplae and I are bringing forward the 
following resolution : — 
“That this Congress resolves to appoint an Inter- 
national Committee, composed of representatives of each 
European country concerned, to consider the constitu- 
tion of the Association Scientifique Internationale 
d’Agronomie Coloniale et Tropicale, and to suggest 
such changes in the constitution as may be required to 
improve international co-operation between the various 
societies interested in tropical agriculture.’ 
The reason why we are making this proposal is very simple. 
This Association is young, and its policy cannot be regarded 
as definitely settled. Every year brings new ideas and sugges- 
tions, and it is necessary from time to time that its constitution 
should be altered in order that the Association may cope with 
new developments. It is impossible for various obvious 
reasons to discuss these a:terations in large meetings, and 
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