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Trinidad, has laid before us splendid data on various aspects 
of cocoa planting. If we had been able to examine this paper 
beforehand we would have had a very interesting discussion 
on that paper alone, not to speak of others. I hope that the 
next time Professor Carmody brings us one of these very 
important compilations, we will all be able to discuss it 
thoroughly. 
If a great number of papers come in, it is not possible to 
discuss them all in the same section. A congress should be split 
up into a great number of different sections. For instance, 
those people who are interested in cotton could come together 
and discuss cotton for one, two, or three days. Those 
interested in cocoa could meet in another room and deal with 
cocoa for several days. In that manner also we should be 
able to get to know better our Colonial colleagues interested 
in our own subjects. 
I would propose, too, that some new sections should be 
introduced in future congresses. It occurs to me that the 
three International Congresses so far held have dealt only with 
tropical cultivation and tropical crops. Now that is only one 
part of tropical agriculture. For instance, there is the raising 
of cattle—the animal industry—which is a most important 
matter. It would be much better that our Congress should 
consider everything that appertains to tropical agriculture. 
These are the principal propositions I have to make. 
Dr. C. J. J. van Hatt (Netherlands and Netherland East 
Indies): Mr. President—Now that this Congress is coming to a 
close, I am sure that we all feel it has been really a success, 
and at the same time we know that this success is largely 
due to you and your collaborators, your able secretaries, 
and to the many other gentlemen who have worked to 
make these days as instructive and at the same time as 
agreeable as possible. We highly appreciate the fact that 
several of your most prominent men have taken the chair, 
and have told us their views, sometimes in a few words, but 
always in instructive and interesting words. It is said some- 
times that the use and importance of these congresses is not 
so much within the congress hall as outside; and I feel con- 
vinced that outside the hall the English people have tried to 
make us feel that we were also of great importance and of 
great usefulness. Most of us, as tropical men, have already 
had much opportunity of admiring and enjoying English 
hospitality in the colonies. I always remember in the West 
Indies the Departments of Agriculture displayed not only a 
scientific but also a very friendly hospitality, and now that we 
have been in the position of enjoying also that hospitality in 
England, I can assure you that we highly appreciate it. I 
