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International Agricultural Insti'jute. [Apr., 



drainage machinery, based upon extensive tests, is already at 

 an advanced stao^e. 



The Ministry has now completed the work of paying 

 out the sums due under the Corn Prices Guarantee. The 

 Payment of Claims '^^1^ ,/^ the payments were made on 



under the Corn January last. In all some 188,000 

 Production Acts, '^i'^'^*^ payments have been made, 

 totalling approximately .£14,000,000. 



The Ministry desires to make it known to occupiers of land 

 who have received Orders of Payment on H.M. Paymaster 

 General in this connection, that such orders are liable to be 

 cancelled if not presented for payment within a reasonable 

 time after issue. Any farmer who has not yet cashed his 

 order therefore should do so at once. The orders must be 

 presented for payment through a bank. 



The sixth Session of the General Assembly of the Interna- 

 tional Agricultural Institute will open in Kome on 8th May 

 Meetin of the Minister of Agriculture and 



_ . , Fisheries has appointed the followiDg 



International 



A ricultural delegates to attend on behalt ot this 

 T h't tp country: — Sir Thomas H. Elliott, Bart., 



nscitui . x.CB. (British Delegate on the Per- 

 manent Committee of the Institute^i, Sir Francis Floud, 

 K.C.B. (Permanent Secretary of the Ministry) and Mr. R. J. 

 Thompson (an Assistant Secretary of the Ministry). 



The programm.e to be dealt with by the Assembly is 

 extensive, including the consideration of a number of reports 

 on the organisation of the Institute and the work carried out 

 by its various branches, and also reports on such subjects as 

 the increase of agricultural production, agricultural meteo- 

 rology, agricultural book-keeping, and a proposal for the 

 establishment of an International Institute for Ee search into 

 Plant Diseases. 



In addition, the United States Government will submit a 

 number of proposals for action by the Institute with the object 

 of improving the collection and publication of agricultural 

 statistics in the adhering countries. Though the work which 

 the Institute endeavours to do in connection with agricultural 

 statistics may seldom come directly to the notice of farmers, 

 nevertheless the j^ublication of full and prompt information 



