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Governments, international measures and fnstitutions for the 

 protection of the interests common to the agriculturists of all 

 countries, taking into consideration also the views expressed b}' 

 the International Congresses of Agriculture. 



(^/) To exercise the other functions which already form the 

 object of the large agricultural associations, and with which the 

 Institute could deal independently of the action of different 

 Governments. 



3. Financial resources of the Institute. 



These subjects were discussed and reported upon by com- 

 mittees and sub-committees of the delegates, and their con- 

 clusions were embodied in an " Acte Final," which it was 

 arranged should be submitted by the Italian Government for 

 the consideration of the various Powers. 



According to this document the International Agricultural 

 Institute is to be an official institution, in which each country 

 adhering shall be represented by delegates of its own selection. 



Whilst limiting its action to international questions it is to be 

 the duty of the Institute : — 



(a) To collect, elaborate, and publish, with as little delay as 

 possible, statistical, technical, or economic information regarding 

 the cultivation of the soil, its production, whether animal or 

 vegetable, the trade in agricultural products, and the prices 

 obtained on the various markets. 



(d) To send to interested parties, in a similarly rapid manner, 

 full information of the nature above-mentioned. 



(c) To indicate the wages of rural labour. 



(d) To notify all new diseases of plants which may appear in 

 any part of the world, indicating the districts affected, the 

 spread of the disease, and, if possible, the efficacious means of 

 resistance. 



(e) To consider questions relating to agricultural co-operation,, 

 insurance, and credit, in all their forms, collecting and publish- 

 ing information which may be useful in the various countries 

 for the organization of undertakings relating to agricultural co- 

 operation, -insurance, and credit. 



(/) To present, if expedient, to the Governments, for their 

 approval, measures for the protection of the common interests 

 of a,griculturists and for the improvement of their condition 



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