132 International Agricultural Institute, [june, 



after having previously taken every means of obtaining the 

 necessary information, e.g., resolutions passed by International 

 Congresses or other Congresses relating to agriculture or 

 to sciences applied to agriculture, Agricultural Societies, 

 Academies, Learned Societies, &c. 



All questions relating to the economic interests, the legisla- 

 tion and administration of any particular State are to be 

 excluded from the sphere of the Institute. 



The States adhering to the Institute will be classified into 

 five groups, according to the place which each State considers 

 best to select. 



The number of votes at the disposal of each State, and the 

 number of units of subscription, are fixed according to a scale 

 by which the units of subscription may vary from one to six- 

 teen and the votes from one to five. In any case the contribu- 

 tion corresponding to each unit of subscription can never exceed 

 the sum of 2,500 francs (i^ too). As a temporary measure, the 

 subscription for the first two years will not exceed the sum of 

 1,500 francs (^60) for each unit. 



In order to assist by his personal help towards the foundation 

 and maintenance of the Institute, His Majesty the King of 

 Italy was pleased to present to the Institute the control and the 

 revenues of two domains in the environs of Pisa, estimated to 

 produce an annual income of some 300,000 francs 2,000). 

 Pending the legal constitution of the Institute, this magnificent 

 benefaction has been assigned to a Royal Commission as from 

 the 1st of July, 1905, and it has been decided to devote the in- 

 come accruing from, that date to the construction of a house to 

 form the seat of the Institute. 



The new building, which will be constructed in the grounds 

 of the Villa Umberto I., in the neighbourhood of the Pincian 

 Gate, on an area of 10,000 square metres of State property, will 

 in all probability be completed towards the end of 1907. 

 ' The British delegates, in their report on the proceedings of 

 the Conference, after describing the steps which led up to the 

 conclusions embodied in the " Acte Final," make the following 

 general observations on the purposes which it is hoped the Inter- 

 national Institute will not unworthily fulfil : — 



"It will be apparent from a perusal of the ' Acte Final' of 



