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or obtained as the result of special enquiry, are- well known, and 

 it will be of distinct advantage that an international body- 

 should be available for reference, charged with the duty of sift- 

 ing and collating such information for the assistance of those 

 concerned. 



The publications of the Bureau should become invaluable to 

 students and writers on agricultural subjects and to the officers 

 of the various agricultural departments and societies. Those 

 officers, with the assistance of agricultural newspapers and of 

 the Press generally, may be trusted so to utilize and make known 

 the work of the Institute as to render it of the greatest possible 

 practical value to the cultivator. 



"The expenditure of the Institute will to a material extent 

 be met out of the resources so graciously placed at its disposal 

 by His Majesty the King of Italy. The balance of the charge 

 remaining to be borne by the various adhering Powers will be 

 comparatively small, especially if the proposals receive the 

 unanimous support of the States represented at the Conference, 

 and if those States take a liberal view of their requirements as 

 regards the choice of the group in which they will propose to be 

 included. The maximum expenditure of a State adhering to 

 the Institute as a member of Group I. will be, as we have already 

 stated, ^^960 during each of the first two years of its existence, 

 and £1,600 subsequently. We have no hesitation in expressing 

 the hope that the necessary provision will be made to enable the 

 United Kingdom to take its share in the work of the Institute, 

 and we believe that the resulting benefits will be fully commen- 

 surate with the outlay proposed." 



The Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury have 

 agreed to the adherence of this country to the Convention for 

 the establishment of the Institute- and the signature of His 

 Majesty's representative at Rome was accordingly affixed on 

 the 27th February, 1906. 



- The Correspondence on the subject, together with the Report 

 of the British Delegates and the Minutes of Proceedings at the 

 International Conference, have been published as a Parlia- 

 mentary Taper. [Cd. 2958. Price IS. 7d.] 



