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arrangement is regarded as a contributory cause in the develop- 

 ment of Italian exports. 



The Report concludes with a recommendation urging the 

 adoption in France of the methods which it is contended have 

 been found successful in Italy, in particular ; the employment of 

 a single tariff for agricultural products ; the introduction of an 

 accelerated goods traffic ; the allowance of a discount propor- 

 tionate to the number of waggons despatched annually by a 

 single consignee ; and the completion of a waggon load from 

 three separate stations. 



His Majesty the King of Italy has invited the co-operation of 



the British Government in the formation of an International 



Chamber of Agriculture, consisting of repre- 



International sentatives elected by the great agricultural 

 Agricultural . . , r \ s s . 



Conference. associations and of delegates appointed by 



the different Governments. 



The purposes of the International Chamber of Agriculture, 

 as explained by the Italian Government, would be to give 

 information, to advise, to guide and direct on the following 

 subjects : — Diseases of animals and entomological subjects ; 

 insurance against loss by hail, frosts, drought, &c, and the 

 mortality of live stock ; the regulation of forests and water- 

 sheds ; the adulteration of agricultural products and the insti- 

 tution of an agricultural trade-mark ; emigration and immigra- 

 tion ; and the formation of an exchange for agricultural labour ; 

 technical improvements in agricultural methods and the forma- 

 tion of a meteorological bureau ; the integration of co-operative 

 societies for production and distribution ; the creation of ex- 

 changes for agricultural products, and defence against railway 

 and shipping trusts, against trusts for the cornering and sale 

 of products and manufacturers' rings ; a revision of the tariff 

 system, and the improvement of commercial codes and of 

 labour contracts. 



The King has been pleased to approve the appointment of 

 the following gentlemen to be the British delegates to the Con- 

 ference :— His Excellency the Right Hon. Sir Edwin Egerton, 



