3o International Agricultural Institute. 



Each country subscribes in proportion to the share of influence 

 which it desires to use in the administration of the Institute. 



In addition to their ordinary income, mention must be 

 gratefully made of the revenue received from important Crown 

 lands, with which His Majesty the King of Italy has en- 

 dowed the Institute. The income for several years from this 

 source has been devoted to the erection of the magnificent 

 building which is now the home of the Institute. This royal 

 gift represents, at present, an annual and fixed income of 

 300,000 francs (,£12,000). 



The Convention of 1905 had settled the question of repre- 

 sentation, but the administrative and technical organisation, 

 as well as the management, of the Institute still required 

 completion. An Italian Royal Commission, whose Chairman, 

 Count Faina, is now the distinguished President of the 

 Institute, had been specially appointed to draft the preliminary 

 plans. The Permanent Committee continued the work, and 

 ultimately embodied it in an extended draft scheme, which 

 after approval by the first General Assembly became the 

 Regulations of the Institute. 



Administrative and Technical Organisation. 



The organisation of the Institute consists of three parts, 

 viz. : — in ascending order — the (1) executive, (2) consultative, 

 and (3) administrative bodies. Simplicity in the machinery 

 and a maximum output have been the main objects in view. 



The Executive and the Divisions. — The number of 

 Divisions has been restricted to the necessary minimum, viz. : 

 three, in order to concentrate the work and avoid a waste of 

 force and of energy. By this means, it is hoped, with efficient 

 assistance from the Staff and by grouping kindred subjects, 

 to obtain the maximum amount of work. The Divisions have 

 been organised on the plan of a division of labour in order 

 to enable each official to appear at his best. Specialisation, 

 as it obtains in the industrial world, has been the directing 

 principle for the allocation of each functionary to the task for 

 which he is specially qualified. 



Along with and also above the Division which is the 

 executive limb is the Sub-Committee, the consultative 



