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3. That the International Institute of Agriculture at Rome 

 should be recommended to continue the plan which it has 

 adopted of putting at the disposal of the world the statistical 

 material transmitted to it by the various Governments, and to 

 develop, on as extensive a scale as possible, the series of 

 statistical inquiries at present in course of publication. 



4. That, in order to facilitate the comparative study of the 

 statistics of different countries, relating to the trade in the 

 products of agriculture and agricultural industries, standards 

 of quality should be established in each country, which would 

 serve as a basis for comparison. The Congress suggested 

 that the International Agricultural institute at Rome should 

 examine this question, with the object of defining useful types. 



5. That for the most important crops, cereals, for example, 

 the reports published should begin at the earliest stage of 

 growth, and should be published every month, up to the time 

 immediately preceding the harvest. 



Surveys. — The third section, dealing with surveys, adopted 

 only a series of general recommendations, dealing with the 

 methods of official surveys, their advantages and disadvan- 

 tages, &c. 



Forestry. — Numerous papers were presented to the forestry 

 section, which was one of the most active sections of the 

 Congress. The nature of the discussions is shown by the 

 following general conclusions which were adopted : — 



The progress of agriculture and stock-breeding requires, as 

 an indispensable preliminary measure, the reafforesting, 

 and subsequent conservation and management, of all the 

 mountainous districts in the forest zone. 



At present the mountainous districts fail to exercise their 

 normal and natural action on the climate, the water system, 

 and the economy of the country. 



The forestry administration should divide the mountainous 

 districts forming the forest zone into two main groups, viz., 

 protective and productive areas. The freehold of all land 

 included in the area of protective mountainous districts should 

 be acquired by the State, and immediate steps taken for a soil 

 survey, and the reafforestation and management of such land. 



The State should exercise technical and administrative con- 

 trol over all mountainous areas that are the property of villages 



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