INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE. 



GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 1911. 



Report to the Permanent Committee on the Work of 

 the Institute during the Year 1910, by M. le Marquis 

 Cappelli, President of the Institute. 



Gentlemen, 



I beg to present to you an account of the progress of 

 our Institute during the 17 months which have elapsed since 

 the last meeting of the Assembly in December, 1909. 



During this time, Algeria has been added to the countries 

 adhering to the Institute, and we have been informed through 

 diplomatic channels that Paraguay has voted the necessary 

 funds for this purpose, although its formal adhesion has not 

 yet been communicated to us. There are thus 48 States — and 

 there will shortly be 49 — which are represented in our Insti- 

 tute. It is not necessary to tell you that this number, which 

 is much larger than that of the adherents to any of the other 

 International Institutes, shows what an interest the Govern- 

 ments of the various countries take in our work. This is a 

 source of encouragement, but at the same time it imposes on 

 us a heavy load of responsibility. 



At the commencement of the year 19 10, the former Presi- 

 dent, Count Faina, sent in his resignation. The Permanent 

 Committee, in order to express their obligations to the man 

 who from the commencement had devoted all his abilities to 

 the work of the Institute, appointed him Honorary President, 

 although this title and this honour had not been contemplated 

 in our Statutes. It seemed opportune to honour Count Faina 

 in a special manner. As President of the Italian Commission 

 he had undertaken the organisation of the Rome Conference; 



