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cultural world on all matters which are of interest. We have 

 consequently put on one side the publication already prepared, 

 and have commenced the Bulletin with which you are 

 acquainted, which, in addition to information received from 

 the Governments, contains, properly classified, everything that 

 is important in the agricultural periodicals and especially in 

 the publications of Laboratories and Experimental Stations. 

 The Institute probably receives, and, what is more, examines, 

 a greater number of agricultural periodicals than any other 

 institution in the world; and this monthlv voyage, as it were, 

 round the earth, passing in review all forms of cultivation 

 and noticing all new ideas relating to agriculture, has an 

 exceptional interest to all those who are engaged in agricul- 

 ture, and forms a great stimulant to progress. 



The Governments would be doing something very useful to 

 the agriculturists of all countries, as well as to their Experi- 

 mental Stations, if they required the latter to inform us as 

 quickly as possible of the results of their labours. These 

 Stations and Laboratories would find in the Bulletin of the 

 Institute the world-wide publicity which they seek for in 

 vain elsewhere. Obviously we could only give this publicity 

 to the works of Stations whose scientific standing was 

 guaranteed by the Governments. These Stations brought 

 into contact with one another through the medium of our 

 Institute could without losing any of their liberty co-ordinate 

 the experiments they had made on different soils and in 

 different climates. 



Professor Giglioli, the head of this Bureau, sent in his 

 resignation at the end of the year. He did not wish to give 

 up his Chair at the University of Pisa, and was, moreover, 

 prevented from doing so by family reasons. He has agreed, 

 however, to continue his connection with the Bureau until the 

 appointment of a new Chief. 



In addition to the Bulletin, we have been engaged in this 

 Bureau in collecting, in accordance with the desire expressed 

 at the last Assembly, information relating to the protection 

 of birds and to the institutions which exist in different 

 countries for the study and prevention of Plant Diseases. 

 We have also collected information relating to Dry Farming, 

 upon which M. de Miklos, Delegate of Hungary, will present 



