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morning may be due to the fact that members were, as I may say, 
rather “fed up.” But at the same time we see that by co-operation 
with the Government we have got to a certain point, and there is no 
doubt that the result of this Conference has been that we shall not 
only stand there but advance. (Applause.*) 
If the fact of the Government not having given official recogni- 
tion to all these meetings be remarked upon, we might at least 
remember that it has been quite ready to help us up to a point. 
The Government has supported ns and worked with us in a way that 
has been of extraordinary value to us as planters. If it was not for 
the Agricultural Department we would not have been able to 
undertake this at all. But the only hope that I can express — and I 
feel that I am also speaking for the planting community — is that 1 
hope this is the first of a series of regular annual conferences. We 
should much like to see an annual Conference established. 
I may also say that there has been a certain amount of criticism 
of the methods we have adopted. We have heard it said that it 
was not long enough and that we should have given more time to 
planters. But we may dismiss that straight away because what we 
meant to do was to make the inaugural meeting a success, and 
everything else did not matter so long as we got through that. I 
think that this is due to the support and the success of the efforts of 
the Director of Agriculture. We are very glad of the success of 
this Conference. 
The Chairman (Mr. Lewton-Brain) in conclusion, said : I must 
thank you Mr. Munro very much for what you have said. It lias, I 
may assure you, been a very great pleasure to inaugurate and help 
on the work of this Conference. On behalf of the Committee I 
should like to thank all the planters who have been here and 
supported us so strongly. The interest they showed was far more 
than 1 ventured to hope for. I am exceedingly gratified that the 
Conference has gone on so well. 1 think that we may take it for 
granted that it is wanted by the planters, and I hope to ask my 
friend, the Chairman of the Planters’ Association, to nominate a 
committee without further delay to arrange for the next Conference. 
On behalf of myself I wish to thank the Committee and the 
Hon. Secretary for the amount of assistance they have given me. 
(Applause.) 
The Conference was then declared closed. 
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