Preliminary General Circular, 
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ASSOCIATION SCIENTIFIQUE INTERNATIONALE D’AGRONOMIE 
COLON I ALE ET TROPICALE. 
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international Congress of Croptcal Hgricnlture, 
Xonbon, 1914. 
Preliminary The International Association for Tropical Agriculture (Association 
scientifique Internationale d’Agronomie coloniale et tropicale) has 
decided to hold in London, in June, 1914, an International Congress, in 
which all countries interested in Tropical Agriculture and Forestry are 
invited to participate. The Association has requested the Committee 
of the British Section, whose headquarters are at the Imperial Institute, 
to make the necessary arrangements for the meeting, in co-operation 
with the Bureau of the International Association in Paris. 
The Congress will be held at the Imperial Institute, South 
Kensington, London, S.W. It will open on Tuesday, June 23rd, and 
close on Tuesday, June 30th, 1914. 
In the order of business at the Meeting, the morning sittings 
(10 a.m. to 1 p.m.) will be reserved for papers and discussions on subjects 
of general importance, each morning being devoted to a single subject; 
the afternoon sittings (3 to 5 p.m.) will be reserved for papers and 
discussions on special subjects. 
Transactions. Communications intended for the Congress may be made in English, 
French, German or Italian; but the general language of the Congress 
will be English. 
The following subjects are suggested for papers and discussion at 
the morning meetings. Contributions on these and similar subjects are 
invited:—■ 
I. Technical Education and Research in Tropical Agriculture, 
II. Labour Organisation and Supply in Tropical Countries. 
III. Scientific Problems of Rubber Production. 
IV. Methods of developing Cotton Cultivation in New Countries. 
V. Problems of Fibre Production, 
VI. Agricultural Credit Banks. 
VII. Agriculture in Arid Regions. 
VIII. Problems in Tropical Hygiene and Preventive Medicine. 
Order of 
Business. 
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