Proceedings of the South & East African combined agricultural, cotton, entomological and mycological conference held at Nairobi, August, 1926

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Title:: Proceedings of the South & East African combined agricultural, cotton, entomological and mycological conference held at Nairobi, August, 1926

Place of publication:: Nairobi

Publisher:: East African Standard

Year of publication:: 1926

Scope:: VI, 337 Seiten; Ill.

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part VI. Summary of conclusions and concluding speech by the chairman

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PART VI. CHAPTER II. CONCLUDING SPEECH AND FINAL RESOLUTION. The CHAIRMAN (Mr. Northcote): Now that you have approved the various conclusions and recommendations which have been put up to you by the various sections, I think that your labours are concluded and it appears to me that one can only consider that the result is satisfactory, for of all the conclusions that have been before you there is only one which has not been unanimously accepted, and that, which deals with the place of publication of an East African Agricultural Journal, can hardly be considered to be a very essential one. I regret that I have not been able to take the Chair more frequently during the Conference, but other urgent business has prevented me from doing so and I have been kept in constant touch with the work that has been done. Such a Conference as this, with representatives from so many territories must be of great value to all concerned, not only from the official discussions which take place with regard to items on the Agenda, but also from those many unofficial conversations which take place between representatives from the different territories who are interested in the same subjects. Kenya is proud and pleased that this representative Conference— the first of its nature in East Africa—should have been held at Nairobi, and, as our President remarked in his opening speech, I think we are all of us indebted to the Secretary of State and also to the Governors’ Conference for convening it. I think that we should all thank the Secretary of State for his foresight in issuing instructions that the preparation of the Agenda and the arrangements for the conduct of the Conference should be made by the Secretariat of the Governors’ Conference; one of the many advantages to be derived from the employment of that disinterested office—if I may so describe it— for such a purpose is that it ensures the Conference from any subse- quent reproach that undue prominence was given to any particular problem. To my mind there is no doubt that there has throughout been a splendid spirit of co-operation and that everyone has worked together with the greatest desire to solve the problems before the Conference. The valuable and unanimous conclusions which have been reached I hope will be considered by the President to be sufficient to justify the remarks that he made in his opening address. This Conference marks a milestone on the road to common endeavour and common policy for the development of the immense national resources of the Eastern and Southern half of the Continent of Africa, and I firmly hope that from this Conference results may be achieved which will be of advantage to the countries and places represented. After your strenuous labours of these last few days I will keep you no longer. I trust that you have enjoyed your time in Kenya and hope that your work in the Conference rooms has not been so heavy that you have been unable to appreciate the beauties of the country during the tours which you have made and I hope that you will take away with you pleasant memories of this country. 203

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