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" (d) That in cases where it is found impracticable for the
inspector to perform the grading the onus should be placed upon the
owner or shipper to grade or prepare the product, in accordance with
the standards laid down; in such cases, the service may take the form
of inspeetion only of the whole or a prescribed proportion of the
shipment.
(e) That in the case of grading and/or ‘inspection under such
legislation, official certificates as to grade or standard of quality should
be issued where expedient.
(f) That the legislation should take the form of a general
enabling Ordinance, following the examples of South Africa and
Kenya, with provision for the application of the Ordinance to any
particular product, and the framing of rules dealing specifically with
the grades or standards. and the services of grading or inspection or
both.
C. TRANSPORT.
That, having regard to the difficulties of transporting agricultural
produce to the railway systems and the heavy cost thereof, it is desired
to invite the attention of the Governments of the East African
Territories to the importance of reducing the capital and running costs
of motor vehicles, in particular, by every means within their power.
7. NATIVE AGRICULTURE.
(a) It is desired to impress upon the Governments of Fast
Africa the great importance of a pronounced agricultural bias being
given to the ‘education of Africans in these’ territories, where
agriculture is almost the sole industry upon which the sustenance and
advancement of the African peoples depend—a principle which has
already been emphasised by the Phelps-Stokes Commission.
(b) * It is further considered that, for the development of native
agriculture, a staff of Africans trained in agriculture and capable of
performing the duties of agricultural instructors is essential; and it is
urged that the necessary provision should also be made for the
systematic training of African teachers in agriculture for schools in
native areas.
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