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'fhe following subjects, together with the names of the reporters thereon, were agreed to :— ■

Subject. Reporter. 1. Inorganic chemicals, including hydrochloric acid, common salt, carbonate of soda, arsenical compounds, sulphuric acid, nitric acid, iodine, Epsom and Glauber salts, bleaching-powders, ammonia compounds, potassium nitrates and potash salts, plaster-of-paris 2. Certain minerals used in arts and industries 3. Fish and fishery-products 4. Wool and mohair products 5. Hides, skins, and leather manufactures 6. Meat industry —hides, horns, hoofs, &c. 7. Butter, cheese, and other dairy-products .. .. 8. Coal, its quality as a raw material for distillation products . . 9. Oil-shales, mineral oils, and solid bitumens 10. Base metals and their production 11. Conservation and utilization of water-power 12. Iron and steel industry 13. Olive industry 14. Silk .. 15. Soil-conservation, including erosion 16. Glass and ceramic ware—past history and general prospects 17. Soap—raw materials and by-products 18. Lanoline and other animal-fats .. .. 19. '.tartaric acid and other by-products of wine industry 20. Native timber-trees ... 21. Electro-chemical industries .. .. .. Dr. MeCrae and Dr. Rindl. Dr. P. Wagner. Dr. Gilchrist. Mr. McKee. Mr. Swale. Colonel Irvine Smith. Mr. E. 0. Challis. Professor Wilkinson. Dr. Wagner. Dr. Versfold. Mr. Kanthack. Professor Stanley. Mr. Tribolet. Mr. Gunn. Mr. T. R. Sim. Mr. J. M. Buckland. Dr. Rindl. Dr. Juritz. Dr. Halm. Mr. T. R. Sim. Professor v/d Merwe and Professor Bohle. Dr. Flint. 22. Review of Governmental action regarding industrial development by Dominions and other countries — e.g., Japan, Germany, and United States 23. Maize and maize products 24. Cereals, other than maize, and their products 25. Fruit and fruit products 26. Preparation of foodstuff, other than moat for export Mr. Burtt-Davy. Mr. Neethling. Mr. R. A. Davis. Messrs. H. E. V. Pickstone and W. 0. John. Mr. Burtt-Davy. Dr. Juritz. Mr. Pole Evans. Mr. R. Santhagen. Mr. Midler. Mr. H. Scheriiius. Mr. H. W. Taylor. Mr. Holmes-Smith. Mr. Williams, Cedara. Dr. Moir. Mr. Robertson. Mr. Legat. Mr. Robertson. Dr. Juritz. Mr. Pole Evans. 27. Vegetable foods, other than cereals and fruits 28. Sugar and sugar products 29. Tea, coffee, and chicory and by-products 30. Wine and spirits 31. Drug-yielding and poisonous plants and products . . * 32. Tobacco and products 33. Cotton and products 34. Fibre plants, other than cotton, and brush materials 35. Tanning and dyeing materials, including wattle-bark and extracts 36. Vegetable oils and resins 37. Rubbers .. .. .. .. .. .. ' 38. Cultivated timber 39. Wood products 40. Paper 41. Diseases affecting the development of crops, preventive and remedial measures 42. Insect pests and remedial measures . . . . .. 43. Economics of production of staple crops — e.g., maize, beef, mutton, and wool—and statistics of farm products and acreage 44. General review of agriculture, pastoral, and forestal possibilities 45. Barley, hops, and brewing-materials 46. Insecticides, fungicides, dips, and disinfectants 47. Essential oils, including eucalyptus 48. Foodstuffs for live-stock Mr. Lounsbury. Professor Lehfeldt. Mr. F. B. Smith. Mr. F. B. Smith. Mr. C. W. Mally. Mr. Santhagen. Mr. E. J. McMillan.