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THE Caribbean Commission, instituted by the Governments of France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States, has published its first annual report (Port of Spain : Caribbean Commission. London : Crown Agents for the Colonies). From the scientific point of view its most important work is that of the Caribbean Research Council. The Commission is a consultative and advisory body fully representative of all the Colonies (islands and mainland) in the Caribbean area. Its Research Council is specially concerned with scientific, technological, social and economic problems. After its war activities, concerned largely with provision and distribution of food to the various Colonies, the Commission and its various committees are now again getting down to work. Problems of forestry, livestock, grain crops and grassland have been investigated or are under investigation. The Commission has also been concerned with the transference of West Indian agricultural labour to the United States.
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The Caribbean Commission. Nature 161, 555 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161555a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/161555a0