The Colonial Microbiological Research Institute, Trinidad

Abstract

THE ceremony of the opening of the Colonial Microbiological Research Institute in Port-of -Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies, was performed on July 5 by Lord Hankey, in the presence of a distinguished gathering including the Governor of Trinidad and Tobago, Sir John Shaw; the chairman of the Standing Closer Relations Committee, Sir Hubert Ranee ; Prof. J. L. Simonsen, director of research of the Colonial Products Research Council; the principal of the University College, Jamaica, Dr. Taylor ; the acting principal of the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, Trinidad, Dr. Shepherd; and delegates from other Caribbean countries, from the United States, Mexico, Venezuela, Honduras, etc.