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Presents an update on issues related to weed control for the year 1969. Highlights of the Fourth International Agricultural Aviation Congress in Ontario, Canada on August 25-29; Reason Dr. E. C. S. Little resigned his appointment as Overseas Liaison Officer with the A.R.C. Weed Research Organization; Main purpose of the conference entitled, Some Safety Aspects of Pesticides in the Countryside held in London, England.

It is often asserted that, between 1865 and 1914, economic dependence on British capital subjected settler societies to an unofficial imperialism wielded by the City of London. This article argues that both advocates and critics of such models, particularly in the recent controversy over 'gentlemanly capitalism', pay insufficient attention to the City itself. Using the Edwardian City's connections with Australia and Canada, it illustrates the range of financial intermediaries involved and explores their perceptions of political economy in these countries. It concludes that the City's influence (or 'structural power') was limited by its internal divisions and hazy conceptions of political economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]