Working Paper Number 69Colin Clark (1905-89) Economist and Agricultural EconomistGeorge Peters* In 1986 the Oxford University Institute of Agricultural Economics was amalgamated into Queen Elizabeth House. The Institute, which came into being in 1913, achieved considerable distinction for its work on the problems of British agriculture under the Directorships of

‘Our country’s present China policy is this. On the one hand we recognise the Nationalist Government in Taiwan as the government representing China. We have signed a peace treaty and have conventional diplomatic relations with that government. On the other hand we have had historical and geographical relations with the