By a notice published as a supplement to the Royal Gazette of July 7, 1949, the government of Trinidad and Tobago extended diplomatic privileges and immunities to the Caribbean Commission and its officials and staff members. On September 22, 1949, Clovis Beauregard, newly appointed Deputy Secretary General of the commission arrived in Port-of-Spain to assume his duties. During the period under review the commission participated in the meeting of the British West Indies Sugar Technologists, held at Antigua from September 27 to October 1, 1949, and announced its acceptance of an invitation to participate in a United Nations meeting of experts on housing in tropical Africa, scheduled for the second half of 1950.