8 Royal Colonial Institute. 



Scope or true intent and meaning of this Our Charter, or the laws or statutes of Our 

 Eealm, and anything done contrary to this present clause shall be void. 



3-n XilHttttCSS whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent. 



TMttltCSS Ourself at Our Palace at Westminster, the Twenty-sixth of September 

 in the Forty-sixth year of Our reign. 



3B^ Iber /iDajest^'s CoininanO. 



L.S 



CAEDEW. 



RULES. 



Corrected up to the 5th March, 1912. 



Objects and Constitution. 



1. The Eoyal Colonial Institute is established to pro\dde a place of meeting for 

 all gentlemen connected with the Colonies and British India, and others taking an 

 interest in Colonial and Indian affairs ; to establish a Eeading-room and a Library, 

 in which recent and authentic intelligence upon Colonial and Indian subjects may be 

 constantly available, and a Museum for the collection and exhibition of Colonial and 

 Indian productions ; to facilitate interchange of experiences amongst persons repre- 

 senting all the Dependencies of Great Britain ; to afford opportunities for the reading of 

 Papers, and for holding discussions upon Colonial and Indian subjects generally ; and 

 to undertake scientific, hterary, and statistical investigations in connection with the 

 British Empire. But no Paper shall be read, nor any discussion be permitted to take 

 place, tending to give to the Institute a party character. 



2. The Institute consists of Eesident, Non-Eesident, and Honorary Fellows. 

 Ladies may also be admitted to the enjoyment of certain privileges connected with the 

 Institute and its property, but not to corporate membership. They shall be called 

 Associates. An Associate shall be entitled to receive a copy of the Monthly Journal 

 of the Institute, to attend any Meeting held for the reading of Papers or any Annual 

 Provincial Conference of the Institute, and to attend the Annual Conversazione. A 

 Eesident Fellow is a Fellow who has his permanent home in the United Kingdom. 

 A Non-Eesident Fellow is a Fellow who has his permanent home outside the United 

 Kingdom. 



3. The Institute shall not make or distribute any gift, dividend, division, or bonus, 

 in money, unto or between any of its Fellows. 



4. The government of the Institute, and the management of all its concerns, are 

 entrusted to the Council, subject to the Eules of the Institute. 



5. Every Eesident Fellow shall be eligible to fill any of the offices of the Council. 

 Non-Eesident Fellows shall, subject to the provisions of the Eules, be eligible to fill the 

 office of Vice-President. 



