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VI.— PRIVILEGES OF FELLOWS AND ASSOCIATES. 



MemhersJii'p. — The Institute consists of Eesident and Non-Resident Fellows, and 

 Lady Associates (who must be British Subjects), elected by the Council on the nomina- 

 tion of two Fellows, one of whom at least must sign on personal knowledge. A 

 Resident Fellow (who has a permanent home in the United Kingdom) pays an entrance 

 fee of £3 and an annual subscription of £2 ; a Non-Resident Fellow (who has his 

 permanent home outside the United Kingdom) pays an entrance fee of £1 Is. (which 

 is increased to £3 when taking up permanent residence in the United Kingdom) and 

 an annual subscription of £1 Is. (which is increased to £2 when in the United Kingdom 

 for more than six months). Lady Associates pay an annual subscription of £1. 

 Resident Fellows can compound for the annual subscription by the payment of £20, 

 or after five years' annual subscriptions of £2 on payment of £15 ; and Non-Resident 

 Fellows can compound for the non-resident annual subscription on payment of £10, or 

 after the payment of twenty or more annual subscriptions on the payment of £5. 



Privileges of Fellows. — The privileges of Fellows, whose subscriptions are not in 

 arrear, include the use of the Institute building, which comprises reading, writing, 

 reception, and smoking-rooms ; a library containing nearly 90,000 volumes and 

 pamphlets relating to the history, government, trade, resources and development 

 of the British Dominions, The history of every British possession from its commence- 

 ment can be studied here by the future historian of the British Empire, and the whole 

 history of British Exploration from Hakluyt downwards is available for students. 

 The newspaper-room contains files of 670 of the leading journals, magazines, and 

 reviews of all parts of the Empire, which are regularly received and filed. Books may 

 be borrowed — subject to the library regulations — and the correspondence of Fellows 

 may be addressed to the care of the Institute, a permanent postal and telegraphic 

 address being thus aSorded. Fellows are entitled to be present at the ordinary 

 meetings, and to introduce one visitor ; to be present at any annual provincial 

 conference ; to be present at the annual conversazione, and to introduce a lady. 

 The Institute is open on week-days from 9.30 a.m. to 10 p.m. 



Journal. — The monthly journal, entitled United Empire, traverses as far as 

 possible the whole field of Imperial activities, and is forwarded to all Fellows whose 

 addresses are known, free of charge. 



Lady 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. 



VIL— PUBLICATIONS. 



Annual Volume of "Proceedings. 



In the year 1869 the first volume of the " Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute " 

 was issued. It contained a complete report of the meeting called by public advertise- 

 ment for the purpose of adopting measures for forming an Association to be called 

 the Colonial Society, at which speeches were made by Viscount Bury (afterwards the 



