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E NTERTAINMENTS. 



13. The Annual Conversazione was held at the Natural History Museum, by 

 permission of the Trustees of the British Museum, on June 16, and was attended by a 

 large number of guests representing all parts of the British Empire. 



14. The Annual Dinner, which was held at the Hotel Cecil on May 24 (Empire Day), 

 was a brilliant fimction, at which the President of the Institute, H.R.H. the Duke of 

 Connaught, presided, and among the principal guests were the Prime Mmisters of the 

 Overseas Dominions who were in England in connection with the Imperial Conference, 

 and who responded to the Toast of " The British Dominions Beyond the Seas." 



15. Earl Grey, on his arrival in England from Canada on relinquishing the office 

 of Governor-General of the Dominion, was entertained at a Complimentary Banquet, 

 which was presided over by the Rt. Hon. Lewis Harcourt, M.P., Secretary of State for 

 the Colonies. The guests included leading Members of both Houses of Parliament, 

 distingmshed statesmen, and representatives of all parts of the Empire. 



Meetings. 



16. The General Meetings of the Fellows have been numerously attended, and the 

 following Papers rea,d and discussed and widely circulated in the Monthly Journal, 

 United Empire : — 



■'Empire Trade Relations." By Ben H. Morgan. 



" Sierra Leone and its Commercial Expansion." By T. J. Alldridge, I.S.O. 



•' The New Day in Rhodesia." By Charles W. Boyd, C.M.G. 



" The Past, Present, and Future of Australia." By Rt. Hon. Sir George H. 

 Reid, G.C.M.G. 



" A Higher and Truer Imperialism." By Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Ward, Bart., 

 K.C.M.G. 



" Imperial Telegraphs." By Charles Bright, F.R.S.E., M.Inst.C.E., M.I.E.E. 



" True ImperiaHsm." By Dr. George R. Parkin, C.M.G. 



" British and German Influence in West Africa." By Mrs. Mary Gaunt. 



"The Outlying Islands of New Zealand." By Lord Plunket, G.C.M.G., 

 K.C.V.O. 



" Burma the Cinderella." By Sir J. George Scott, K.C.I.E. 



"My Impressions of Australia." By the Earl of Dudley, G.C.B., 

 G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O. 



Library. 



17. The additions to the Library number 3,257 books, 2,057 pamphlets, 537 

 maps, and 231 photographs, making a total of 6,082 additions during the year, 

 compared with 5,465 durmg 1910. Since the enlargement of the building and the re- 

 arrangement of the Library the ordinary accession of books has been nearly trebled. 

 This has entailed a large amount of extra work upon the Library staff. Of the 

 additions during the past year 4,850 were presented by their authors or publishers, 

 by various learned societies, and by the different Overseas Governments. On 

 December 31st, 1911, the Library contained 84,646 volumes and pamphlets. The 

 newspapers and magazines received at the Library, the majority of which are 

 presented by their publishers, now number 670. During the year 58,200 

 separate parts were filed. The practice of subsequently sending newspapers 



