12 Royal Colonial Institute. 



11. TlbC Council may, with the approval of a General Meeting, from time to time 

 appoint fit persons to be Trustees of any part of the real or personal property of the 

 Institute, and may make or direct any transfer of such property necessary for the pur- 

 poses of the trust, or may at their discretion take in the corporate name of the Institute 

 Conveyances or Transfers of any property capable of being held in that name. Provided 

 that no sale, mortgage, incumbrance or other disposition of any hereditaments belong- 

 ing to the Institute shall be made unless with the approval of a General Meeting. 



12. Bo 1Rule, 16^e=XaW, IReSOlUtion, or other proceeding shall be made or 

 had by the Institute, or any Meeting thereof, or by the Council, contrary to the General 

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

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



5n IMitUCSS whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent. 



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

 in the Forty-sixth year of Our reign. 



JS^ 1bec /iDajest^'s Coininan^, 



L.S 



GARDEW. 



RULES. 



Corrected up to the Special Meeting of Fellows, 

 March 17, 1913. 



Objects and Constitution. 



1. The Royal Colonial Institute is established to provide 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 Reading-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 afiord opportunities for the reading of 

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

 to undertake scientific, literary, 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 Resident, Non-Resident, and Honorary Fellows and 

 (subject as hereinafter mentioned) Associates. A Resident Fellow is a Fellow who 



