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" United Empire." 



During the year 1909, it having been decided that a review, or magazine, would be 

 one of the most effective means for widening the sphere of influence of the Institute 

 and increasing its popularity and usefulness, a new monthly journal, entitled United 

 Empire, was issued on January 1, 1910, which superseded both the annual volume 

 of " Proceedings " and the " Journal." This review is designed to traverse as far as 

 possible the whole field of Imperial activities, and cannot fail to prove of advantage 

 to the trader, manufacturer, and farmer, as well as to o£B.cials, politicians and others 

 in all parts of the Empire. The yearly volume averages about one thousand pages, 

 and contains numerous maps, illustrations and diagrams. Its contents comprise the 

 Papers read at the meetings of the Institute, articles contributed by recognised authori- 

 ties on Imperial questions, editorial notes, &c. Special sections are devoted to reviews 

 and notices of books, pamphlets, &c., relating to all parts of the Overseas Empire ; to 

 information regarding Empire trade and industry ; and to Greater Britain notes. 

 The journal, which is not only sent to every Fellow and Associate of the Institute, 

 but to institutions and clubs throughout the Empire, is edited by Mr. Archibald P«,. 

 Colquhoun. 



VIII.— MEETINGS. 



The ordinary general meetings of the Institute at which Papers are read or addresses 

 delivered are held on the second Tuesdays during the months of November to June at 

 8.30 P.M. Afternoon meetings for the same purpose are also held during the above- 

 mentioned months at 4 p.m. The Papers are often illustrated by lantern slides, and 

 the subjects are so selected as to embrace all parts of the Overseas Empire. A discus- 

 sion takes place upon all occasions. The evening meetings are preceded by a dinner, 

 which takes place at 7 o'clock, and is attended by Fellows and their friends, both 

 ladies and gentlemen, and so assists in promoting acquaintanceship amongst them. 

 The following Papers were read and discussed during the Session 1912-13 :— 



" The Imperial Emigrant." By Arthur Hawkes. 



" The New Pacific." By Dr. T. Miller Maguire. 



" Travel and Sport in East Africa." By Lieut. -Colonel J. H. Patterson, D.S.O. 



" Hong-Kong's Part in China's Reform." By the Ven. E. Judd Barnett, M.A. (Archdeacon 

 of Hong-Kong). 



" The Federated Malay States." By Sir Ernest Birch, K.C.M.G. 



" British Columbia and her Imperial Outlook." By F. B. Vrooman, Ph.D., B.Sc. (Oxon). 



" The Boundaries of British Guiana." By J. A. J. de ViUiers. 



" The Faith of an ImperiaUst." By Elhs T. Powell, LL.B., B.Sc. 



" Universities and Practical Education." By Professor A. E. Shipley. 



" Mountain Trails in the Rockies of Canada." By Mrs. Henshaw. 



" Settlement by ' Whites ' of Tropical Austraha." By Hon. J. M. Creed, M.L.C., New 

 South Wales. 



" The Panama Canal and its Relation to the British Empire." By Vaughan Cornish, D.Sc, 



" Some Problems of Empire." By Hon. George E. Foster (Minister of Trade and Commerce. 

 Canada). 



