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the Earl of Onslow, the Right Hon. Alfred Lyttelton, the Earl of Crewe, Lord Avebury, 

 the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Dunraven, the Earl of Jersey, Earl Grey, Lord 

 Strathcona, and the Earl of Elgin. At these gatherings distinguished men of affairs 

 gather together from all parts of the Empire, and the speeches delivered are valuable 

 additions to the archives of the Institute. Dinners are also held simultaneously in 

 various parts of the World and greetings exchanged. The latter gatherings are 

 organised by the Honorary Corresponding Secretaries. 



The annual Conversazione mostly takes place in the month of June, and for the past 

 few years has been held in the Natural History Museum, which has been lent by the 

 Trustees of the British Museum. The guests usually number between two and three 

 thousand. 



XIX.— STANDING EMIGRATION COMMITTEE. 



His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, K.G., Chairman ; William Baker, Esq., 

 M.A,, LL.B. (Dr. Barnardo's Homes) ; Ernest E. Carleton, Esq. (Central 

 Emigration Board) ; Lieut.-General Sir J. Bevan Edwards, K.C.B., K.C.M.G. 

 (Royal Colonial Institute) ; Douglas Eyre, Esq. (Children's Farm Homes Association) ; 

 E. C. Gates, Esq. (Self-Help Emigration Society) ; Miss Mary K. Grimes (Church 

 Emigration Society) ; The Hon. Mrs. Norman Grosvenor (Colonial Intelligence League) ; 

 The Rev. R. L. Gwynne (Kent Colonising Association) ; Walter Hazell, Esq., J.P. 

 (Central (Unemployed) Body for London) ; Gordon Inglis, Esq. ; G. D . Jefferson, 

 Esq. (Child Emigration Society) ; P. H. Kerr, Esq. (Settlers' Emigration Society) ; 

 T. M. Kirkwood, Esq. (East End Emigration Fund) ; The LadyKnightley of Fawsley 

 (British Women's Emigration Association) ; Sir Godfrey Lagden, K.C.M.G. (Royal 

 Colonial Institute) ; Commissioner D. C. Lamb (Salvation Army) ; Colonel The Hon. 

 H. Lawson, M.P. (Emigrants' Information Office) ; F, Morris, Esq. (Charity Organisa- 

 tion Society) ; Arthur A. Pearson, Esq., C.M.G. (Child Emigration Society) ; Guy W. 

 Radford, Esq. (South African Colonisation Society) ; Colonel H. E. Rawson, C.B. 

 (Royal Colonial Institute) ; The Hon. Lady Talbot (Victoria League) ; Miss C. M. 

 Wadge (South African Colonisation Society) ; W. A. Evans, Esq., M.A. (Public 

 Schools Emigration League), Hon. Secretary of Standing Emigration Committee. 



The formation of this Committee was the result of a Conference organised by 

 the Royal Colonial Institute and held at the Whitehall Rooms, London, on May 30 

 and 31, 1910. Delegates from forty-nine emigration societies in the United Kingdom 

 attended the Conference, the discussions including such subjects as : (1) Diverting, 

 as far as possible, the stream of emigration now directed to foreign countries, to our 

 own Dominions ; (2) Emigration generally, from the United Kingdom to the 

 Dominions. 



At a subsequent meeting, the representatives of these societies elected ten of their 

 members to serve on the standing committee, and these, with a chairman and five 

 members, were constituted a committee to deal with questions of emigration, and to 

 which other members were afterwards added by the Council of the Institute. 



