290 Royal Colonial Institute. 



Sliaiiglinessy, K.C.V.O. ; and the Hon. Alfred Dealdn. Honorary Treasurer : Mr. 

 Kobert Little] ohn. 



The following Councillors retire pursuant to Rule 7 and are not eligible for re-election 

 this year : Mr. Allan Campbell, Sir Gilbert Parker, M.P., and Sir Westby B. Perceval, 

 K.C.M.G. The following are nominated by the Council to fill the above vacancies : 

 Mr. Philip H. Kerr ; the Hon. Sir Arthur Lawley, G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E,, K.C.M.G. and 

 Mr. Evelyn Wrench. 



The toUowing Vice-Presidents have been appointed during the year in accord- 

 ance with Rule 6 : the Marquess of Crewe, K.G. ; the Rt. Hon. R. L. Borden, Prime 

 Minister of the Dominion of Canada ; Colonel Lord Sydenham, G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., 

 G.C.LB. ; Sir Daniel McMillan, K.C.M.G. ; Sir Montagu F. Ommanney, G.C.M.G., 

 K.C.B., I.S.O. ; and Sir B. Edmund Walker, C.V.O., LL.D., D.C.L. 



Entertainments. 



IL The Annual Conversazione was held at the Natural History Museum, by per- 

 mission of the Trustees of the British Museum, on June 28, and was attended by 

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



The Annual Dinner was held at the Whitehall Rooms, Hotel Metropole, on Friday, 

 May 17, and was a briUiant and interesting function. A feature of the evening was the 

 reading of telegrams of greeting from the Honorary Corresponding Secretaries in 

 Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Montreal, Toronto, Port Arthur (Ontario), Bulawayo, 

 Johannesburg, Carnarvon (Cape Province), Pietermaritzburg, Colombo, Seychelles, 

 Nassau (Bahamas), and Hamilton (Bermuda). In several of these cities Dinners 

 were arranged to be held simultaneously with that of the Institute in London. It is 

 hoped that on the occasion of the Annual Dinner in May next, the Fellows in all parts 

 of the Empire, as well as those resident in foreign countries, will meet together and 

 celebrate the event. 



On the occasion of his visit to England, the Right Hon. R. L. Borden, Prime 

 Minister of the Dominion of Canada, was the guest of the Council and Fellows at 

 the first public banquet after his arrival in London. A large and representative 

 gathering assembled to do honour to him, including Members of both Houses of 

 Parliament, distinguished statesmen, and representatives of all parts of the Empire. 



Meetings. 



12. The Ordinary Meetings of the Fellows have been largely attended, and the 

 following Papers read and discussed and circulated in the monthly journal, United 

 Empire :— 



" The Imperial Emigi-ant." By Arthur Hawkes. 

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



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

 " Hong-Kong's Part in China's Reform." By the Yen. 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 Villiers. 



