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VI.— PRIVILEGES OF FELLOWS AND ASSOCIATES. 



The Institute consists of Resident and Non-Resident Fellows, and Associates (who 

 must be Britisli Subjects). 



(a) FELLOWS. 



A Resident Fellow (who bas a permanent home in the United Kingdom) pays an 

 entrance fee of £3 and an annual subscription of £2 ; a Non-Resident Fellow (who has 

 his permanent home outside the United Kingdom) pays an entrance fee of £1 Is. (which 

 is increased to £3 when taking up permanent residence in the United Kingdom) unless 

 he has been a Fellow for a period of 15 years, and an annual subscription of £1 Is. 

 (which is increased to £2 when in the United Kingdom for more than twelve months). 

 Resident Fellows can compound for the annual subscription by the payment of £20, 

 or after five years' annual subscriptions of £2 on payment of £15 ; and Non-Resident 

 Fellows can compound for the non-resident annual subscriptions on payment of £10, or 

 after the payment of twenty or more annual subscriptions on the payment of £5. 



Privileges of Fellows. — The privileges of Fellows, whose subscriptions are not in 

 arrear, include the use of the Institute building, which comprises reading, writing, 

 reception and smoking rooms ; a library containing nearly 100,000 volumes and 

 pamphlets relating to the history, government, trade, resources and development 

 of the British Dominions. The newspaper-room contains files of over 800 of the 

 leading journals, magazines, and reviews of all parts of the Empire, which are regularly 

 received and filed. Books may be borrowed — subject to the library regulations — 

 and the correspondence of Fellows may be addressed to the care of the Institute, 

 Fellows have the advantage of a standing postal and registered telegraphic and cable 

 address in the United Kingdom. Fellows are entitled to be present at the ordinary 

 meetings, and to introduce one visitor ; to be present at any annual provincial con- 

 ference ; to be present at the annual conversazione, and to introduce a lady. The 

 Institute is open on week-days from 9.30 .A..M. to 8 p.m. The monthly journal, entitled 

 United Empire, is forwarded to all Fellows whose addresses are known, free of charge. 



(b) ASSOCIATES. 



Ladies who are British subjects, wherever resident, and Gentlemen who are British 

 subjects resident in the United Kingdom, may become Associates of the Royal Colonial 

 Institute on payment of an annual subscription of £1 or may compound for such 

 subscription by the payment of £10. 



Associates, although not corporate members of the Institute, will be able : — 



1. To join with the Fellows in carrying out the great aims and objects of the 

 Institute. 



2. They will receive a copy of the monthly Journal. 



3. May become members of local centres. 



4. Attend all meetings held for the reading of Papers, Empire Lectures, and 

 Provincial Conferences. 



5. And also the Annual Conversazione in London. 



The election of Associates is made by the Council, and Candidates must be proposed 

 by a Fellow or Associate from personal knowledge. 



