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XIX.— ANNUAL DINNER AND CONVERSAZIONE. 



The annual dinner is held, as a rule, on May 24 (Empire Day), and is presided over 

 by either the President or one of the Vice-Presidents of the Institute. The Chairmen 

 of the last few years include H.R.H. the Prince of Wales (afterwards H.M. King 

 Edward VII.). H.E.H. the Prince of Wales (now H.M. King George V.) ; Field-Marshal 

 H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught, H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, The Right Hon. 

 Joseph Chamberlain, the Earl of Rosebery, the Duke of Argyll, Lord Northcote, 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. 



XX.— 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. 

 Gywnne (Kent Colonising Association) ; Walter Hazell, Esq., J. P. (Central (Unem- 

 ployed) Body for London) ; Gordon Inglis, Esq. ; G. D. Jefferson, Esq. (Child 

 Emigration Society) ; P. H. Kerr, Esq. (Settlers' Emigration Society) ; T. M. Kirk- 

 wood, Esq. (British Dominions Emigration Society) ; Sir Godfrey Lagden, K.C.M.G. 

 (Royal Colonial Institute) ; Commissioner D. C. Lamb (Salvation Army) ; F. Morris, 

 Esq. (Charity Organisation Society) ; Arthur A. Pearson, Esq., CM G. (Child Emigra- 

 tion 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 Vernon (British Women's Emigration Association) ; Miss C. M. Wadge 

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

 Emigration League), Hon. Secretanj 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, and the discussions included 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. 



