324 Royal Colonial Institute. 



Election of Vice-Presidents and Councillors. 



7. A vacancy on the Council occasioned by the death of the Right Hon. Sir Walter 

 Hely-Hutchinson, G.C.M.G., has been filled, under the provisions of Rule 6, by the ad 

 interiix. appointment, subject to the confirmation of the Fellows, of Sir Ernest Birch, 

 K.C.M.G. 



The following Vice-Presidents have been appointed during the year, under the 

 provisions of Rule 6, and are subject to confirmation by the Fellows : — Sir David 

 Hunter, K.C.M.G., the Right Hon the Earl of Meath, K.P.,the Right Hon. Sir Charles 

 Tupper, Bart., G.C.M.G., C.B., Lord de Villiers, K.C.M.G., and Sir Gilbert Parker, M.P. 



In the absence of any nominations by the Fellows the Council, in accordance with 

 Rule 65, submit a list of Fellows nominated to fill the vacancies in the offices of Vice- 

 Presidents, Treasurer, and Councillors. 



The following retire, pursuant to Rule 7, and are eligible to be nominated for 

 re-election : — 



Vice-Presidents.— RMM. Prince Christian, K.G., G.C.V.O., Right Hon. the Earl 

 of Elgin, K.G., G.C.S.L, G.C.I.E., Field-Marshal Earl Roberts, V.C, K.G., O.M., 

 G.C.M.G., Right Hon. the Earl of Dunraven, K.P., C.M.G., Right Hon. Sir George 

 Taubman Goldie, K.C.M.G., Right Hon. Sir George Reid, G.C.M.G., Right Hon. Sir 

 Cecil Clementi Smith, G.C.M.G., Hon. Sir William Hall Jones, K.C.M.G., Sir Nevile 

 Lubbock, K.C.M.G., Coloiiel George T. Denison. 



Honorary Treasurer. — Mr. Robert Littlejohn. 



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

 election this year : — Mr. J. G. Colmer, C.M.G. ; Viscount Hythe ; Sir E. Montague 

 Nelson, K.C.M.G. 



The following are nominated by the Coimcil to fill the above vacancies : — Mr. Harry 

 Brittain, Lord Chelmsford, G.C.M.G., and Colonel H. E. Rawsun, C.B. 



Entertainments. 



8. The Annual Conversazione was held in the Natural History Museum, by the 

 permission of the Trustees of the British Museum, on June 24, and was attended by a 

 large number of guests from all parts of the British Empire. 



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

 May 23, and was attended by a large and representative company. Cables conveying 

 greetings were read from similar gatherings, arranged alphabetically, held in Bahamas, 

 Barbados, Brisbane, Buenos Ayres, Canterbury (New Zealand), Carnarvon (Cape 

 Province), Ceylon, Durban, Falkland Islands, Guatemala, Melbourne, Pretoria, 

 Seychelles, Sydney, Toronto, and Trinidad. The Council view with much satisfaction 

 the great increase in the number of such gatherings of Fellows on Empire Day, and trusts 

 they may be the means of strengthening the sense of Fellowship amongst British sub- 

 jects throughout the world. Among the toasts at the dinner in London, that of '' The 

 British Dominions and British Communities Overseas " was submitted for the first 

 time, thus showing that it is not only with Bi'itish subjects within the Empire, but 

 wherever they may be found, that the Royal Colonial Institute is concerned. 



A party, mainly composed of Canadian school teachers, known as members of the 

 " Hands across the Seas " Association, w^ere invited to be the guests of the Institute 

 during their visit to London in August last. They inspected the Institute building 

 and the work being carried on there was fully explained. 



