328 Royal Colonial Institute. 



Relations with other Societies. 



14. Praotical steps have been taken to effect co-operation between the Royai 

 Colonial Institute and the Victoria League. A joint Standing Committee, composed 



'of an equal number of representatives of each body, has accordingly been formed, 

 and meets periodically to exchange information, and confer with regard to the work 

 of the Institute and of the League respectively. Notices of lectures given by each 

 Society are circulated to members of the other, and the corresponding Secretaries of 

 the Ro\'al Colonial Institute and the Secretaries of the Victoria League in all parts of 

 the Empire have been invited to co-operate in this and in any other way that may seem 

 desirable. 



The Executive of the National Council of Women of Canada have co-operated 

 with the Institute in diffusing a wider knowledge of the aims and objects of the Institute 

 among its members, and urging them to further the Institute's work in each district. 



Official Lectures. 



15. The Official Lecturer, Mr. Herbert Garrison, has delivered nearly 300 illustrated 

 lectures under the auspices of the Institute, not only in the London area but throughout 

 the country The audiences have ranged in number from 200 to 3,000, and have varied 

 in character from those composed of coal miners to those provided by the highest- 

 class colleges and schools, and by learned societies. The lectures have been every- 

 where most cordially received. Many letters from prominent men have been received 

 expressing approval of this work. The Council wish to convey their thanks to the 

 Eellows, Associates, and others who have helped to promote these lectures, and trust 

 that the work may be extended still further, and that all who can render assistance 

 in this direction- — either by organising or by contributions to the Empire Lectures 

 Fund — will do so. 



" United Empire." 



16. The Journal, United Empire, which has been issued since January 1, 1910, 

 continues, under the editorship of Mr. Archibald R. Colquhoun, to maintain its growing 

 reputation as a review of the field of Imperial activities. Besides other changes made 

 from time to time, a great improvement has been effected since January 1, 1913> 

 by the use of thicker paper, the adoption of clearer type, and the printing of illustrations 

 on half-tone art paper. The contents comprise the Papers read at the meetings of the 

 Institute ; articles by well-known writers on Imperial questions ; Editorial Notes and 

 Comments ; Round the Empire Notes (supplementary to the Editorial Notes) ; 

 Reviews and Book Notices ; Empire Trade and Industry. Great importance continues 

 to be attached to the Editorial Notes, which aim at giving, in brief, a monthly Empire 

 survey. Many Fellows have expressed a hope that this feature may be further 

 developed. The Journal is sent to every Fellow and Associate of the Institute, as 

 well as to the leading societies, institutions, and clubs throughout the Empire, and 

 even beyond it, where British communities exist. The yearly volume averages 

 about a thousand pages, and an index is supplied to all Fellows who apply for it, 

 and also to some six hundred societies and institutions. The thanks of the Council 

 are again due to those who have given their assistance by gratuitous contributions, 

 many of them by men whose names are distinguished throughout the Empire. 



