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months ago the Municipalities of the principal cities in the Overseas Dominions have 

 agreed to furnish, from time to time, to the Information Bureau early notification of 

 sanctioned expenditure upon Municipal work, involving contracts within and purchase 

 of material, &c., outside their respective Dominions. The Bureau will undertake to 

 forward such information to those British firms who have previously notified that they 

 are desirous of receiving it. 



Title op the Institute. 



20. For some time past the opinion has been urged by a considerable number 

 of the Fellows that, however fit the title of " Royal Colonial Institute " was at the 

 foundation in 1868, that title is no longer thoroughly appropriate either to the self- 

 governing Dominions or to India. The word " Colonial," it is urged, as applied to the 

 Institute does not adequately express its aims and functions under existing conditions, 

 and does not embrace the various British communities in foreign countries, where 

 large numbers of Fellows now reside. Several titles have been suggested from time to 

 time as being more likely to meet the new conditions and to express more compre- 

 hensively the objects of the Institute. The Council have therefore resolved to propose 

 to the Fellows that the title be changed from " Royal Colonial Institute " to " Royal 

 Britannic Institute." The word " Britannic " is adopted from the title of His Britannic 

 Majesty, and is, in the opinion of the Council, the most appropriate term hitherto 

 suggested for a Society which is concerned with the interests of His Majesty's subjects, 

 not only in all parts of the Empire, but in foreign countries as well. 



Emigration. 



21. The Standing Committee on Emigration has devoted its attention primarily 

 to obtaining closer co-operation between the Home and Dominion Governments, and 

 to securing the interest of Boards of Guardians in the emigration of children under 

 their control, to the mutual benefit of the children themselves, the ratepayer, and the 

 Empire at large. A large number of Boards appear from the returns of the Local 

 Government Board not to adopt this method of assuring a future for the children, 

 and the Committee ascertained and communicated to them the views of those Boards 

 which had done so. The latter were unanimously in its favour, and now that the 

 Committee has succeeded in obtaining from the Local Government Board a pronounce- 

 ment regarding the statutory limitations controlling the expenditure per head on the 

 emigration of children, it is hoped that Guardians will make more use of the powers 

 they possess. A deputation from the Standing Committee appeared before the Com- 

 mittee of Poor Law Conferences at the Guildhall in February 1913 to press this matter 

 upon their attention, and was favourably received. A decision was reached to bring 

 the subject of emigration of children before each of their centres during the year. 



In July the Committee was enabled to meet Mr. C. L. Anderson, recently Under- 

 Secretary for Agriculture, New South Wales, to discuss suggestions in reference to the 

 Dreadnought Fund, now in the hands of Trustees at Sydney, for the purpose of encourag- 

 ing British immigrants. The Trustees of the Dreadnought Fund offered to contribute 

 towards the passage money of approved lads, and also to pay the school fee of £5 for the 

 first year. Lads between the ages of 16 and 20 may obtain passages to New South 

 Wales for £8, v/ith free training in agriculture for twelve months, with remunerative 

 employment to follow. The interchange of views that took place should conduce to a 

 wise use being made of this munificent gift to Imperial migration, and a Sub-Committee 



