Repail o/ the ForUj-Sixlh Annual General Meeting. 34] 



■•A local Committee has been formed at Bournemouth. The Council have formed a 

 hub-Gommittee to carry out the formation of other local Committees, and this Committee 

 IS now n, communication with a large number of Fellows resident in different parts of 

 the country, askmg then assistance in the formation of these local Committees. Many 

 satisfactory replies have been received ; and it is hoped that this year a number of 

 oca Committees w.ll be formed ; and that they will in course of'^time be b™ gh 

 together and formed into County or District Branches 



of li,' ?" f.ff P'^^'^^'f"" "■' f»'- tte coming year is the gradual expansion of the efforts 

 of the Institute in the formation of these local Committees ; and I feel sui-e the Council 

 can rely upon the assistance of all Fellows resident in those parts of the country where 

 nucleus can be found for a local Committee. ^ 



th«' wldd'Ttl'"' '"t''K;' *" ""■ """"""■^ Corresponding Secretaries in all parts of 

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For myself I have little to add ; but I wish to .say how very much we of the Council 

 and I thmk ,.„„ also feel indebted to the whole permanent staff of the Mtu™ for 

 h ir good and loyal work. I desire to state further that the work and activit s of 

 he Ins tu e have been greater than ever before, and the wish of the Council has been 



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Sir John McCall : I beg to .second the motion. The report is a full st.,,ter,e„t 



::e7y"bralcl If't ""t "' f ,f"*''"^- '' ^ ^ ^^^"^ of 'success^fe st ^ 

 eveiy blanch of the work, and all we need do is to congratulate heartilv the Counci 

 and permanent officers of the Institute on the results achieved. It is 'a pleasurto 

 , otea substantial increase in the Library which is looked upon as one of the i, stt 

 tut ons of London. t is great thing we should have this gLt and use ul ib I ' 

 at the disposal of Fellows and of visitors from the Colonies Well. I do not know 

 how o describe them except as Colomes-a name of which I have nver ceased tobl 

 roud. The Institute is the great Colonial centre in London, and though wo arc for 

 tunate in liavuig a large number of members who are not Colonials, in th^ true sense of 

 the worf, yet these members have always shown a keen interest in the different cXl 

 and m Colonial i«ople. I am not sure I approve every word of the Re oit itouh 

 ke for instance to discuss the idea of sendhig out officers to recruit on gro md o tside 

 the Empire itself I am extremely pleased of course, that any Britisher wherev r he 



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If we are to make any sort of chan^rp Ipf if k. - -r "^^^^"^^ ^f^f ^^^^^^ ^'^ ^he past. 

 but in some way let u's keeVclifrillit : ITZZ^ ^C^^f^'" 

 this matter at all. but to keep the title " Colonial Institl' ind i ioh ""eC 

 grown and of which we ar^ exceedingly proud. ' ■ ^ 



