] 2 Royal Colonial Institute. 



RULES. 



Corrected up to the Annual Meeting of Fellows, 

 April 20, 1915. 



Objects and Constitution. 



1. The Royal Colonial Institute is established to provide a place of meeting for 

 all gentlemen connected witli the Colonies and British India, and others taking an 

 interest in Colonial and Indian afiairs ; to establish a Reading-room and a Library, 

 in which recent and authentic intelligence upon Colonial and Indian subjects may be 

 constantly available, and a Museum for the collection and exhibition of Colonial and 

 Indian productions ; to facilitate interchange of experiences amongst persons repre- 

 senting all the Dependencies of Great Britain ; to afford opportimities for the reading of 

 Papers, and for holding discussions upon Colonial and Indian subjects generally ; and 

 to undertake scientific, literary, and statistical investigations in connection with the 

 British Empire. But no Paper shall be read, nor any discussion be permitted to take 

 place, tending to give to the Institute a party character. 



2. The Institute consists of Resident, Non-Resident, and Honorary Fellows and 

 (subject as hereinafter mentioned) Associates. A Resident Fellow is a Fellow who 

 has his permanent home in the United "Kingdom. A Non-Resident Fellow is a Fellow 

 who has his permanent home outside the United Kingdom. 



3. The Institute shall not make or distribute any gift, dividend, division, or bonus, 

 in money, unto or between any of its Fellows. 



4. The government of the Institute, and the management of all its concerns, are 

 entrusted to the Council, subject to the Rules of the Institute. 



5. Every Resident Fellow shall be eligible to fill any of the offices of the Council. 

 Non-Resident Fellows shall, subject to the provisions of the Rules, be eligible to fill the 

 office of Vice-President. 



6. The Council shall be chosen from the Fellows, and shall consist of a President, 

 Vice-Presidents, of whom not more than one-third may be selected from Non-Resident 

 Fellows, twenty-four Councillors, a Treasurer, and a Secretary (when honorary). The 

 Council shall have power to fill up any vacancies occurring in the above offices during 

 the interval between the Annual Meetings ; such ad interim appointments to be subject 

 to confirmation at the next succeeding Annual Meeting. 



7. A portion of the Council shall retire periodically, viz. the President every second 

 year, and one- fourth, or the nearest number thereto and not exceeding the same, of the 

 Vice-Presidents, and one-eighth, or the nearest number thereto and not exceeding the 

 same, of the Councillors every year in rotation ; the names of those so retiring to be 

 previously announced by the Council, as hereinafter provided. The President and 

 Vice-Presidents so retiring shall be eligible for re-election, but the retiring Councillors 

 shall not be eligible for re-election till one year shall have elapsed. 



8. The Vice-Presidents and the Councillors to retire in any year shall be those who 

 have been longest in office. As between two and more who have been in office an equal 

 length of time, the Vice-President or Councillor, as the case may be, to retire, shall be 

 determined by lot. The length of time a Vice-President or Councillor has been in 

 office shall be computed from his last election. In the case of Non-Resident Vice- 

 Presidents, the Council may, if they think it advantageous or desirable, exempt any 



