4o Royal Colonial Institute. 



I. — Local Committees. 



1. Upon receipt of a request in writing from ten local subscribers (Fellows or 

 Associates) residing in any town or district the Council'may, at their discretion, by 

 resolution (a certifie 1 copy of which will be issued as a Certificate), establish a Local 

 Committee and define its district. The Council may at any time, by subsequent 

 resolut'on, vary the district so defined. 



2. The ten who have signed the request shall, on the receipt of the Certificate, 

 become the Provisional Committee, with power to add to their number, and shall appoint 

 honorary officers. The Provisional Committee shall, as soon as may be convenient, 

 summon a General Meeting of all Fellows and Associates within the district. The 

 meeting shall proceed to the election of a Committee, which shall thereafter be 

 recognised as the Local Committee for the next twelve months, and the appointment 

 of honorary officers. Such election and appointment shall be subject to the approval 

 of the CouncU. 



3. Once a year the Local Committee shall summon a General Meeting of the Fellows 

 and Associates within the district for the election of a Committee and the appointment 

 of officers for the ensuing year, and the names of such Committee and officers shall 

 forthwith be submitted to the Council for confirmation. 



4. The^Secretary of the Local Committee shall forward to the Secretary of the 

 Institute, so that it shall reach the latter not later than February 1 in the case of 

 Local Committees in the United Kingdom, or March 1 in the case of Local Com- 

 mittees Oversea, a report on the work of the Local Committee for the past year 

 together with a statement of the income and expenditure of such Committee during 

 such period, certified by the Chairman and Secretary. 



5. In the case of Loral Committees Oversea, a donation towards initial expenses 

 of reasonable amount, proportionate to the probable membership of the Committee, 

 may be made by the Council. 



6. In the case of every Local Committee established in the United Kingdom the 

 Honorary Secretary shall, not later than February 1 in each year, submit to the 

 Council a tentative programme of work to be undertaken in the current year and an 

 estimate of expenditure. A financial allowance may be made by the Council towards 

 such expenditure, having regard to the nature of the work to be undertaken by the 

 Local Committee and approved by the Council in each case. The allowance shall 



.normally not exceed the sum of Five Shillings per head of Fellows and Associates 

 resident within the district. 



7. The Local Committee shall at all times and in all things comply with the 

 terms of the Charter and Rules of the Institute and obey the instructions of th3 

 Council, and shall efiectually indemnify the funds of the Institute against any 

 damages, expenses, claims and demands by reason of any default of the Local Com- 

 mittee or its officers or any act by such Committer or its officers which may not be 

 in conformity with the Charter and Rules of the Institute. 



8. The Council may at its discretion, and on giving not less than six months' 

 notice in writing, revoke the Certificate, which shall then be returned to the Secretary 

 of the Institute, together with all books, documents, and papers relating to the Local 

 Committee. 



It. — Local Branches. 



1. The application of any Local Committee for authority to found a Local Branch 

 shall set forth : — 



(a) The area proposed to be included ; 



