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Meetings. 



9. In coasequeuce of the atteution of the public to urgent matters connected with 

 the War and the personal services of so many being employed in recruiting and other 

 patriotic movements, it was decided not to resume as usual in November the Sessional 

 arrangements for meetings. Efforts Vv'cre made to get special Papers upon subjects 

 relating to the new position being created in the Empire from the points of view of 

 Politics, Defence and Trade. The following Papers were read and discussed : 



" British Interests in Argentina." By Herbert G-ibson. 



" Nigeria and Its Development." By J. Astley Cooper. 



" Impressions of an Empire Tour." By the Right Hon. Lord Emmott, 

 G.C.M.G. 



" Imperial Naturalisation." By J. Saxon Mills. 



" The Empire and the Birth-rate." By C. V. Diysdale, D.Sc. 



" The Economic Effect of the Panama Canal on Western Canada." By 

 F. B. Vrooman, B.Sc, Ph.D. 



" Newfoundland, the Oldest Part of the Empire." By the Right Hon. Sir 

 Edward Morris, K.C.M.G., K.C., LL.D. (Premier of Newfoundland). 



" Northern Rhodesia." By the Ven, Archdeacon A. G. De la Pryme. 



" The Early History of the East African Coast." By R. C. F. Maugham, 

 F.R.G.S., F.Z.S. (H.B.M. Consul-General, Monrovia). 



" The Gold Coast and Its Dependencies — the Legend and the Reality." By 

 Sir Hugh Clifford, K.C.M.G. (Governor of the Colony). 



" The War : British and German Trade in Nigeria." By R. E. Dennett. 



" The Expansion of Britain's Imperial Relations with the Overseas Dominions 

 Resulting from the War." By Henry A. Ellis, M.B. 



'■ The Training of the New Armies." By the Right Hon. the Earl of Meath, 

 K.P. 



" The Empire and the War." By Professor Spenser Wilkinson. 



" The Romance and Rally of the Empire." By Edward Salmon. 

 Christmas Lectures for Young People. 



" Wild Beasts and Birds of the British Empire." By Richard Kearton, 

 F.Z.S., P.R.P.S. 



" The World's Greatest War." By W. H. Garrison, F.R.G.B. 



" Sarawak and Its People.'' By H.H. the Ranee of Sarawak. 



The Library. 



10. During the year 5,143 books, pamphlets and maps were added to the Library ; 

 3,619 by donation, and 1,534 by purchase. This represents a, decrease of 1,423 as 

 compared with the year 1913. The Library now contains 101,077 books and pamphlets, 

 being an increase of 26,217 during the last five years. The newspapers received and 

 filed number 901, or 79,154 separate parts during the year. With the outbreak of 

 War, special demands arose for books dealing with the German and French Colonies, 

 and with the larger problems of the War. These were satisfied as far as possible. 

 The number of Fellows making use of the Library shows a steady increase, and the 

 average daily number is 58, or a total of 17,806 during the year. 



The Library is becoming widely recognised as a Research Library, and the Council 

 have placed it at the disposal of certain Students of special subjects relating to the 

 British Empire. Permission was given for Students of the University of London 



