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year. To Sir Godfrey Lagden forhia valuable services as Deputy Chairman and while 

 acting as Honorary Secretary in the absence of the Secretary in Australia and New 

 Zealand. Also to Colonel H. E. Rawson, the Acting Chairman of the Emigration 

 Committee, and Mr. Ben H. Morgan, Chairman of the Trade and Industry Committee ; 

 and to Sir Harry Wilson for his great services in connection with the Journal since the 

 Editor's death, and also for the work he is doing as Honorary Secretary during the 

 absence on account of illness of the Secretary ; to Mr. Harry Brittain, Chairman of the 

 Overseas Committee ; and to Mr. Coleman P. Hyman, who has laboured as Honorary 

 Secretary of the War Services Committee. I am sure also that the Council would not wish 

 this opportunity to pass without expressing their thanks to our Secretary, Mr. Boose, for 

 the work he has recently done in Australia and New Zealand. I regret to say he was 

 taken seriously ill soon after his return to this country, and, though making good 

 progress towards recovery, is still absent from his work. To Mr. Evans Lewin, our 

 Librarian, for the way he has carried out his duties, and the order and arrangement 

 which he has brought about in our magnificent library ; to our Chief Clerk, Mr. Cham- 

 berlain, who after forty years' service in the Institute continues to throw all his energies 

 into his work ; and to Mr. Farrow, his assistant. Nor must we overlook the services 

 of our Lecturer, Mr. Garrison, who has delivered a most important series of lectures on 

 the war in behalf of various charities. Finally, we must not forget the work of our 

 Secretarial Stafi, and especially that of Miss Hozier, who has proved herself during the 

 last five years to be a most valuable servant of the Institute, and capable of carrying 

 out much more important work than that of simply typewriting. 



In conclusion, I will say, although the Institute has made great progress during the 

 last few years, we must not remain satisfied with the result of our labours. We have 

 succeeded in laying the foundations of a great structure, and I take this opportunity — 

 on behalf of the Council — to make an appeal to the Fellows and Associates, and especi- 

 ally those resident in the United Kingdom, to do all in their power to increase our 

 membership, so that eventually we may enrol in our ranks every Imperial-minded man 

 and woman to assist us in the realisation of the great Imperial objects of the Royal 

 Colonial Institute. 



The President : I cannot help confiding to the members, what some of you might 

 never have guessed from his speech, that Sir J. Be van Edwards was in the Crimean 

 War. His youthful appearance and heart suggest that he would be more likely to 

 identify himself with the present war had he the opportunity. 



Hon. Sir John Tavernbr, K.C.M.G. : I beg to second the motion. It must have been 

 a matter of great satisfaction to Sir J. Bevan Edwards to speak of the very excellent work 

 the Institute has carried on during his term of office. It is pleasing to us to know that 

 Sir Charles Lucas will succeed him. I myself have had an official connection with Sir 

 Charles Lucas for some years and know how thoroughly and deeply he is interested in 

 the welfare of the Empire. Sir Bevan Edwards has drawn attention to the com- 

 paratively small measure of support which the Institute receives from the provinces in 

 the Motherland. On that point I would venture to suggest that, if the Council could 

 be induced to move about somewhat, if it could be induced to hold a meeting occasion- 

 ally in Liverpool or in Manchester, or in one of the other large provincial cities, the 

 result might be to interest the inhabitants in its work and procure for us a larger degree 

 of support, for during my travels through the country I have never failed to find a 



