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IMPERIAL INSTITUTE JOURNAL. 
Vol. VIII. No. 85. 
[January, 1902.] 
10th : The King signed a proclamation fixing June 26 next 
as the date of the. Coronation. Mr. Cripps, K.C., M.P., was 
appointed Attorney-General to the Prince of Wales. 
nth : The British Delegates to the Sugar Bounties Con- 
ference at Brussels were appointed. The Board of Trade decided 
that the continuous current system should be adopted by the 
Underground Railways. 
12th : The Royal Agricultural Society held its half-yearly 
meeting. Prince Christian presiding. The Agricultural Educa- 
tion Committee held a meeting. 
13th: Death of Admiral Sir George Eliot. The Poor Law 
Conference was concluded. Mr. R. A. Germaine was appointed 
Recorder of Lichfield. 
14th : Major-General Baden Powell left Southampton for 
South Africa. A committee was appointed by the President of 
the Board of Trade, to report on the Light Railways Bill. 
15th : Death of Sir Janies Laing. 
16th : The King and Queen arrived at Marlborough House 
from Sandringham. Lord Rosebery addressed a great Liberal 
meeting at Chesterfield. The Rev. A. W. Upcott was elected 
Head Master of Christ's Hospital. Death of Sir Francis de 
Winton. Death of the Yen. David Lewis, Archdeacon of 
Caermarthen. 
17th : The King held an investiture at St. James's Palace. 
The Crown Prince of Siam visited Manchester. 
18th : At Castlebar, Mr. Conor O'Kelly, M.p. , and four 
other members of the United Irish League were sentenced to 
imprisonment. Pro-Boer riots occurred at Birmingham. Death 
of Lad}' Ellis. 
19th : Mr. Asquith addressed a Liberal meeting at Bilston. 
Lord Morpeth, Mr. M. Macdonald, and Mr. J. Sinclair, 
(Progressives) resigned their seats in the London County 
Council. Small-pox cases increased in London. 
20th: Dr. W. Somerville was appointed Assistant Secretary 
of the Board of Agriculture. The Head Masters' Conference 
was opened at Birmingham. 
21st : Lord Rosebery was presented with the freedom of the 
borough of Swansea. Mr. J. P. Hayden, M.P. , and six others 
were convicted of unlawful assembly at Ballinlough, and 
sentenced to imprisonment. 
23rd : Death of the Earl of Carrick. Death of Sir Henry 
Gilbert, in his 85th year. Death of Mr. Onslow Ford, R.A., 
sculptor. A serious accident occurred on the Liverpool 
(Overhead) Electric Railway. 
24th : The Marquess Ito arrived in London. At Ballymote, 
Mr. Jasper Tully, M.P., Mr. J. O’Donell, M.p., and three 
others, were sentenced to imprisonment for unlawful assembly. 
26th : Major-General Sir E. T. H. Hutton left Folkestone 
for Australia. Dr. A. Smith Woodward, F.K.S., was appointed 
Keeper of the Department of Geology in the Natural History 
Museum. It was announced that the King would open 
Parliament in person on January 16. Smallpox and fever cases 
increased in number in London. Death of Sir Noel Paton, 
27th : The King received the Marquis Ito at Marlborough 
House. 
28th : A Royal Commission was appointed to enquire into 
the resources of the coalfields of the United Kingdom. 
30th : The King and Queen, accompanied by Princess 
Victoria and the Duke and Duchess of Fife, left Marlborough 
House for Sandringham. It was stated that the Deanery of 
Chichester was offered to Archdeacon Mount. Death of Rear- 
Admiral F. W. Hallowes. 
COLONIES. 
Australia. — 4th : The Pacific Islanders Bill was passed by 
the Senate. — 6th : The Alien Immigration Restriction Bill was 
passed by the Senate. — 13th : The Federal Parliament adjourned 
till January 14. — 23rd : The offer of another Australian con- 
tingent of 1,000 men for South Africa was accepted. New 
South Wales. — 6th : The Industrial Arbitration Bill was passed 
by the Legislative Council. — 17th: The new Land Bill was 
passed by both houses. Victoria. — nth : Sir G. S. Clarke, the 
new Governor, arrived in Melbourne.— 23rd ; The Parliament 
was prorogued. South Australia. — 5th : The Legislative 
Council amended the Constitution Bill, increasing the members 
of the Council from 18 to 21, and reducing members’ salaries 
to ^150, and also those of the ministers. — 17th : The 
Parliament passed the Constitution Bill. Queensland. — 
14th ; The Government requested that the Pacific Islanders’ 
Bill should be held back, so that an appeal against it might 
be made. Western Australia.— 7th : Mr. Morgan, the new 
Premier, Mr. Quinlan, Commissioner of Public Works, and 
Mr. Nanson, Minister of Lands, were re-elected, and Mr. Moss, 
Colonial Secretary, and Mr. Moorhead, Attorney-General, were 
defeated. — 20th: The Ministry resigned. —23rd : A new 
Ministry was formed, with Mr. Leake as Premier and Attorney- 
General. Lord Hopetoun arrived in Perth. 
New Zealand, — 13th : Mr. Seddon offered to send r,ooo 
more men for service in South Africa. 
British West Africa. — 3rd : The expedition against the 
Aros tribes made a successful advance into the country and 
occupied posts. — 29th : News was received that the Aro town of 
Arochuku had been captured. 
Canada. — 1st : The death of Baron Aylmer of Richmond 
was announced. The new contingent of 600 mounted rifles left 
Montreal for South Africa. 
Cape Colony. — 1st : It was announced that no person 
would be allowed to land in British South Africa without a 
permit. The Cape-Cairo telegraph line was constructed as far 
as Ujiji. — 5th : The Government requisitioned 1,000 horses in 
the Cape Peninsula.— 7th : The main portion of the Colony was 
cleared of Boers. — 17th : General French reported the capture 
of Commandant Kritzinger and the dispersal of his commando, 
— 30th : General Baden- Powell arrived at Cape Town. 
Malta. — 4th: The Council passed a resolution asking for 
the removal of the Chief Secretary. 
Natal. — 6th : Mr. Geo. Payne was appointed Treasurer. 
Newfoundland. — 15th : It was reported that Mr. Marconi, 
at St. John’s, had received messages by wireless telegraphy 
across the Atlantic from a station in Cornwall. — 31st : The 
modus vivendi with respect to lobster-fishing on the French 
shore expired. 
Orange River Colony. — 6th : It was reported that De Wet 
had concentrated the Boers near Heilbron. — 20th : Colonel 
Damarit’s corps was attacked by 800 Boers under Botha at 
Tafel-Kop. — 24th : The Boers under De Wet rushed Colonel 
Firman’s camp at Tweefontein. 
Transvaal.— 2nd : Lord Kitchener reported further cap- 
tures of the Boers.- — 4th : General Bruce Hamilton captured a 
Boer commando in the Ermelo district. — 10th : General 
Hamilton s force captured the Bethel commando at Triehards- 
fontein. — nth: I he financial position of the Transvaal was 
reported to be hopeful. Proclamations were issued with regard 
to natives' rights, — 13th : General Hamilton's column captured 
Piet Viljoen's laager at Witkranz. — 18th : An agreement was 
signed for the re-opening of the Delagoa line and the importa- 
tion of natives for the mines, from Portuguese territory. — 
19th : The Johannesburg Slock Exchange was re-opened. — 
23rd : Many captures of Boers were reported. The corps of 
Burgher Scouts, raised from the refugee Boers did good 
sei'vice. 
INDIA. 
1st : Lord Curzon arrived at Lashio from Mandalay, and 
held a durbar of the Shan chiefs. The number of persons in 
receipt of famine relief was 92,000. — 4th : It was reported that 
seventeen native princes and nobles had joined the Imperial 
Cadet Corps formed at Meerut. — 5th : A column under General 
Dening was sent to suppress the Mahsuds. — 9th : The Viceroy 
had a hearty reception on his arrival at Rangoon. — 18th : Lord 
Curzon returned to Calcutta, having completed his tour. — 23rd : 
The number of persons in receipt of famine relief rose to 
107,000. — 26th: The Indian National Congress was opened at 
Calcutta.— 27th : The Indian Congress passed resolutions on 
the questions of famine, the separation of judicial and executive 
functions, and police reform. 
FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
Abyssinia. — 16th : It was reported that the Emperor 
Menelik refused to grant any mining concessions to the 
Abyssinian Exploring Expedition. — 17th : The 201st kilomdtre 
of the Jibuti-Harar railway was opened, 
Argentine Republic.— 23rd : The Chamber passed a reso- 
lution prohibiting the export of horses and mules. — 24th : It was 
decided not to press demands on Chili, and to submit the issue 
to the Boundary Commission, 
Austria-Hungary. — 7th : A public appeal was made to 
put an end to duelling. 
Belgium. — 5th : The new Army Bill was adopted in the 
Chamber. — 16th : The Sugar Bounties Conference held its 
opening session in Brussels, and elected the Belgian Premier 
as President. — 20th : The Government Sugar Bill was passed 
by the Chamber. — 24th : The Senate passed the second reading 
of the Anti-Gambling Bill. 
Bulgaria. — 24th : The Sobranye rejected the proposed 
loan. The Premier announced the suspension of the sittings. — 
27th : The Karaveloff Cabinet resigned. 
Chile. — 13th: 30,000 men were called out to protect the 
mountain passes against the Argentine Republic. — 14th : A 
basis of settlement of the frontier dispute was proposed by 
Chile. — 22nd : Another contingent of the National Guard was 
called out. — 26th: The dispute with the Argentine Republic 
was settled. 
China. — 2nd: The Empress continued to favour reform 
and re-organisation. Yuan Shih-Kai, the Viceroy of Chih-li, 
decided to make Tung-chau the capital of the province instead 
of Tien-tsin. The Boxers continued to give trouble in the 
North-east. — 4th : Sir J. Mackay arrived at Shanghai. Yuan 
Shih-Kai proposed to re organise the naval and military forces. 
— 5th: Kuei-chun, Viceroy of Sze-chuan, was appointed Viceroy 
of Canton in succession to Tao-mu, resigned — 12th : The title 
of junior guardian of the Heir-Apparent was conferred on 
Sir Robert Hart and Shing Ta-jen, — i6tb : It was announced 
that the Court had left Kai-fong-fu for Peking. — 22nd : The 
Court arrived at Tsze-chau. 
Colombia. — 4th : It was announced that General Diaz had 
agreed to surrender. 
Corea. — 29th : The Government permitted the Japanese to 
lay a cable and a wireless telegraph service between Fusan and 
Chemulpho. 
Crete. — 15th: It was decided to appoint Prince George as 
High Commissioner for a further term of three years. 
Denmark. — 27th: A petition was presented against the 
sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States. 
Egypt.— 3rd: The Khedive arrived at Khartoum and was 
enthusiastically welcomed by the native population. — 4th : The 
Khedive held a lev£e at Khartoum. — 5th : The Khedive 
reviewed 4,000 troops. — 9th : The Khedive inspected the great 
dam at Assouan. 
France. — 6th: The Senate passed the China Loan Bill. 
The Chamber approved a Customs Tariff Convention between 
France and the Congo State. — 10th : The annual banquet of 
the British Chamber of Commerce in Paris was held. The 
International Automobile Exhibition was opened in Paris. — 
17th : The Chamber decided to discuss the ecclesiastical 
estimates. — 25th : Death of M. Henri Fouquier. 
Germany. — 2nd : Count von Biilow introduced the new 
Customs Tariff' Bill in the Reichstag. — 5th: The Marquis Ito 
arrived in Berlin. — 15th : The Grand Duke Michael Alexandro- 
vitch arrived in Berlin on a visit to the German Emperor. — 
1 8th : The Statue of Johann Georg, 7th Elector of Branden burgh, 
was unveiled in Berlin. — 23rd : The marriage of the Grand 
Duke and Grand Duchess of Hesse was dissolved by a verdict of 
the Supreme Court of the Duchy. 
Holland. — 7th : Mr. Kruger took up his residence in 
Utrecht. — 27th : The Second Chamber adjourned till February, 
after voting the estimates. 
Italy . — 16th : The Pope condemned the new Divorce Bill. 
Japan. — 10th : The Emperor opened the Diet in person. — 
28th : A meeting of National Unionists protested against 
Russia’s continued occupation of Manchuria. 
Peru. — 9th : Congress passed a law definitely adopting a 
gold standard. 
Russia. — 4th: Marquis Ito left St. Petersburg. — 27th: A 
draft of a new commercial treaty with Italy was signed. 
Spain. — 3rd : A motion of censure against the Minister of 
Finance was rejected in the Chamber. The infant sou of the 
Prince and Princess of Asturias was baptized. 
Sweden. — 5th: The King accepted the resignation of 
Dr. Annerstedt, Minister of Justice, and appointed Dr. Ham- 
marskjold as his successor. — 10th : The Nobel peace prize was 
awarded. 
Switzerland. — 12th: The Federal Assembly elected 
M. Zemp (Catholic Conservative), of Lucerne, President of the 
Confederation for 1902, and M. Deucher (Radical) of Thurgau, 
Vice-President of the Federal Council.— 25th : The Zionist 
Congress was opened at Basel. 
Turkey . — 3rd : An lrad6 was issued approving the arrange- 
ment between the Porte and the Ottoman Flank for an advance 
of T£6oo,ooo. — 24th : General Edib Pasha was appointed Vali 
of Monaster. — 27th : Further mutinies of unpaid Albanians were 
reported. 
United States.— 2nd: Congress was opened; M. Hender- 
son was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives. — 
3rd : President Roosevelt sent his message to Congress. — 
4th : The report of the Isthmian Canal Commission favoured 
the Nicaragua route, and estimated the cost at $189,864,000. — 
5th : The text of the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty was published. — 
10th : It was reported that the Nicaraguan Government had 
agreed to lease to the United States a strip of territory 6 miles 
wide, including the route of the proposed canal. — 10th : Mr. 
Carnegie offered to present ^2,000,000 for educational purposes. 
Mr. Wilbur Wakeman, appraiser of the port of New York, 
was called on to resign. — nth : Messrs. Redmond, McHugh 
and O'Donell left New York in the Oceanic. — 14th : The report 
of the majority of the Court of Enquiry condemned Admiral 
Schley for his conduct at the battle of Santiago. — 16th : The 
Senate ratified the Hay-Pauncefote Canal Treaty. 
Venezuela. — 21st : A serious rising against President 
Castro, headed by General Mendoza, was reported. — 28th: It 
was reported that the rising was spreading. Difficulties 
occurred with Germany on account of unpaid claims. 
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FORTHCOMING EVENTS. 
UNITED KINGDOM. 
London. — On the 7th inst. there will be an entertainment at 
Eaton Hall in connection with Princess Christian's Fund for 
Cape Town Cathedral.— O n the 16th, at the Society of 
Arts, Mr, Francis H. Skrine will read a paper on “ Bengal : the 
Land and its People.” — On the 27th, Mr. J. Stanley Gardener 
will lecture at the Royal Geographical Society on “The Maidive 
Islands.” — The annual meeting of the Association of Technical 
Institutions will be held on the 31st, Sir W. Hart Dyke, M.P,, 
in the chair, when Lord Avebury will give an address. 
COLONIES. 
West Indies. — The fourth annual West Indian Agri- 
cultural Conference will be held at Barbados on Saturday 
and Monday the 4th and 6th inst. The members of this 
conference will consist of the principal officers, appointed by 
their respective Governments, connected with the chemical, 
botanical, and educational departments in the West Indies. 
There will also be present representatives of the chief agricultural 
societies in the West Indies and the technical officers on the staff 
of the Imperial Department of Agriculture. The object of the 
conference, as laid down by the Secretary of State, is the 
reading of papers and discussion on the scientific and economic 
aspects of the sugar-cane and other industries, 
FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
Austria.— Vienna Fishery Exhibition. — Vienna is next 
year to be the scene of an international fishery exhibition, and 
the committee in charge of the arrangements invite the co- 
operation of all societies, clubs, and institutions connected with 
fishing, all commercial fishing enterprises, fishermen, anglers, 
fish fanciers, and fish breeders, as well as the representatives of 
all trades at home and abroad related to the fishing industry. 
Intending exhibitors should apply to the British Consul-General 
in Vienna for further information. {Tetschen, Bohemia).— An 
exhibition of general manufactures will be held at Tetschen, 
Bohemia, from 15th July to 15th September, 1902. Tetschen is 
a growing town of 10,000 inhabitants, situated on the River 
Elbe. Its importance is relatively much greater than its size, 
as it lies close to the frontier of Germany, and Customs exam- 
inations and .rain changes occur there. Several public buildings 
will be used for the exhibition, and space therein should be 
engaged by 1st February, to insure against disappointment. 
Exhibits cannot be placed, however, before 1st June, and must 
all be on hand by 10th July. It is expected that reduced freight 
rates for exhibits will bt secured on the railways and the River 
Elbe, and that the tariff laws will be suspended lor their benefit. 
Further information can be obtained by addressing Der 
Vollzugs-Ausschuss der Ausstellung, Tetschen, Bohemia. 
Belgium (Antwerp). — Cartographic Exhibition. — 
Under the auspices of the Royal Geographical Society of 
Antwerp, founded 25 years ago by General Wouvermans, an 
exhibition of cartography, ethnography, etc., is to be held in 
commemoration of the society's silver jubilee. Every endeavour 
(says the IndPpendance Beige } will be made to bring together a 
collection illustrative of cartographic methods from the earliest 
times to the present. (Lille). — An International Exhibi- 
tion, the first of its kind, will be held at Lille from May to 
September next. Installed on the Champ de Mars, its buildings 
and gardens will cover a surface of 150,000 square metres ; a 
gallery of 3,000 metres will .be reserved for machinery. The 
exhibition will comprise the following classes :■ — I. Education. 
II. Works of art. III. Liberal arts. IV. General machinery. 
V. Electricity. VI. Civil engineering, means of transport, 
cycles, motor-cars, sports. VII. Agriculture. VIII. Horti- 
culture. IX. Forestry, hunting and shooting, fishing. X. Ali- 
mentary products. XI. Mines and metallurgy. XII, Furnishing, 
decoration and accessories, XI IF Yarns, tissue, clothing. 
XIV, Various industries. XV. Chemical industry. XVI. 
Social economy, hygienics. XVI F. Colonisation, materials and 
products for exportation, XVI II. Special applications of 
alcohol (alcohol denature) to motive power, heating, and 
lighting. Experiments in this direction are of the highest 
interest for the commerce and manufactures of the district. AH 
entries and applications for information should be addressed to 
the Offices of the Administration of the Exhibition, 35, Rue 
Nationale, Lille. 
Russia (St. Petersburg). — The opening of the Interna- 
tional Fisheries Exhibition will take place on the i5th/28th 
inst. In addition to those from Russia, applications and notices 
of exhibits have been received from France, Germany, Great 
Britain, Italy, Norway, Roumania, Japan, Egypt, and Siam. 
The Government has granted to the Imperial Russjan Fisheries 
Society, which is organising this exhibition, a subsidy of 35,000 
roubles. 
Denmark. — An Exhibition of Automobiles is to be 
held in Copenhagen from April n to April 27, 1902. 
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NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. 
NAVAL. 
Mr. Phillip Watts, of the firm of Armstrong, Whitworth & 
Co., has been appointed Director of Naval Construction, in the 
place of Sir W. PI. White, resigned. 
Captain Charles A. Adair, commanding the battleship 
Royal Sovereign, will succeed Rear-Admiral Charles Campbell 
in command of Sheerness Gunnery School. 
The authorities of Chatham Dockyard have been informed 
by the Admiralty that the date of launching the Prince of Wales, 
battleship, has been fixed for March 25 next. 
Orders have been given directing the turret ship Cyclops to 
be disarmed at Sheerness Dockyard, and placed on the non- 
effective list. 
Captain Egerton, of the Torpedo Department at the 
Admiralty, has been selected for the command of the Vernon, 
torpedo ship, at Portsmouth. 
The good service pension of ^150 a year, vacant by the 
retirement of Captain A. Schbmberg, has been awarded to 
Commodore Robert L. Groome. 
Rear-Admiral T. S. Jackson, by the retirement of Admiral 
Adeane under the age limit, becomes first on the list of his rank, 
and will have very shortly to relinquish his position as Superin- 
tendent of Devonport Dockyard on promotion to Vice-Admiral. 
The Admiralty have purchased a small Niclausse boiler 
which has been on view at the Glasgow Exhibition, and have 
ordered it to be fitted on a small steamboat for experimental 
purposes. 
The Grafloti will be commissioned at Chatham on 
January 14 by Captain Marx, with a complement of 571 officers 
and men, to relieve the War stile, flagship, on the Pacific 
Station. 
