48 [February, 1902.] 
IMPERIAL INSTITUTE JOURNAL. 
Vol. VIII. No. 86. 
NEW BOOKS, etc. 
Charles Griffin and Co., Limited. (London, igoi.) Handbook on Petroleum for 
Inspectors under the Petroleum Acts. By Captain J. II. Thomson, H.M. Chief 
Inspector of Explosives, and Boverton Redwood, Adviser on Petroleum to the Home 
Office. La. Svo. , pp. xix + 298. (Price, Ss. 6d.) Mr. Boverton Redwood is well 
known as an expert on petroleum, and his exhaustive treatise on the subject is regarded 
as a standard authority. The present volume is intended for the use of inspectors under 
the Petroleum Acts, and also for those engaged in the petroleum trade as carriers, 
storers, or distributors, and those who employ petroleum in industrial operations or as 
a source of power. It contains information respecting the geographical and geological 
occurrence of petroleum, and its production and refining, which will be found most 
useful to those engaged in the trade, as well as to the local authorities The numerous 
commercial products of petroleum, shale-oil and coal tar are described, as well as the 
flash-point, fire-test, etc. The past and existing legislation relating to petroleum is fully 
stated, the Acts and Forms of Licence in force being given in Appendices for conve- 
nience of reference. With a view to lessen the risks in handling and storing petroleum, 
the necessary precautions to be taken are clearly indicated, and if these safeguards 
were adopted, further legislative control would be unnecessary. Suggestions are also 
offered as to the construction and use of mineral oil lamps, which, if carried into 
effect, would render accidents from such lamps of rare occurrence. Though it is 
mentioned that this Handbook is in no sense official, yet the particulars it contains 
respecting the use of petroleum and of carbide of calcium and acetylene will be found 
most reliable and of the utmost value to all who are connected with these industries. 
The Proprietors of the “ Iron Trade Circular (Rylan d’s),” (Birmingham, 1901). 
Ry lands List of Merchant Exporters , being actual buyers of Iron, Steel, Tin-plates, 
Metals, Hardware, and Machinery, 1901. Fifth Edition. La. 8vo., pp. 197. 
(Price ios, 6d.) This useful List has reached a fifth edition, and has been thoroughly 
tested by experienced persons connected with the iron, steel, tin-plate and hardware 
trades. It will be found invaluable to advertisers who make or supply the raw materials 
or who manufacture hardware. As a handy book of reference it can be well recom- 
mended. 
The Imperial Colonist, edited by Lady Knightley of Fawsley, is a new publication issued 
by the British Women’s Emigration Association and the South African 
Expansion Committee. It provides information as to openings in the Colonies for 
women as Teachers, Governesses, Trained Nurses, Mothers’ Helps, Typists, Dressmakers, 
and Assistants in Business, and Domestic work; also particulars of Dairy-, Poultry-, 
Vegetable- and Fruit-Farming, or other business for those with small capital. The 
dates of sailings to the Colonics, cost of passage, etc., will be regularly announced. 
The Journal will be issued on the 1st of each month, at the small price of 2d., and it 
will be found most useful by British women who propose settling in any of the Colonies. 
It is probable that the information will soon be in considerable request, as emigration 
is rapidly increasing. Copies may be obtained at the British Women’s Emigration 
Office, Imperial Institute. Annual Subscription 2s. 6d. post free. 
•*- 
CITY BRANCH OF THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE, AT 
112, CANNON STREET, LONDON, E.C. 
The City Branch of the Imperial Institute embraces : — 
1. A News Room, supplied with 
(a) The chief British Industrial and Commercial Periodicals ; 
(b) Many United States, German, and French Commercial Period- 
icals * 
(c) Commercial Periodicals of the principal Colonies and of 
India ; 
(d) Market reports, prices-current, and statistics. 
2. An Enquiry Office, in telephonic communication with the Com’ 
mercial Information Office of the Imperial Institute at South Kensington* 
Enquiries relating to industrial, commercial, and other matters connected 
with the Colonies, India, and Foreign Countries, are received and promptly 
dealt with, and samples of products from the Colonies and India, stored 
at the Imperial Institute, can be inspected or obtained. Expert valuation 
will be furnished of samples submitted for that purpose. 
3. The News Room is free to Fellows of the Institute, as is also the 
Enquiry Office for obtaining such information as does not involve special 
research or correspondence. 
4. A subscription of the sum of one pound per annum, payable in 
advance, secures the free use of the News Room, and the supply, free of 
charge, of information not involving special research or correspondence. 
5. Subscribers of one pound per annum are also entitled to inspect, 
free of charge, any maps or charts included in the Map Room collection 
at the Imperial Institute, South Kensington, and to consult any works, or 
official papers, included in the Institute Library. Passes admitting to the 
Library or the Map Room for the foregoing purposes will be issued, as 
required, on application to the Clerk at the City Office. 
6. Non- Subscribers to the City Branch can be supplied with information 
upon the following terms : — 
(a) First enquiry, not involving special research or correspondence, 
free. 
(b) For each subsequent enquiry, not involving special research or 
correspondence, one shilling. 
(c) For each enquiry, involving special correspondence, or interviews 
with home-experts, etc., five shillings. 
(d) For each enquiry involving Colonial or Foreign correspondence, 
ten shillings ; or by special arrangement, if likely to be 
voluminous. 
7. Subscribers will have to pay the charges specified under (c) and (d) 
in the foregoing clause : Fellows will only be required to reimburse the 
Institute any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with enquiries 
coming under those heads. 
8. The Information Department will undertake to obtain analytical or 
other examinations of samples by competent Experts, upon payment, by 
persons submitting them, of the usual professional fees, to be previously 
specified, and agreed to by the applicant. 
9. The Institute will undertake to procure, and supply, at cost price, 
translations into any language, of trade circulars, prices-current, etc., and 
*the conversion of weights, measures, coinages, etc. 
SCHOOL OF MODERN ORIENTAL STUDIES. 
Founded by the Imperial Institute in union with University College and King's College , 
London. 
In 1887 it was suggested that a school of Modern Oriental Studies should be organised 
as a branch of the Institute, in imitation of the very efficient establishments of this kind which 
are carried on, with Government resources, in France, Germany, and Austria. The pro- 
mulgation of this proposal led to negotiations with the authorities of University College and 
King’s College, London, which resulted in their co-operation with the Institute in the 
establishment of the School. A Special Committee having been appointed to decide upon a 
system of work, it was arranged that classes for instruction in the Oriental languages required 
by students qualifying for examinations for the Indian Civil Service, should be held at 
University College, while modern Oriental languages, other than the Indian languages, 
should be taught at Kang’s College, and that the Imperial Institute should undertake the 
general administrative and financial work. The School was officially opened in January, 
1890, when an inaugural address was delivered by Professor Max Muller at the Royal 
Institution, in the presence of Ilis Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. The daughters of 
the late Colonel W. J. Ouseley (Bengal Army) have established and endowed, in his memory, 
three scholarships, in Arabic, Persian, Hindustani, and other Oriental languages, in con- 
nection with the School, eacn one of the value of not less than ^5° P er annum. The 
following Scholarships have already been awarded : — 
Year. 
Subject. 
Examiners. 
Awarded to. 
1S92 
Arabic . 
fDr. Wells ..... 
\ Prof. Salmons .... 
j-Afc Competitors. 
1893 
Arabic . 
Dr. Wells ..... 
Mr, Henry Leitner, junr. 
f f 
Persian . 
f Mr. John T. Platts . 
\Mirza Hussein Kuli Khan 
j-Mr. E. Denison Ross. 
1894 
Hindustani 
Mr. John T. Platts . 
No Competitors. 
Persian 
Dr. Robert Bruce 
Mr. Diwan Tek CHAND. 
Chinese 
Sir Thomas Wade 
No Competitors. 
189.? 
Turkish . 
Dr. Wells .... 
Mr. L. Stennett Amery. 
Hindustani 
Mr. J. T. Platts 
Mr. Asghar Ali. 
> I 
Chinese , 
■ * • * * • « 
No Competitors. 
1S96 
Burmese 
Gen. R, D. Ardagh 
Mr. Lee Ah Yain. 
Arabic . 
Dr. Wells ..... 
Mr. H. G. Sarwar. 
Marathi . 
Mr. J. W. Neill .... 
Mr. V. R. Pandit. 
1897 
Gujarati 
Dr. S. A. Kapadia . 
Mr. Rustum D. N. Wadia. 
Persian . 
Mr. J. T. Platts 
Mr. P. S. Patuck. 
Chinese . 
Mr. W. A. Pickering, C.M.G. 
No award. 
1898 
Bengali . 
Prof. T. F. Blumhardt 
Mr. B. C. Ghosh. 
Turkish . 
Dr. Wells 
Lieut. A, M. Seton, R.A, 
t t 
Chinese . 
»»«»••• 
No Competitors. 
1899 
Arabic . 
Dr. Wells 
Mr. G. A. Khan. 
Persian . 
Dr. Ross ..... 
Mr. R. M. Davis. 
Sanskrit . 
Prof. C. Bendall 
Mr. S. K Ghose. 
1900 
Hindustani 
Mr. J. T. Platts 
Mr. N. Hagopian. 
1901 
Marathi . 
Prof. J. W. Neill 
Mr. J. R. Martin. 
An OUSELEY SCHOLARSHIP of ^50, tenable for two years, will be awarded 
this year, should sufficient merit be shown, for proficiency in Persian. No person 
will be admitted to competition for a Scholarship in a language which is his own mother 
tongue, nor for a Scholarship in a language allied to his mother tongue , 
The examination takes place early in July, 1902. 
Competitors must give notice on or before July 1, 1902. 
The ages of Candidates are to he above 17 and under 25 years on January I of the 
year of examination. 
Further particulars may be obtained from the Secretary, S.M.O.S., Imperial Institute, 
SAV. 
GENERAL INFORMATION FOR INTENDING STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL. 
The classes which the “ School of Modern Oriental Studies" comprises, are divided under two heads. 
Division I. includes. classes for ah Oriental Languages especially required by Students qualifying for 
examinations for the Indian Civil Service, the instruction being of the same character as that provided for 
some time past at University College and at King’s College. This Division includes instruction in Sanskrit, 
Bengali, Hindi, Hindustani, Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi, Pali, Marathi, Gujarati, Arabic, and Persian. 
Division II consists mainly of classes for Modern Oriental Languages other than the Indian Languages. 
The courses of tuition are of a practical rather than of an academic character ; they have particular 
reference to commercial and official requirements and to the facilitation of colloquial intercourse with 
natives of Oriental Countries. 
It is in contemplation, so soon as the number of students warrants the expenditure, to secure the 
services of native readers and teachers of conversation in connection with the classes of this Division. 
The classes under this Division are conducted at King’s College, where arrangements will also be 
made for the establishment of evening classes. 
The Languages taught in Division II. comprise Colloquial Arabic Armenian, Modern Greek, 
Colloquial, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Chinese, Burmese, Japanese, Malay, and Swahili. 
Arrangements have been completed by the Managing Committee and approved of by the Governing Bodies 
of the Imperial Institute and of the two Colleges, for the pursuit of studies relating to the history, literature, 
commercial and physical geography, political economy, and the natural and industrial resources, of the 
countries and districts in which the various languages are used. 
Special Lectures or courses of Lectures will be delivered from time to time, in connection with the School 
by experts or specialists, in any of the foregoing subjects. 
There are three terms, of about ten weeks, in each year, as follows ; — 
Spring Term— commencing about the middle of January. 
Summer Term — commencing early in May. 
Autumn Term — commencing about the middle of October. 
A fee of Three Guineas per term will have to be paid, in advance, by each Student for each Language 
taken up for instruction. This payment will entitle the Student to the use, within the College, of text 
books, dictionaries, and. works of reference required in connection with the particular Language taught, and 
to the use of all the facilities which it is proposed to secure in the development of the School. 
Accommodation is provided at the Imperial Institute to enable Students to pursue their studies at 
hours when the classes are not held. The Libraries of both Colleges will be open to Students in any of the 
classes of the School, during the usual hours of study. 
Intending Students should communicate with the Secretary at the offices of the Imperial Institute, 
London, S.W., where the registration of Students will take place, and where all information regarding the 
School will be supplied. 

Balata in Dutch. Guiana. — The balata industry in Dutch Guiana is flourishing, the revenues 
from concession fees for these have amounted to £8 00 in 1900. Not less than 14,820,000 acres 
were applied for the purpose of testing the presence of balata, and concessions have been granted 
for 395,200 acres. The growing request for this article, and the higher prices obtained in the 
market, are the reason for it. In time balata may take the place of caoutchouc in some manu- 
factures. The chief export of balata goes to the United States and to Great Britain. Through 
the severe bye-laws prohibiting the felling of balata trees in Surinam, a decrease of the trees will 
very probably be prevented, although a control is very difficult. This is mostly done through 
journeys of policemen, especially in the district of Nickerie. On the 17th of January, 1901, the 
governor published the conditions according to which, in future, four month concessions for 
ascertaining the presence of balata will be granted free of charge. Its wording is as follows : — 
(a) No exploitation must take place ; (b) The expeditions must consist of a foreman and six 
workers for every 123,500 acres, or part of it ; (c) Within three weeks from the day of granting 
concession a certificate must be sent to the police at the Government-Secretary, that the persons 
named are engaged by contract, and one month after the granting of concession another 
certificate that the expedition is on its way; (£) The concession will at once be cancelled if 
the respective papers are not sent in properly in the time mentioned under ; (c) If it is furthermore 
evident that the company does not carefully follow the conditions under (b) and (c), or tries to 
avoid them, if laws regarding public order, safety or health are not respected, or if an exploitation 
on a ground takes place that is only granted for trying. These conditions have been issued 
because, lately, exploitations took place repeatedly, when only a trial was allowed, and because 
often large areas have been allowed for trying without charge, when no trying has taken place at 
all. The reason for obtaining concessions in these cases was only to prevent others from getting 
I concessions. — The India Rubber and Gutla Percha Trades' Journal. 
