54 - [February, 1902.] 
IMPERIAL INSTITUTE JOURNAL. 
Vol. VIII. No. 86. 
15th : The King inspected drafts of the Foot Guards pro- 
ceeding to South Africa. The Archbishop of Gantefbury 
presided at a meeting of the National Society. Death of Lord 
Rook-wood. 
16th: The King, accompanied by the Queen, opened 
Parliament. At the Court of Common Council at the Guildhall 
it was resolved to present Mr. Chamberlain with an address, 
17th : The Queen Victoria Memorial Fund amounted to 
^187,000. 
18th : Princess Louise and the Duke of Argyll visited the 
Alexandra Palace. Conference of Public School Science Masters 
was held. Death of Sir If. Ashmead-Bartlett, M.P, 
20th : Mr. A. J. S. Milman, late principal clerk of the 
House of Commons, was appointed a k.c.b. Sir Joseph Walton 
was elected a member of the Senate of the London University. 
Death of Mr. Aubrey de Vere. 
21st: In the blouse of Commons, in the debate on the 
Address, an amendment censuring the Government in the 
conduct of the South African War was rejected by a majority 
of 210. The King arrived at Windsor Castle from Penn 
House, Bucks. 
22nd : The King, Queen, and other members of the 
Royal Family, attended a memorial service in the Frogmore 
Mausoleum on the anniversary of the death of Queen Victoria. 
The anniversary of the accession of King Edward was com- 
memorated. The confirmation of Canon Gore as Bishop of 
Worcester took place. 
23rd : Colonel Sir J. Willcocks left Southampton for South 
Africa. Death of Dr. F. G. Lee, Death of Sir W. Biddulph 
Parker. 
24th : The Prince of Wales left London for Berlin. Mr. 
T. Milvain, K.c. (C. ), was elected M.P. for Hampstead, in 
place of Mr. E. B. Hoare. It was officially announced that the 
Royal Procession through Loudon will take place on June 27. 
25th : The consecration of the Rev. G. Trower as Bishop 
of Likoma, and of the Rev. E. H, Elwyn as Bishop of Sierra 
Leone, took place in Westminster Abbey. No news was 
received of the missing sloop Condor. Commander A. I. 
Loane, R.N., was appointed Captain-Superintendent of the 
Exmouth. Death of Professor A. B. Davidson. 
27th : At a town’s meeting held in Liverpool it was resolved 
to establish a University for the city. In the House of Lords a 
resolution was passed approving the action of the Government 
in the war in South Africa. The annual conference of the 
South Wales Miners’ Federation was opened at Cardiff. 
28th: Mr. W. Runciman (L. ) was elected M.P. for 
Dewsbury. In the London County Council it was resolved to 
issue a loan of ^3,000,000 Consolidated 3 per cent, stock at 
£ 9 8. ios. 
29th : The King and Queen returned to Marlborough 
House from Windsor Castle. 
30th : The Prince of Wales returned to London from 
Germany. 
COLONIES. 
Australia. — 14th : In the Federal PTouse of Representatives, 
a resolution was passed repudiating the calumnies on the British 
army, and promising further aid to end the war in South 
Africa. — 23rd : A further contingent of 1,000 men for South 
Africa was authorised. New South Wales. — 13th : Owing to 
the indisposition of Sir F. Darley, the Lieutenant-Governor, 
Mr. Justice Owen was appointed Deputy Lieutenant-Governor. 
— 2 1 st : Three special commercial representatives were 
appointed for London, Japan, and South Africa. Mr. C. C. 
Lance, manager of the Fresh Food and Ice Company, was 
selected as commercial agent in London. — 30th : Vice-Admiral 
Sir Harry H. Rawson was appointed Governor of the State. 
The Right Rev. C. G. Barlow, Bishop of North Queensland, 
was elected Bishop of Goulburn. Queensland. — 25th : The 
State elections were fixed for March n. "Western Australia. 
■ — 15th : Parliament re-assembled. The Leake Government had 
a majority of three in the Lower House. 
New Zealand. — 17th : A patriotic meeting at Wellington 
passed resolutions approving the British conduct of the war in 
South Africa, and Mr. Chamberlain's refutation of foreign 
slanders. — 21st : A ninth contingent of 1,000 men was proposed 
to be sent to South Africa. 
British West Africa. — 12th : It was announced that 
Colonel Festing's force had captured Soko ; many submissions 
were made and a market opened in the capital. — 16th : The 
Aro power was completely broken up. 
Canada. — 4th : M. Marconi decided to set up a trans- 
Atlantic wireless telegraph station on the Cape Breton coast. — 
nth: Death of the Hon. R. Dobell. — 14th: The Canadian Mounted 
Rifles left Halifax for South Africa. Sir Wilfrid Laurier was 
invited to the coronation of King Edward. — 16th : Mr. James 
Sutherland was sworn in as Minister of Marine in succession to 
Sir L. Davies, appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court. 
Death of Chief Justice McColI. — 18th : The mineral production 
of British Columbia for 1901 was estimated at $20,713,501, an 
increase of 25 per cent. — 28th : Three more squadrons of the 
Canadian Mounted Rifles left Halifax for South Africa. 
Cape Colony, — 1st : The new line of blockhouses from 
Beaufort West to De Aar was completed. — 4th : General Baden 
Powell was presented with an address at Middelburg. — 14th: 
Parliament was prorogued till March 4. — 18th : Commandant 
Scheepers was executed at Graaf Reinet. 
Malta. — 4th : A petition was presented by the Archbishop 
and the Chapter of the Cathedral against the substitution of 
the English for the Italian language, and the imposition of new 
taxes. — 28th : Mr. Chamberlain announced in Parliament that 
Italian would be retained as the official language of the Courts, 
and that the proposal that English should be adopted was 
withdrawn. 
Newfoundland. — 29th: The Government agreed to the 
renewal of the modus vivendi with reference to the French shore 
for another year. 
Orange River Colony. — 6th : General passenger traffic on 
the railway was resumed, — 9th : General Elliot’s columns 
pursued De Wet’s force towards Heilbron.— -nth : De Wet 
was baffled in his attempt to cross the railway. 
Transvaal. — 3rd: The Johannesburg Star re-commenced 
publication. General Botha circulated a request to the Boer 
commandants to continue fighting.— 4th : General Opperman 
was killed in an engagement with General Plumer’s force. — 9th : 
Lord Milner was entertained at a banquet by the Johannesburg 
Municipal Council and the Chambers of Mines and Commerce. 
— 10th : A Boer laager at Boschman’s Kraal was captured. — 
nth: Colonel Wing captured a laager near Ermclo, taking 
42 prisoners. — 17th : Dr. Visser was convicted at Johannesburg 
of treason and breaking the oath of neutrality.— 20th : Lord 
Methuen's force captured a Boer laager near Boschpoort. — 25th : 
General B. Viljoen was captured at Lydenburg. General 
Vilonel received permission to raise a corps of 1,500 burghers. — - 
27th : Large captures of Boers were reported. 
INDIA. 
7th : The Viceroy reported the number of persons in receipt 
of famine relief to be 140,000. — 13th : The number of British 
soldiers who re-engaged for further service in India was stated to 
be 16,662. — 17th : The Government issued a resolution dealing 
with recent attacks on the land reserve system. — 22nd : A public 
meeting of merchants and others interested in the tea industry 
was held at Calcutta.— 26th : The number of persons in receipt 
of famine relief rose to 208,000. — 27th : The Viceroy aopointed 
a Commission to visit the Universities and Colleges of India and 
enquire as to their working. 
FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
Argentine Republic. — 4th : It was reported that the 
dispute with Chile had become aggravated ; and it was proposed 
to break off negotiations. — 8th : It was stated that the incidents 
with Chile were closed satisfactorily. 
Austria-Hungary. — 23rd : The Archduchess Elizabeth 
Maria of Austria was married to Prince Otto of Windischgratz. 
Belgium. — 1st : The population of Belgium was stated to 
be 6,693,000. — 3rd : A Bill to make Sunday labour optional was 
proposed to be introduced. — 14th : A Bill was introduced into 
the Chamber to indemnify Ostend and Spa for the suppression 
of the casinos. — 20th : The Sugar Conference re-assembled at 
Brussels. — 23rd : The Sugar Conference at Brussels discussed 
the bounties question. — 24th : The Government Military Reform 
Bill, providing for the reduction of the term of service and an 
increase of 20 per cent, on the effective strength, was passed by 
the Chamber. 
Bulgaria. — 3rd : A new Cabinet was formed under 
M. Daneff. — 5th : The Sobranje rejected the Ministerial demand 
for supplies for two months, and was dissolved. 
Chile.— 2nd: It was announced that the peace protocol 
had been accepted by the Argentine Government. The calling 
out of the Chilian reserves was postponed. — 3rd : An internal 
loan of £3,000,000 in 7 per cent, bonds was proposed. 
China. — 3rd: The Court arrived at Pao-ting-fu. — 7th: The 
Court made a magnificent state entry into Peking. The 
Emperor and Empress-Dowager were attended by 1,000 Chinese 
nobles. — 10th : Chang-Po-hoi was appointed Minister of 
Education ; Wang Wen Shao, Director of the Board of Railways 
and Mines, and Yuan Shih-Kai was nominated Director- 
General of the Peking — Shan-hai-Kwan railway.' — 22nd : The 
Foreign Ministers presented their credentials to the Emperor 
and Empress-Dowager.— 23rd : ThCNan-king and Wu-chang 
Viceroys were ordered to Peking. Yuan-Shih-Kai urged the 
necessity of reforms. — 25th : It was stated that a treasure of one 
hundred million taels was found intact in Peking where it was 
buried before the flight of the Court. The Court granted to 
Yuan-Shih-Kai a sum of five million taels annually for the 
maintenance of an army of 100,000 men in the province of Chih-li. 
Colombia. — 20th : The revolutionary gunboats attacked the 
Government vessels in Panama Bay. Dr. Alban, the Governor 
of Panama, was killed. 
Congo State.— Sth : A commercial treaty was signed with 
France. 
Cuba. — 21st : It was announced that Senor T. E. Palma 
was elected President of the new Republic of Cuba. 
Denmark. — 13th : A deputation waited on the King with a 
monster petition against the sale of the Danish West Indies 
unless the islanders wished. 
France. — 14th : M. Paul Deschamel was re-elected 
President of the Chamber of Deputies. — iSth : The Paris 
Municipality decided to grant to a company a -'o years’ 
monopoly of the gas supply. — 22nd : The Chamber of "Deputies 
adopted a Bill abolishing the drawback of 14 per cent, on the 
sugar extracted from molasses. — 28th : The Chamber adopted a 
Bill for expending about 6oo,ooo,ooof, on canals and waterways. 
Germany.- 6th : The German Ambassador to London, 
Count Wolff Metternich, was entertained at luncheon by the 
Senate of Hamburg.— Sth : The Reichstag re-assembled’ and 
the Prussian Diet was opened.— xith : It was announced that 
Prince Henry of Prussia would attend the ceremony of the 
launch of the Emperor's new yacht at New York.— 14th: 
Prince Henry of Prussia was named to represent the German 
Emperor at King Edward’s Coronation. — 25th : The Prince 
of Wales arrived in Beriin and was received by the German 
Emperor.— 26th : The Prince of Wales was appointed Chief of 
the Deutzer Cuirassiers. — 27th : The birthday of the Emperor 
William was celebrated in Berlin. — 28th : The Prince of Wales 
left Berlin for Neustrelitz. 
Holland. — nth: Death of Prof. Cornelis Petrus Tiele at 
Leyden. 
Japan. — 5th : The question of the purchase of the railways 
by the Government was revived. 
Norway. — nth : The new State Loan of 35,000,000 kroner 
was concluded. 
Paraguay.— 10th : The Presidential election caused a 
revolution. President Aceval resigned. The revolutionary 
party supported the candidature of Senor Guillermo Rios for 
the Presidency. 
Persia.— 3rd : It was reported that the Sultan of Nijd was 
marching on Koweit. 
Portugal. — 2nd : The Cortes was opened by the King in 
person. 
Russia.— 7th : Death of M. de Bloch, Councillor of State. 
— 14th : The Budget for 1902 showed a deficit of 143,987,494 
roubles. 
Spain.— 15th : The labour difficulty at Barcelona became 
more acute. — 22nd: The Finance Minister introduced a Bill in 
the Chamber establishing in the Bank of Spain a separate 
department of note issues. 
Switzerland. — 3rd: It was reported that miles of the 
Simplon tunnel were completed. 
Turkey. — 1st : The Embassies protested against the ex- 
action of the Salonika quay dues, without the previous consent 
of the Powers. — 15th : The provisional Baghdad railway con- 
vention was agreed to. — 15th: The periodical instalment of the 
Russian war indemnity, ^350,000, was paid into the Ottoman 
Bank. — 17th : An Iradd was issued authorising the signature of 
the Baghdad railway convention, — 23rd; The’ Baghdad railway 
convention was signed. 
United States. — 4th: It was notified that the Panama 
Canal Company offered to transfer all its properties and conces- 
sions tor ^8,000,000. — 7th : A Bill was introduced into the New 
York State House of Assembly making it treason with death pen- 
alty, for any attempt on the life of the President, or of the Governor 
of New York State. — Sth: Mr. Payne was appointed Postmaster- 
General * Mr. Shaw, Secretary to the Treasury ; and Mr. John 
Crossland, Minister to Liberia.— 9th : The Nicaragua Canal 
Bill passed the House of Representatives. A mass meeting of 
sugar planters was held in New Orleans with regard to the 
proposed concession to the Cuban cane-sugar growers. — xith : 
Mr. Croker retired from the leadership of Tammany Plall. — 
14th : Mr. Whitelaw Reid was appointed Special Ambassador 
for King Edward’s Coronation.— 18th : The report of the 
Isthmian Canal Convention was said to favour the Panama 
route. — 2 1st : Mr. Croker left New York for England. The 
25th annual meeting of the New York State Bar Association 
was held. — 24th : The treaty for the sale of the Danish West 
India Islands to the United States was signed.— 28th : Death of 
Rear-Admiral L. A. Kimberley. 
Venezuela. — 2nd : President Castro stated that the revolu- 
tionary rising was crushed. A New York despatch asserted 
that the revolutionists had received large supplies of arms and 
ammunition, and that the rising was extending.— iSth : It was 
reported that the revolutionists under Cedeno had twice defeated 
the Government troops, and that a new rising had broken out 
near Carupano under General Vasquez. 
FORTHCOMING EVENTS. 
UNITED KINGDOM. 
Dublin. — The Lord Lieutenant will hold a Lev£e at 
Dublin Castle on the 4th inst. 
Birmingham. — On the Sth inst. Mr. Chamberlain will 
preside at the annual court of Birmingham University. 
London. — On the 5th inst. will be held the Speaker’s full- 
dress Parliamentary DINNER to the members of the Opposition. 
On the same date the Chamber OF Shipping of the United 
Kingdom will hold a business meeting and a dinner. On the 
same evening Mr. Herbert T. Thomas will lecture on 
“Jamaica” at the Society of Arts. — On the 6th inst., at the 
Society of Arts, Professor W. R. Dunstan, F.R.S., will read a 
paper on '“The Coal Resources of India.”— On the 7th 
inst. Professor E. Ray Lankestcr will read a paper at the 
Royal Institution on “The New Mammal from Central 
Africa and other Giraffe-like animals."- — On the tolh inst., at 
the Royal Geographical Society, the Rev. Thomas Lewis will 
lecture on “The Ancient Kingdom of Kongo.”- On the 
nth inst., at the Whitehall-rooms, the Hon. J. H. Turner will 
deliver a lecture on “ British Columbia of To-day.” — On 
the 18th inst., at the Society of Arts, a paper will be read by 
Mr. W. T. R. Preston on “The French - Canadian 
Relationship to the Crown. — On the 24th inst. a paper will 
be read at the Royal Geographical Society on “The Voyage 
of the Antarctic Ship ‘ Discovery ’ to New Zealand.” 
Portsmouth. — Naval and Military Exhibition.— 
The Central News says a large naval and military exhibition 
will be held at Portsmouth during next June, July, and August. 
Among those who have given their patronage to the enterprise 
are the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke and Duchess 
of Connaught, Earl Selborne, First Lord of the Admiralty, 
Mr. St. John Brodrick, Secretary for War, and a large number 
of distinguished naval and military officers. The profits will be 
devoted to naval and military charities. 
FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
Austria-Hungary. — The International Fishery Ex- 
hibition to be held at Vienna will be open from the 6th to the 
21st September next. The exhibition will include everything 
connected with the fishing industry, even to the preservation 
and transport of fish, both living and otherwise. Articles 
intended for exhibition will be allowed to enter Austro- 
Plungarian territory free, and will have the advantage of a 
reduced tariff on the railways. 
France. — An International Competition will take 
place at Paris in May next for motors and apparatus using 
denatured alcohol for the production of motive power, of light 
and of heat. The competition will be followed by a public 
exhibition to be held from the 24th May to 1st June. All 
motors and apparatus using denatured alcohol in any way, 
whether taking part in the competition or not, will be admitted 
to the exhibition ; also apparatus for producing industrial 
alcohol, the receptacles for warehousing and transporting the 
product, the apparatus worked by exposed motors, denatured 
alcohols and their compounds. Requests for space and permis- 
sion to exhibit will be received up to the 15th April. 
Germany.— An Exhibition of the Alcohol Industry, 
especially with regard to the industrial applications of alcohol, 
will be opened at Berlin under the auspices of the Association 
of German Distillers on the Sth inst., and will remain open till 
the 1 6th. 
Italy (Mantua). — An International Exhibition of 
Cheese will be opened at Mantua, on the 18th May next, 
under the auspices of the Agricultural Co-operative Association 
of that town. The exhibition will comprise the machinery and 
instruments used in the manufacture and the preservation of 
cheese, as well as products of the cheese trade properly so 
called. 
Russia. —The International Sporting Exhibition, 
which is to be held at St. Petersburg in May and June next, 
will include automobiles (motors, etc.), velocipedes, their parts 
and appurtenances ; aeronautic appliances of all kinds ; saddlery 
goods, etc. ; rowing and sailing boats and appliances ; games ; 
also fencing, boxing, and gymnastic properties ; fire-arms and 
appurtenances ; photography and all appertaining to it. Each 
section will be complete in itself. As far as possible Russian 
sporting clubs and societies are invited to contribute to make 
the exhibition fully representative of Russian sport. Foreign 
exhibitors will also participate. Exhibits and articles in general 
connected with sport can be sold at the exhibition, 

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. 
NAVAL. 
Mr. Philip Watts’s appointment as Director of Naval Con- 
struction is to date from February 1. 
The large straight tube type of Yarrow boiler has been 
selected for the five armoured cruisers. 
The Irresistible . battleship, will be commissioned at Chatham 
early in February for service on the Mediterranean Station. 
The Espilgle, sloop, was commissioned on January 21 by 
Commander E. G. Barton for service on the China Station. 
The destroyer Dasher has been selected to commission to 
replace the damaged destroyer Salmon in the Medway flotilla. 
The good service pension vacant by the death of Admiral 
Sir George Elliot has been conferred upon Admiral Sir John 
Hopkins. 
The Melita , sloop, Commander Ian M. Fraser, D.S.O., 
which recently returned to Devonport from the Mediterranean 
Station, paid off on the 17th ult. 
Rear-Admiral T. S. Jackson, who has been promoted to 
Vice-Admiral, will complete his term of three years’ service as 
Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard and will vacate the 
appointment on July 7. 
Rear-Admiral Sir Baldwin Walker wall hoist his flag on 
board the Resolution on February io, from which date the 
battleship w'ill be the second flagship of the Reserve Squadron, 
in the place of the Sans Pareil. 
The good service pension of ^"150 a year, vacant in conse- 
quence of the promotion of Captain John Durnford, C.B., 
D.S.O., to the rank of Rear-Admiral, has been awarded to 
Captain George A. Giffard, R.N. 
Captain Henry B. Jackson, R.N., has been appointed 
Assistant-Director of Naval Ordnance from February 10, on 
Captain George Le C. Egerton, R.N., C.B., vacating’ the 
appointment of Assistant-Director of Torpedoes. 
It has been officially announced at Chatham that the 
Princess of Wales has graciously undertaken to name the new 
battleship Prince of Wales on the occasion of the vessel being 
launched on Tuesday, March 25. The first keel-plate of the 
new battleship was laid down last March. 
During the next cruise of the Channel Squadron, experi- 
ments are to be made with Scottish coal and with patent fuel 
made from the dust of Welsh coal. On the following cruise two 
battleships are to make experiments with oil fuel, which has 
