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IMPERIAL INSTITUTE JOURNAL. 
compare favourably with the best of our home productions, and the editor has every 
reason to be satisfied with his work, which is as complete and reliable as it is possible to 
render so voluminous a publication. 
W. & R. Chambers, Ltd. (London and Edinburgh, 1902.) (The Linscott Publishing Co, , 
Toronto and Philadelphia.) Progress of South Africa in the Century. By George 
Me’ Call Theal, D.Litt. , LL. D., Historiographer to the Cape Government {The 
Nineteenth Century Series), Svo. , pp. xxx + 524 (Price, 5s. net). This is the second volume 
of the Nineteenth Century Series, which is designed to illustrate the progress of English- 
speaking States and Colonies during the past century, in all departments and from every 
point of view. The author is the well-known historiographer to the Cape Government, [who 
possesses an intimate and personal acquaintance with South Africa and its inhabitants. The 
materials from which the book has been written are chiefly the official archives, and 
Mr. Theal has also consulted many hundreds of printed volumes on South Africa. The 
book contains a plain unvarnished statement of facts, free from all partisan spirit, and it 
is written in language which cannot be misconstrued, an important requisite in writing 
this account. The volume is a valuable addition to the many books Mr. Theal has 
produced, which no doubt will become the standard works of reference on South African 
history. Mr. Theal leaves the subject of the present war to be dealt with by another pen 
and concludes by hoping that the time of passion and bloodshed may speedily pass away, 
“ and that the restoration of peace and concord in South Africa may be followed by the 
still closer political union of the States widely severed by land and sea that have shown 
themselves at heart to be one.” 
J. Griffin & Co. (Portsmouth, 1902.) The Naval Annual , 1902 . Edited by 
T. A. Brassev. Sixteenth year of publication. La. Svo., pp, vi. 4-453. (Price, 15s. 
net.) This useful annual is a record and review of the progress of the British Navy 
during the past year, showing the great increase in shipbuilding and improvements in 
construction that have taken place. Lord Brassey writes respecting the personnel of 
the Navy, and urges the importance of having Naval Reserves. Mr. J. R. Thursfield 
gives an account of the British Naval Manoeuvres of 1901, while the Foreign Naval 
Manoeuvres are described by Mr. John Newland, who also 'discusses the question of 
“ The Invasion of England,” concluding that “ a sufficient and efficient Navy” is the 
essential factor in national as in Imperial defence. The chapter on submarines is mainly 
limited to a description of the boats already in existence, as they have not as yet got 
much beyond the experimental stage. Mr. G. R. Dunell contributes the article on 
“ Marine Engineering,” in which the steam turbine and the water-tube boiler are dealt 
with. Part II of the volume consists, as usual, of the lists of British and P'oreign ships, 
and of diagrams which have been largely increased in number, and enhance the value 
of the book. The articles on Armour and Ordnance will be found interesting and 
suggestive, and the carefully compiled Ordnance Tables and Statistics in the last portion 
of the volume will be most useful for reference and comparison. As an authority on 
naval questions the work has gained a well-deserved reputation. Among the 
illustrations a photographic picture of a British Submarine presents a graphic idea of this 
new species of sea-monster. 
A new map of the Wltwatersrand Goldfields, with inset plans of the Heidelberg, Klerksdorp 
and Nigel Districts, has been published by the Financial Times (72, Coleman Street, 
E.C.). In view of the re-opening of the mines which is now rapidly taking place, this 
map will be found most useful. It is the latest and most up-to-date map of the Rand, 
and is coloured to show the controlling interests ; an index to the Witwatersrand 
Properties is given. 
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49, EASTCHEAP, LONDON, E.C. 
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A Sample Room for the display of raw and manufactured products 
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An Information Office where enquiries relating to industrial, com- 
mercial and other matters connected with the Colonies, India and Foreign 
Countries are received and promptly dealt with. 
A News Room supplied with : — 
(a) Hand-books and directories of the British Empire, including 
many pamphlets (for free distribution) dealing with Canada, 
the Australian States, New Zealand and South Africa. 
(b) The chief trade papers of Great Britain, the Colonies and India. 
(c) Many commercial periodicals of the United States, Germany, 
France, Austria, etc. 
(d) Market reports, prices-current, official reports and statistics. 
The City Branch is in constant communication , by telephone and 
messengers , with the Imperial Institute , South Kensington, Curators and 
other members of the Imperial Institute staff will attend at the office at stated 
times and by special appointment, to deal with enquiries and to assist in 
establishing or facilitating business relations with mercantile houses , etc., in the 
Colonies and in India. 
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2. The News Room is free to Fellows of the Institute, as is also the 
Enquiry Office for the supply of such information as does not involve special 
research or correspondence. 
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advance, secures the free use of the News Room, and the supply, free of 
charge, of information not involving special research or correspondence. 
4. Subscribers of one pound per annum are also entitled, on presenta- 
tion of their members’ tickets, to inspect, free of charge, any maps or charts, 
included in the Map Room collection at the Imperial Institute, South 
Kensington, or to consult any works, or official papers, included in the 
Institute Library. 
5. 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. 
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correspondence, one shilling, 
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to 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. 
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the foregoing clause, and Fellows will have to reimburse the Institute any 
out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with enquiries coming under 
those heads. 
7. The Information Office 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. 
8. The Institute will undertake the supply, at cost price, of translations, 
into any language, of trade circulars, prices-current, etc., the conversion of 
weights, measures, coinages, etc. 
— 
SCHOOL OF MODERN ORIENTAL STUDIES. 
Founded by ike 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 organized 
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 King’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 His 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, each one of the value of not less than Z50 P er annum. The 
following Scholarships have already been awarded ; — 
Year. 
Subject. 
Examiners. 
Awarded to. 
1892 
Arabic , 
/Dr. Wells . , 
\ Prof. Salmonb 
• a 
• ■ 
| No Competitors. 
1893 
Arabic , 
Dr. Wells . 
• • 
Mr. Henry Leitner, junr. 
IV 
Persian . 
[Mr. John T. Platts . 
JMirza Hussein Kuli Khan 
[Mr. E. Denison Ross. 
1S94 
Hindustani 
Mr. John T. Platts , 
a • 
No Competitors. 
1 * 
Persian 
Dr. Robert Bruce 
« • 
Mr. Diwan Tek Chand, 
1 » 
Chinese 
Sir Thomas Wade 
* * 
No Competitors. 
1895 
Turkish , 
Dr. Wells 
• a 
Mr. L. Stennett Amery. 
Hindustani 
Mr. J. T. Platts 
» • 
Mr. Asghar Ali. 
I » 
Chinese . 
t • 1 • * 
a a 
No Competitors. 
1896 
Burmese 
Gen. R. D. ARDAGH 
a a 
Mr. Lee Ah Yain. 
II 
Arabic . 
Dr, Wells . 
• a 
Mr. H. G. Sarwar. 
1 1 
Marathi . 
Mr. T. W. Neill . 
• a 
Mr. V. R. Pandit. 
1897 
Gujarati 
Dr. S. A. Kafadia . 
p , 
Mr. Rustum D. N. Wadia. 
Persian , 
Mr. J. T. Platts 
a a 
Mr. P. S. Patuck. 
Chinese . 
Mr. W. A. Pickering, 
C.M.G. 
No award. 
1898 
Bengali . 
Prof. J. F, Blumhardt 
a m 
Mr. B. C. Ghosh. 
♦ 1 
Turkish . 
Dr. Wells . 
a a 
Lieut. A. M. Seton, R,A. 
II 
Chinese . 
* 1 » 1 t 
• . 
No Competitors. 
1899 
Arabic . 
Dr. Wells . 
* * 
Mr. G. A. Khan. 
Persian . 
Dr. Ross 
a m 
Mr. R. M. Davis. 
Sanskrit . 
Prof. C. Bendall 
, p 
Mr. S. K. Ghose. 
1900 
Hindustani 
Mr. J. T. Platts 
, , 
Mr. N. HAGOPrAN. 
1901 
Marathi . 
Prof. J. W. Neill 
» 
Mr. J. R. Martin. 
An OUSELEY SCHOLARSHIP of Z 5 °> 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 be above 17 and under 25 years on January 1 of the 
year of examination. 
Further particulars may be obtained from the Secretary, S.M.O.S., Imperial Institute 
S.W. 
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 all 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 wilt 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 wil 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. 
