Vol. VIII. No. 93. 
IMPERIAL INSTITUTE JOURNAL. 
[September, 1902.] 
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IMPERIAL INSTITUTE JOURNAL. 
Vol. VIII. No. 93. LONDON. SEPTEMBER, r 9 02. 
GENERAL NOTICES. 
“THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE JOURNAL.” 
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— 
IMPORTANT NOTICE 
TO 
ANNUALLY PAYING FELLOWS. 
The Bill transferring the property and Government of the 
Imperial Institute to the Nation has become Law. 
After the 1st of January, 1903 — when the Act comes into 
operation— subscribing Fellows will cease to exist as such. 
It is suggested that any standing orders that may have 
been given to Bankers or Agents for the payment of the 
annual Fellow’s subscription should be cancelled. A continu- 
ance of the enjoyment of privileges of Fellowship will be 
secured to those now on the Roll of Life Fellows of the 
Institute, but no new Life Fellows will be elected. 
A copy of “The Imperial Institute (Transfer) Act, 1902,” 
is given on page 233. 

SPECIAL EXHIBITION OF COLONIAL PRODUCTS 
AND INDUSTRIES. 
A Special Exhibition of Collections illustrative of the Mineral Wealth 
and of certain Industries of the DOMINION OF CANADA, also of 
commercial products from QUEENSLAND, RHODESIA, WESTERN 
AUSTRALIA, and BRITISH NORTH BORNEO, is on view in the 
western half of the North Gallery, from ii a.m. to 5 p.m., on week-days 
—Admission Free. 
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COMMERCIAL COLLECTIONS. 
The Galleries containing the Colonial and Indian Collections, 
and the Public Commercial and Industrial News Room, are open 
for free inspection by the public daily, except Sundays , and any days 
specially notified , from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. Every information concern- 
ing the products, their supply, etc., can be obtained on application to the 
Curators of the Indian and Ceylon, Canadian, and South African Sections, 
to the general Curator, and to the Commercial Intelligence Department. 
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FELLOWS’ DEPARTMENT. 
The Reading, Writing, and News Rooms, are open for the use of 
Fellows every week-day from 10 a.m. till 11.30 p.m., and on Sundays from 
3 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. The Library (on the First Floor), is open from 
10 a.m. to dusk on Week-days, and from 3 p.m. to dusk on Sundays. The 
Map Room (First Floor) is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Week-days. 
The Poste Restante is open every week-day for receipt and delivery of 
letters and parcels. Letters addressed to initials only are not received, except 
in reply to notices in the Journal, under “ Requirements ” Registry. The 
General Post Office Pillar Box is cleared daily twelve times, between 10. 10 a.m. 
and midnight. Light refreshments only are, for the present, provided in 
the Fellows’ Rooms and at the bar of the Ceylon Kiosk. 

EMIGRATION INFORMATION OFFICE. 
The Office of the British Women’s Emigration Association (see 
page 246), in the West Corridor, First Floor, is open daily from 10 a.m. 
to 4 p.m., and advice and information respecting emigration and openings in 
the Colonies may be obtained there free of charge. Enquiries of all kinds 
relating to the Colonies from intending Emigrants are dealt with in the 
Commercial Intelligence Department, and special information respecting 
Canada and the Cape Colony may also be obtained from the Curators for 
these Colonies, on application personally at their offices, or by letter. 
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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT. 
The Scientific and Technical Department of the Institute has been 
established to acquire information by special enquiries and by experimental 
research, technical trials and commercial valuation regarding new or little 
known natural or manufactured products of the various Colonies and 
Dependencies of the British Empire and of foreign countries, and also 
regarding known products procurable from new sources, and local products 
of manufacture which it is desired to export. This work is carried out with 
a view to the creation of new openings in trade, or the promotion of 
industrial developments. 
In the extensive and well-equipped series of Research Laboratories 
occupying the West Corridor of the Second Floor, a staff of skilled Chemists, 
under the direction of Professor Wyndham R. Dunstan, M.A., F.R.S., carry 
out the investigation of the chemical constitution and properties of new dye- 
stuffs, tanning materials, seeds and food-stuffs, oils, gums and resins, fibres, 
timbers, medicinal plants and products ; animal products, minerals and ores, 
soils, cements, and various other products, with a view to their commercial 
utilization. Whenever necessary these materials are submitted to special 
scientific experts, by whom they are made the subjects of particular investiga- 
tion or practical tests. Reports are also obtained from technical or trade- 
experts in regard to the probable commercial or industrial value of any such 
products, whilst full information is collected from official or other trustworthy 
sources regarding the probable extent and cost of available supplies. All 
materials requiring scientific or technical examination, or commercial valua- 
tion, should be submitted to the Institute for examination either by, or through 
the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, the India Office, or the Board of Trade, 
or through the Colonial or Indian Government Authorities. Requests for 
the examination of such materials may also be submitted by Public Com- 
mercial Bodies and Institutions of the respective Colonies and Dependencies, 
or by the Representatives of H.M. Government in foreign countries. 
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COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT. 
The Office of this Department, in the West Corridor, First Floor, is open 
daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (on Saturdays till 1 p.m,), for the purpose of 
answering enquiries and supplying information relating to the Commerce 
(Export and Import) and Industries of India and the Colonies. Applications 
may be made personally or by letter. Special information may be obtained 
from the Curators in charge of the Indian and of certain Colonial Collections. 
Arrangements have been made for the translation for mercantile firms of 
Trade Circulars, Price-Lists, and Catalogues into any Foreign Language, 
including the conversion of weights, measures and coinages, etc., at cost 
price, and application for such may be addressed to this Department. 
CITY BRANCH OF THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE. 
Removal to 49, Eastcheap, E.C. 
The City Enquiry Office and Reading Room have been removed from 
1 1 2, Cannon-street to larger premises at 49, Eastcheap, where a com- 
modious apartment is also provided for the display, to merchants, manu- 
facturers, etc., of raw and manufactured products received, from time to 
time, from the Colonies and from India, and for which it is desired to 
find openings in British markets. 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 India. The City Branch is in constant communication, by telephone 
and messengers, with the Imperial Institute, South Kensington. (For 
further information see page 244J. 
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THE NORTHBROOK SOCIETY. 
The Northbrook Society is affiliated to the Imperial Institute, and has 
a special room allotted for the exclusive use of its members in the Institute 
buildings. Its primary objects are to watch over and promote the interests 
of natives of India, and to provide a system of guardianship or supervision 
over such as are sent to Europe for education. The Society is controlled by 
a committee consisting of an equal number of Governors of the Imperial 
Institute and members of the Society, presided overby the Earl of Northbrook. 
It possesses an excellent library. Indian members, who pay no subscrip- 
tion to the Society, have the especial advantage of becoming Fellows of the 
Institute at half the usual subscription payable by the ordinary Fellows. 
Applications for membership of the Society should be addressed to the 
Secretary of the Northbrook Society, Imperial Institute, London, S.W. 
“ REQUIREMENTS ” REGISTRY. 
With the object of affording Fellows of the Imperial Institute, and the 
General Public resident in the United Kingdom, an opportunity of making 
known special “wants” or “needs” in the British Colonies, India, and 
Foreign Countries, space will be regularly devoted to approved notices in a 
column reserved for this purpose. Advertisers may have their replies addressed 
to them direct, cjo the Imperial Institute, London, S. W., under a distinctive 
number and initials. The cost of postage will be cl arged for the transmission 
of replies delivered at the Institute. Residents in the Colonies and India, 
and Foreign Countries, can register in like manner. ( For further particulars 
see page 2 4 2). 

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