4- The advancement of trades and handicrafts by exhibitions of special 
branches of industry and commerce, and of the work of artizans and 
of apprentices. 
5. The promotion of technical and commercial education, and of the industrial 
arts and sciences. 
6. The furtherance of systematic colonization. 
7. The promotion of conferences and lectures in connexion with the general 
work of the Institute, and the facilitating of commercial and friendly 
intercourse among the inhabitants of the different parts of the British 
Empire. 
8. The doing anything incidental or conducive to carrying into effect all or 
any of the foregoing purposes. 
IMPERIAL INSTITUTE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE COLONIES 
AND INDIA. 
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President, H. R. H. the Prince of Wales, k. g. 
Notes for the Information of Colonial Authorities. 
The address of the Temporary Offices is r, Adam Street, Adelphi Terrace, Lon¬ 
don, W. C. 
The permanent address is “ The Imperial Institute of the United Kingdom, the 
Colonies and India,” Imperial Institute Road, South Kensington, London, S.W. 
The Cable and Telegraphic address (registered) is “ Imperial Institute, London/' 
The principal building will be opened to the public in the summer of 1891. 
The general distribution of space for exhibition of sample collections will be 
carried out upon the principle of proportional allotment, according to the area, popu¬ 
lation and commercial interests # of each Colony exhibiting. 
The first Specimens should be despatched from each Colony in due time to arrive 
in London not later than the month of March, 189). 
The name and particulars of the duly-appointed Corresponding Agent of each 
Colony or Province should be notified to the Secretary, if possible, at the commence¬ 
ment of the year 1891. 
All nackaees containing articles intended for the Institute should have marked 
on them the distinctive design | *, l_<T ; they should be addressed to the Secre- 
South Kensington, London, England, and 
tary of the Imperial Institute, L ' — South Kensington, London, Lnglanci, ana 
should bear the name of the Government and Officer by whom the same are forwarded. 
The Governing Body of the Institute will endeavour to obtain from the various 
Steamship Companies Special Terms for the conveyance to London of articles intended 
for the Institute. 
1, Adam Street, Adelphi, 
London , February, 18go. 
