CORONATION YEAR.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1076, 15 March 1911, Page 9

CORONATION YEAR.

LONG LIST OF ROYAL FUNCTIONS. PLANS POR THE INDIAN DURBAR. Tho Coronation year, will probably bo fuller of important engagements than any within memory. The list is at present.incomplete (says the "Daily. Mail"), but a mere sketch of it will indicate what may bo expected of tho coming season in ; tho way of interest and brilliance.

The King and Queen will, after tho Coronation, make an extended' tour through Scotland and Ireland, while Wales will celebrate- the investiture of the Prince of Wales-at .Carnarvon,. Whether their Majesties will lie able' to inchulo a vi;-it to the Isle of Man in the programme of the tour is not yet settled. In any case, the burden, on their Majesties will be a very heavy one. The following list shows at a glance some of the functions in which King George is personally concerned :—

March.—Reception of address on the occasion of the tercentenary of tho Authorised Version of the English Bible. ' May.—The King's first Court. Probable unveiling of the Queen Victoria Memorial. :. ..' Arrival of Empire's Premiers.. June.—lmperial Conference. Reception by the King. AVorld's Record Horse Show at Olyrnpia (12th). Arrival of representatives from the oversea Dominions and foreign Courts for the Coronation. Coronation (22nd).

The Maries' gift to Queen Mary. Royal progress through tho city and South London (23rd). Royal luncheon at the Guildhall. ■ Royal gala performances at Opera House, Covcnt Garden. Theatrical gala performance at Tlis . Majesty's Theatre, at which the King and Queen and the whole Court will be present.in state. Royal Agricultural Show at Norwich, which'tho King,'it is'expected,-will attend'(26th). Royal Military Review at Aldcrshbt. Royal Naval Review at Snithcad. July.—lnvestiture of tho Prince of Wales. Visit to Edinburgh. Royal Court and Levee at Holyrood Castle. Visit to Edinburgh Castle. Visit to Kosyth Dockyard Works.. Opening of new chapel at St. Giles's Cathedral. Visit to Glasgow. Visit to Scottish National Exhibition. Visit to Glasgow University. Open new buildings at Royal Infirm- ! ary, Glasgow. Visit to Dublin. Residence at Vice-regal Lodge, Phoenix Park.' Royal Court and levee at Dublin Castle. Review of troops. Visit to Belfast. Residence at Lord Londonderry's Ulster seat. Civic function at City Hall. Visit to shipyards. . : Probable visit to Isle of Man. ■ Cowes Week.

December.—The King's visit to India for the Coronation Durbar at Delhi.

The stewards of the Turf Club have written to the Lord Lieutenant informing him that should the. King be pleased to attend an Irish race meeting during his visit to Ireland, a fixture could bu arranged for any day his Majesty should desire. The July meeting this year at Phoenix Park is set down for July 15, but could be changed to any other day. The scale on which the great Coronation Durbar will be held at Delhi, India, depends on the forthcoming monsoons and the ensuing harvests. If ihn monsoons fail the scheme for tlio Durbar will have to be considerably curtailed. Delhi landlords are already profiting by the great ceremony to come. A tiny house of only two rooms has been let for JJI3OO. The whole house, with the land, cannot have cost more than .£3OO. Many wealthy tourists arc expected, and some of the American millionaires are seeking for convenient camping sites among those which are now being mapped out.

There will be miles of electric installations. Leading Calcutta firms havo already applied 'for the supply of all sorts of furniture for the camps, and applications galore have been sent in for the supplying of refreshments. The , matter which is giving the most Iroublo is the upkeep and the watering of the roads. The elephant procession, which is (o be one of (lie features of Ihe Durbar, is also a subject of serious consideration.

Delhi being in the centre of India, and situated in m\ immeasurable, waste, supplies of fish—encased in ice ; will have to be brought both from Bombay and Calcutta. A million eggs are lo be brought in daily, and fowls and ducks nnd game by the thousand.