THE COLONIAL INSTITUTE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 226, 29 October 1909, Page 2

THE COLONIAL INSTITUTE.

A MiW DEPARTURE. By Cable.—Press Association.—Couyriirai London, October 27. The Royal Colonial Institute has agreed to.a new includiir.' il>e admission of ladies a.-. associates and Ilk- establishment of local centres throughout the Umpire.

'I lie Itoyal Colonial Institute, was iV.imlt'il i.i 1808 ami incorporated l>y l!i),vnl charter in 1882. The object* arc *in-s» olliciiilly set forth:—'Tii providu 11 iiliu'o of meet in;: fov all j;cnt\enien conic (ted w.'lh ttii" colonic and British liii'iu mid others takinj: un interest in (•nloiiinl niul Imlinii aft'airs; to establish a muling room ami library, in which re. cull niul authentic intelligence upon colonial ami Imlinn subjects may be eonxlaiitly available, and a museum for tha collection niul exhibition of colonial aim l.i.'ian production*: tn facilitate interchaiifjc of cxiiWcniOs aiiionjjst persons represent inji all the dependencies of < : ivni Hritnin; to iifford opportunities l."i- the reading of papers and for holdinj di.-ciishion-i ii|ion colonial and India-i »i,-ieet< ueni'inlly: ami to undertake" scientific, literary, and statistical inycntiiriitions in connection with the i I'lilish Kinpire. lint tin paper uliall bo lead „,,,. airy discussion be permitted to lake place, teiidmjr to jfive the inrtihlte •i party character." ()« :i()th .Septembei, 1!«I8, then were 180(1 resident and 4«S nun-resident Fellows.