Proceedings Volume 33 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ...its concrete expression in the Federation of the British Empire. In proposing your prosperity, I am tempted to refer to the figures which illustrate your growth. From 174 Fellows in 1869 you rose to 981 in 1879, and 4,153 in 1899. Your growth has been steady. Each year has seen an increased hold by you on the confidence of the public. The place of meeting you have provided for gentlemen connected with the Colonies and British India, your unique library of over 50,000 volumes, and the opportunities offered for the interchange of views and the dissemination of information bearing on the Colonies, have been of the greatest service to every portion of the Empire. How greatly your work is appreciated by the Greater Britain beyond the seas is exemplified by the large proportion of Colonial Fellows to those who reside in the United Kingdom. I take the list of candidates elected yesterday by your Council as Fellows of this Institute. Of the 22 who were elected, only 8 are resident in the United Kingdom, the balance of 14 comes from various Colonies--5 from Lagos, 3 from South Australia, and the others from Natal, the Transvaal, British Central Africa, and Rhodesia. I then take the list of the 15 Fellows of your Institute who have given their lives in the interests of freedom and peace in South Africa. Although the population of the United Kingdom as compared with that of the Colonies is as 41 to 12, I find only two Fellows out of the 15 who died--Lord Ava and Mr. Eady--were United Kingdom Fellows (and the latter was at one time in Rhodesia); that two--T. R. Dodd and W. C. C. Erskine--had made their homes in the Transvaal. W. H. Longden, A. A. Stanton, Major Robertson were citizens of Cape Colony; A. H. Thomas came from Ceylon, H. L, Mourilyan...