Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute. Vol. XVI. (Sampson Low
and Co.)—The issue of this volume is neatly contemporary with an event of a very auspicious nature in the history of the Institute, namely, the opening of a new and commodious building for its purposes in Northumberland Avenue. These have been erected at a cost of nearly 220,000, more than half of which has been already paid. The whole report of the society is as cheering a one as could be wished, and its prosperous financial condition is a sufficient proof of the manner in which its work is appreciated both at home and in the Colonies. Daring the last ten years its income has increased from 21,100 to 25,565, irrespective of the amount raised by de- bentures and liberal donations. A farther glance at the report shows us that, as on previous occasions, the Council has been busy in protecting the interests of the Colonies by representations to Parliament, and has farther been generally engaged in attempting to realise its ideal of a united Empire. Is regards the papers which have been read periodically before the Association, we can only say here that they contribute important facts of general informa- tion about the Colonies ; that they group those facts in. their due relationships to one another ; and that, on the whole, they convey the very enlightened expression of experienced and careful thought upon subjects of the greatest interest to all dwellers under the British flag. The finances of South Africa.are explained by the Hon. J. E. Merriman ; New Zealand and Western Australia find their exponents in Mr. Arthur Clayden and Sir Frederick Napier Browne respectively. "The British Association in Canada" occupies the attention of Sir J. Henry Lefroy ; "National Unity" is by Mr. George Baden-Powell ; "British North Borneo," by Sir Walter H. Medharst ; and "The British Empire of To-day," by Mr. C. E. Howard Vincent.
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