2 OCTOBER 1886, Page 25

The seventeenth volume of the Proceedings of the Royal Colonial

Institute (Sampson Low and Co.) contains, as usual, interesting papers and discussions ; among them, Sir George F. Bowen on " The Federation of the British Empire," Mr. F. B. Labilliere on " Imperial Federation," Mr. G. F. Young (a paper followed by a peculiarly valuable discussion, in which representatives of many Colonies took part) and Captain J. C. B. Colomb on " Imperial Defence."