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Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute. Vol. XXI. Edited by

the Secretary. (Colonial Institute.)—The contents of this volume are of an interest as wide and varied as usual. We may specify the paper by Mr. Matthew Macfie on " Aids to Australasian Development." One notable set of figures may be quoted from this paper. The exports from the United Kingdom to the Australasian Colonies in 1887 amounted to £7 3s. 2d. per head of population ; exports to British North America, to 41 18s. 10d. How, indeed, anything at all can be exported to Canada, with its oppressive tariff, is a subject of wonder. Mr. Maefie pleads for selected European immigration. Another interesting paper is " The Military Defence Forces of the Colonies."