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Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute, Vol. XIV. (Royal Colonial

Institute, Northumberland Avenue.) —The first paper in this volume is Lord Onslow's " State Socialism and Labour Govern- ment in Antipodean Britain," a deliverance of experience and opinion which attracted no little attention at the time. We have also Mr. Archibald R. Colquhoun's on "Matabeleland," Captain W. H. Williams on " Uganda," Miss Shaw on "The Australian Outlook," Sir G. Chesney's " British Empire," Mr. Selous on the " Matabele," with other papers on Australia, Canada, &c. With- out attempting to criticise any of these papers, we may say that the volume is one of exceptional interest.