Royal Colonial Institute: … … Annual General Meeting: … … REPORT: The Council have much pleasure in presenting to the Fellows of the Royal Colonial Institute their seventeenth annual report. Since the last annual meeting 163 resident and 237 non-resident Fellows have been elected—together 400—as compared with 142 resident and 294 non-resident—together 436—in the preceding year. The Institute has had to deplore the loss by death of 47 Fellows. The list now comprises 1,003 resident and 1,684 non-resident Fellows, or a total of 2,587, being a net addition of 281 during the year. The following Papers have been read at the ordinary meetings of the past session: 1. “The Commercial Resources and Financial Position of South Africa.” By the Hon. J. X. Merriman, M.L.A. 2. “National Unity.” By George Baden-Powell, Esq., M.A., 3. ” The British Association in Canada.” By General Sir J. Henry Lefroy, K.C.M.G., C. 8., F.R.S. 4. New Zealand.” By Arthur Clayden, Esq. 5. ” Western Australia.” By Sir F. Napier Broome, K.C.M.G. 6. ” Newfoundland—Our Oldest Colony.” By the Hon. Mr. Justice Pinsent, D.C.L. 7. “British North Borneo.” By Sir Walter H. Medhurst. 8. ” The British Empire of Today.” By C. E. Howard Vincent, Esq.
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GRO0747 Hennock: Robert John Pinsent: 1834 – 1893