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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 72
Special General Meeting
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Special General Meeting.
A Special General Meeting was held at the Whitehall Rooms, Hotel Métropole, on Tuesday, November 28, 1893.
The Right Hon. Hugh C. E. Childers, a Vice-President of the Institute, presided.
Amongst those present were the following:—
- Sir Augustus J. Adderley
- K.C.M.G.
- Mrs. Adler
- Sir John Akerman
- K.C.M.G.
- Lady Akerman
- Messrs. Donald Andrew
- W. Andrews
- C. W. Appleyard
- Capt. and Mrs. W. Ashby
- Messrs. J. Astleford
- A. Atkinson
- C. E. Atkinson
- L. L Atkinson
- Mr. P. J. and Miss Bailey
- Mr. and Mrs. A. Reid Baird
- Messrs. A. J Barclay
- W. Barclay
- W. Barratt
- Miss Barrett
- Sir V. and Lady Kennett Barrington
- Miss Bartlett
- Mr. E. Bean
- Miss Beattie
- Messrs. H. H. Beauchamp
- F. Faithfull Begg
- Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Bell
- Capt. J. H. H. Berkeley
- Mrs. Bernard
- Mr. and Mrs. C. Bethell
- Mr. E. A. Bickmore
- Dr. W. G. Black
- Messrs. E. Bois
- A. E. Bolton
- H. R. Fox Bourne
- E. Bowley
- H. D. Boyle
- Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Bradford
- Messrs. B. Bradley
- C. D. Brains
- C. E. Bright
- C.M.G.
- Mrs. Briscomb
- Dr. J. H. Brooks
- Dr. A. M. Brown
- Mr. S. B. Browning
- Sir Henry Bulwer
- G.C.M.G.
- Messrs. A. Burnie
- M. Burtt
- R. Capper
- G. Cawston
- E. J. Challinor
- Mr. and Mrs. A. Chaplin
- Messrs. A. N. Chaplin
- H. Chaplin
- E. Chapman
- Hon. Mrs. Hugh Childers
- Messrs. J. Chisholm
- J. H. Chisholm
- Mr. and Mrs. J. F. and Miss Churchill
- Mr. A A. Clark
- Lt.-Gen. Sir Andrew Clarke
- G.C.M.G.
- C.B.
- Messrs. C. Clare
- J. Clark
- J. Coates
- Miss Cockburn
- Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Colam
- Mrs. and Miss Cole
- Messrs. G. E. Colebrook
- W. R. E. Coles
- The Ven. Archdeacon Colley
- Messrs. A. P. Colquhoun
- G. Colquhoun
- W. K. Colquhoun
- Wm. Colquhoun
- Mrs. and Miss Colquhoun
- Mr. R. E. Cooper
- Major Cotton
- Messrs. W. F. Courthope
- W. S. Cuff
- Major E. Daubeney
- Messrs. L. F. Davies
- W. H. Davies
- W. H. Davis
- P. C. Don
- W. Donne
- W. Draper
- E. G. Dulcken. J. D. Duncan
- F. M. Dutton
- Stanley Edwards
- Sir G. H. D. Elphinstone
- Bart.
- Messrs. J. R. Endean
- C. Washington Eves
- C.M.G.
- Mr. W. M. Farmer
- Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Fawcett
- Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ferguson
- Messrs. J. M. Fisher
- A. W. Fitch
- C. W. L. Flux
- C. J. Follett
- C.B.
- G. Forbes
- Mr. and Mrs. Forbes
- Messrs. W. Fowlie
- A. C. Gale
- A. G. Garrett
- J. Gibberd
- H. R. Gilling
- G. Glanfield
- Lt.-Col. and Mrs. H. C. Gleadow
- Messrs. G. R. Godson
- C. G. Gordon
- J. W. Gordon
- W. Gordon. W. Gow
- W. D. Gray
- Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Greathead
- Mr. W. S. S. Green
- Miss Grey
- Messrs. A. Haggard
- E. Haggard
- Jas. Hamilton
- Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Hanley
- Messrs. R
- C. Hare
- F. Brinsley Harper
- J. Harrison
- Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Harrold
- Mr. Harvey
- Mr. J. K. and Miss Hawthorn
- Mr. B. W. E. Hawthorn
- Miss F. Hawthorn
- Sir J. Shaw Hay
- K.C.M.G.
- Miss Hay
- Capt. and Mrs. G. N. Hector
- Mr. W. Henty
- Sir Robert G. W. Herbert
- G.C.B.
- Messrs. W. Holmes
- Homan
- Mrs. Horn
- Messrs. S. Hughes
- E. B. Hurley
- W. H. Hutchens
- Dr. C. Inglis
- Dr. E. M. James
- Mrs. and Miss Jenkins
- Major Frank Johnson
- Messrs. J. D. Jones
- R. H. Jones
- W. Ajones
- R. J. Kelly
- J. Kemp-Welch
- E. M. Kennaway
- G. Kennaway
- T. C. Kitto
- J. W. Knaggs
- W. Knight
- F. P. De Labilliere
- Surg. Major J. J. Lamprey
- Mr. C. Law
- Mr. and Mrs. W. Forbes Laurie
- Messrs. Martin Leake
- J. G. Leaske
- P. Lemberg
- H. M. Lennox
- Owen Lewis
- Mrs. Lewis
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Mr. and Mrs. A. K.
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- Messrs. J. L. Luddington
- G. Lumgair
- L. Lunnis
- Captain F. H. Lyell
- Sir Halliday Macartney
- K.C.M.G.
- Messrs. M. Macfie
- F. Macgowrax
- Dr. T. A. Machattie
- Bear-Admiral and Mrs. J. P. Maclear
- Mr. G. J. Mccaul
- Mrs. and Miss E. Brook Mcentee Mr. J.A. B. Mackenzie
- Miss Mann
- Mr. W. Marden
- Mr. H and Miss Martin
- Mr. and Mrs. J. Martin
- Mr. W. Matterson
- Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Maund
- Messrs. W. Melhuish
- A De Mercado
- W. R. Mewrurn
- Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Middleton
- Mr. Miller
- Rev. J. Grant Mills
- M.A.
- Messrs. J. S. Mitchell
- J. Molyneux
- H. W. Moore
- Dr. York T. G. Moore
- Messrs. A. Morten
- J.R. Mosse
- F. A. C. Muck
- Captain Northcott
- Major F. Nott
- Mr. H. and Miss Osburn
- Messrs. Palacios
- T. Park
- Miss C. S. Parsons
- Lieut.-Col. J. Paton
- Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Paul
- Mrs. J. Peel
- Messrs. E. C. Penney
- F. Peter
- A. M. Philips
- J. F. Piggott
- Miss Pinson
- Mr. T. G. Pleydell
- Miss Plimsoll
- Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Poole
- Messrs. P. M. Poole
- R. Porter
- E. E. Rand
- Mr. and Mrs. H. J. W. Raphael
- Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rees
- Messrs. Hugh Rees
- H. G. Regnart
- J. R. Reid
- Miss Reid
- Messrs. G. B. Rennie
- H. Reynolds
- Miss Reynolds
- Messrs. G. C. Robinson
- F. J. Rose
- A. Ross
- Miss Ross
- Messrs. D. J. Rousseau
- W. R. C. Rothery
- A. Saalfeld
- St. Quintin
- Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Salmon
- Messrs. E. Saunders
- W. F. Savage
- H. Schneider
- Miss Scooner
- Messrs. W. Scott
- W. H. Scott
- E. Selous
- J. L. Shand
- Mr. J. and Miss Shand
- Miss S. Shand
- Miss Sharrock
- Messrs. C. Shield
- L. V. L. Simmonds
- Miss E. Slade
- Messrs. H. Slade
- H. G. Slade
- C. Smith
- E. T. Smith
- Smith
- Rev. W. Soames
- Mr. F. F. Southwell
- Mr. and Mrs. A. Spanier
- Mr. H Spencer
- Miss Starling
- Mr. W. E. Stevenson
- Mrs. Stovin
- Messrs. C. Streeten
- H. Streeten
- H. E. Strickland
- H. Villiers Stuart
- J. Stuart
- Miss. M. Swabey
- Messrs. R. Swan
- J. Q. Swayne
- Rev. F. H. Surridge
- Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Syms
- Miss Taflin
- Mr. J. W. E. Taylor
- Mrs. Taylor
- Miss Taylor
- Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Taylor
- Mr. and Mrs. C. Thomas
- Mr. J. Thomas
- Rev. J. Head Thomson
- Messrs. J. Thornton
- H. Town
- H. R. Troup
- Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Turner
- Mr. P. Turner
- Mr. and Mrs. B. Turpin
- Mr. K. B. J. Vickers
- Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Walker
- Messrs. G. Walton
- F. Watkins
- R. G. Webster
- M. P.
- W. Weddel
- W. S. Wetherell
- C. Whymper. Mr. and Mrs. Whytock
- Miss Willcox
- Mr. W. R. Wills
- Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Wilson
- Mr. W. Woodward. Mrs. Woollett
- Messrs. G. H. C. Wright
- H. J. Wright
- F. S. Yelf
- Miss Yelf
- Sir Frederick Young
- K.C.M.G. Colonel and Mrs. J. S. Young Mr. J. S. O'Halloran (Secretary).
The Minutes of the last Ordinary General Meeting were read and confirmed, and it was announced that since that Meeting 11 Fellows had been elected, viz. 7 Resident and 4 Non-Resident.
Resident Fellows:—
- George Adams
- Dr. Adam Bealey
- Edwin Bowley
- George Cawston
- John W. Cordon
- Herman Irwell
- Harold Nelson.
Non-Resident Fellows:—
- J F. Connolly (British Guiana)
- Alfred Geary (Natal)
- William Orr (New South Wales)
- B. W. Vause (Natal).
It was also announced that donations to the Library of books, maps &c. had been received from the various Governments of the Colonies and India, Societies, and public bodies both in the United Kingdom and the Colonies, and from Fellows of the Institute and others.
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The Chairman: It is hardly necessary to remind this meeting that Mr. Colquhoun is a very distinguished member of the Indian Civil Service, and that during the last twenty years he has contributed greatly by travel and in other ways to the interests of our Empire. He is one of the very first authorities on Burma, on our relations with China, and on the future of the French settlements—Tonquin, for instance—and he has visited with much success and to our great advantage a great part of Southern Asia. It is therefore as a traveller and a keen observer of men that he comes before you to-night, and I am quite sure that what he is now going to lay before you will be of interest to you and of value to our Empire.
Mr. Archibald R. Colquhoun then read his paper on