well-known fact that the deepest thinkers and most able writers frequently seek a medium of communication with the public in the leading magazines, and in many instances an article will be read when a volume cannot be touched, a reason which induced me to include in the catalogue the titles of such articles as relate to the Colonies, all of which are carefully indexed, and so rendered easily accessible. It will thus be seen that the catalogue embraces the present contents of the library, arranged in such a manner as will show the full titles of books, pamphlets, &c., upon each Colony in the order in which they have been published, together with an index of authors and contents which makes it historical, as well as illustrative in its character. In conclusion I will only say that, with such a record as it has been my privilege to submit to you, the Royal Colonial Institute can look back with pride on its work in the past, and with hope for that of the future, especially as regards its library, which, I uphold, is the most complete and valuable of its kind in existence, as representing that which it has for so many years advocated, and is so forcibly expressed in the two words of its motto "United Empire."
