IMPERIAL INSTITUTE.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17104, 28 March 1921, Page 7

IMPERIAL INSTITUTE.

— : — HIGH COMMISSIONER'S VISIT.

I«M>U OVti OWH CORRIfSrONPBNI.) LONDON, February 10.. It has been considered by some that tile Imperial Institute is rather a elephant. and in yjew of- the fact that New Zealand has made'a grant ,to improve the exhibits, and will probably bo asked for further assistance, Sir James Allen hap been making Borne enquiries pefore taking-over his work on tho Executive Council. « It will bo remembered that the Institute was erected as a memorial of the Jubilee of Queen Victoria, and is under the management of the Colonial Office. Itg. principal work is the promotion of inter-Imperial trade in raw materials, by investigations with a view to utilisation, by supplying information as to sources, quality, and uses, and by exhibitions illustrative of the resources of the Empire. Sir James Allen visited the Institute a few days ago, and was dissatisfied with the position of the New Zealand Btall and "the arrangement of the exhibits. He had a conversation with the Director, Professor W. It. who has promised to make certain proposals to submit to the New Zealand Committee. The Institute has already made examinations of New Zealand timber with a view to its utilisation for paper-making, and lias supplied information regarding cements sent out to the Dominion.

The High Commissioner is confident that a great deal of useful work could be done on behalf of the Dominion by the Institute, and he is callintr a meeting of such members of the N<nv Zealand Committee as are available in PJngland with a view to bringing the whoTo matter up to date, and obtaining the greatest possible benefit from this Imperial organisation.