STUDIES OF THE

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19462, 8 November 1928, Page 9

STUDIES OF THE

EMPIRE.

COLONIAL INSTITUTE SCHEME.

(prom our own correspondent.)

LONDON, September 27,

The Council of the Royal Colonial Institute have resolved to set aside a small sum annually from the funds of the Institute ibo facilitate the publica-. tion of original monographs embodying the. results of research relating to the British Empire overseas. Grants will be made from this fund from time to time upon the recommendation of a small committee. The conditions governing the award of grants will be as follows:

(1) Save in exceptional casesj ■ candidates must not be more than 35 years, of age on December 31st. (2) The monographs submitted for aid in' publication must embody the rejults of research conducted by the candidate into some: matter of importance relating to the British Empire oversea or some assrciated subject. (3) The research may be concerned with any appropriate subject, whether in political, natural, or economic science, or in the field of literature. . (4) No rigid limits of length are imposed, but in general it is expected that, with a view to their publication as octavo volumes, the monographs shall contain not more than, say, 200 to aOO pages—i.e., 40,000-80,00.0 words. (5) No limitation of subject or method of treatment is prescribed, in general, however, it may be suggested that those monographs are most -W*ly to secure grants in aid which, by_ the importance of their subject and their literary presentation will make an appeal to the general reader. (6V The next allocation of grants will be made about the end of January, 1920. The work submitted, together with particulars of the candidate s career, should be addressed to the secretarv of the Royal Colonial Institute, Northumberland avenue, London, W.C. 2, and should reach the Institute before December 31st, 1928. Work that does not receive a' grant during the year of application may also, at the discretion of the committee, be considered during the following year, if still unpublished. • . (7) The successful works will bo published in uniform stvle in a series to he known as ""The Imperial Studies Series." under the general editorship of u person or persons appointed by the Council. .The copyright of the works so published shall remain the propertv of the authors, but the consent of* the Council shall be required for anv re-publication of the works. The "series has been designed and endowed by the Council of the Institute to enable the younger people who have found difficulty in making their investigations known to get their early, efforts published.

A Kussian subject named Winagradow aged 25, has been sent to prison for six months for pocket-pieking on Southend pier and recommended for deportation.