IMPERIAL INSTITUTE
THOROUGH REORGANISATION. TRAVELLING EXHIBITION. Renter’s Telegram. LONDON, November 23. The of the committee which has been inquiring into the future role of the Imperial Institute, with a view to the withdrawal of overseas contributions, advocates the discontinuance of the galleries exhibiting the resources of the Empire, and the substitution of a travelling selection of Empire products in appropriate trade centres. The report recommehds the continuance of the institute "and its amalgamation with the Imperial Mineral Resources Bureau, the substitution of the executive council by representatives of scientific institutes, trade and commerce, Government departments, and the Dominion High Commissioners. The recommendations were adopted by the Imperial Economic Conference. It appears that Britain’s contribution .towards the upkeep of the reconstituted institute will be £9OOO yearly for four years, the. Governments of the dominions, India, and the Crown colonies contributing together £8000:
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11686, 26 November 1923, Page 7
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141IMPERIAL INSTITUTE New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11686, 26 November 1923, Page 7
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