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0i.NDIDATE8 
Miss Annette Caldicott, 30 Hyde 
Park-gate, S.W... Mrs. Stanton Coit, 30 Hyde Park-
gate, S.W. 
J. T. Fisher, 15 Wolfington-roa.d,
West Norwood, S.E. ... Monta.gue Fordha.m, Drwnsells, 
Limpsfield, Surrey 
Christopher Arthur Hea.ly, Swiss Cottage, Devonshire-rd., Mer­
ton, S.W. ... Miss \Vinifred Heath, 35 Craven-
park, Willesden, N.W. John Ivimey, 5 Ormiston-road, 
Shepherd's Bush, W. ... Miss Me.bel Sa.underson, 102 Ade­
laide-rd., Shepherd's Bush, W. Miss Susie Sernya.,61 Alba.ny-ma.n­
sions, Ba.ttersea. Park, S.\V. ... 
PROPOSED BY 
Wm. Sanders & R. W. Coit. Catherine Wells & H. G. Wells. Cecil E. Chesterton & Gen. Sec. 
M. Pease & Brynhilde Olivier. 
H. G. Wells & Horace Horsnell. 
S. G. Hobson& H. T.l\1uggeridge 
J. G. Morley & E. R. Pease. Olive 0. Hooper & E. R. Pease. 
M. D. Eder & E. R. Pea.se. 
GLASGOW UNIVltBSlTY F.S. George W. Scott, Student's Settle­
ment, 10 Possil-rd., Glasgow... J. W. Pratt & James Cunnison. MANOHESTitB F. s. 
J. Gandy-Bewick, 104 Wembury­st., Harpurhey, Manchester ... Y. Pickles. 



0A.NDIDA.T'E8 
Mrs. Sidney Ball, St: John's Ho.,
St. Giles, Oxford ... ... Philip R. Ben net, Inveroloy,"
11 
Romiley, or. Stockport ... Lewis R. Bunn, SO Church-street,Wa.rminster, Wilts ... ... Rev. L. M. Powers, 22 Park-at.,Haverhill, Boston, U.S.A. ... Rev. Charles Llewellyn Smith,"Ha.zelwood," Forest Gla.de,Leyt.onstone. NE. ... ...
C
R. 	Mudie Smith, PembridgeLodge, 12a. Pembridge-squa.re,B•yswater, W. ... ... 
George Ma.oa.ula.y Trevolyan, 2 
Cheyne-ga.rdens, Chelsea., S.\V. 
PBOPOBBD BY 
H. G. Wells & Ca.therine Wells. 
T. Artbur Leonard. 
Ma.ry Phelps. 
Amy Wellington. 

H. B. Matthews& J.F.Matthewa. 

H. G. Wells & Catherine Wello. 

H. G. Wells & Ca.therine Wells. 
GLASGO\V F.S. Ja.mes A. Ross, 173 Aitkenhead­
roa.d, Glasgow ... R. M. Brown & T. Johnston. 





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William Alfred Baker, 49 Mo-ray­road, Tollington Park, N. ...
J. A. Brown, F.I.C., Devonshire 
House, West Drive Queen's 
Park, Brighton .. . ' ... 
Cecil T. Browne, 28 Worley-road' 
St. Albans ··· ··· ' 
Herbert Wm. Brya.n, 116 Leav~~: den-road. Wa.t!ord 
J. W. Bunn, 7 Ellerby-stre~t· 
Fulham, S.W. ··· ... ..~ Cecil Herbert Cunningha.m, 45 
Spe!dburst-rd., Bedford Pk., W. 
]r1iss Ma.bel Fa.rrow, 14 Prospect-place, Newcastle-on-Tyne ... Mrs. Monta.gue Fordha.m, Pains 
Hill, Limpsfiold, Surrey ... 
1\:liss C. J. Fawkes, Worcester 
Bank, Duffi.eld, nr. Derby 
Edwa.rd Garnett, "The Cea.rne,"
nr. Eden bridge, Kent ... ... 
Mrs. Edge.r Jepson, "Hillfa.ra.nce," 
Elm-road, Wembley .. . ... 
1\Irs. F. H. Killick, 32 Ma.nor-rd., 
Stoke Newington, N. ... 
D. L. Monro, 300 Bow Ba.za.ar.st., 
Ce.lcutta, Indi& ... Mrs. E. Rad!ord, 1 Portlaod­
villas, Hampstead Hea.tb, N .W. :Miss Amber Reeves, Clough Ha.ll, 
Newnham College, Cambridge 
A. L. Simpson, 13 Centra.l.roa.d,
Morden, Mitch&m, S.W. 
W. Singer, <~Brocton,"Ca.mborne. 
road, Sutton, Surrey ... ... George A. Smith, Da.rtmouth 
Park Lodge, N.W. 
Edwa.rd Spencer, 50 Flanders. mansions, Bedford Pa.rk, W. ... Willia.m A. Ta.ylor, 17 Crn.ven.rd.,
Harlesden, N.W. ... 
John Thomas Webb, 73 Park.rd., Ilford 
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. ease & J. W. Shaw. 

C. 
w. Melior. 

A. 
J. Waldegrave. 


H
arry Phillips & Wm. Sanders. 
Tom Norris & H. L. Jacks~n. 
Tom Norris & H. L. Jackson. 
Ma.bel Atkinson. 
M. Fordham & Ernest Rad!ord. 
Olive 0. Hooper. 
M. Fordha.m & Ma.rgery Olivier. 
E. Jepson & C. E. Cbesterton. 
F. H. Killick & E. F. Errington. 
S. K. RatcliJ!e. 
M. Ford.ha.m & Ma.rgery Olivier. 
H. G. Wells & Catherine Wells. 
A. W. Bacot & Frank Aokroyd. 
R. A. Roberts. 
Wm. Sanders & H. Snell. 
U. Fordha.m & Margery Olivier. 
Harry Phillips & Frank Ackroyd. 
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Sp ...de u ouso, 
Sund1_;~te. 
Oct ober 3rd 1906. 
I'y CoJ'l!lrlittee h<--8 no~r corn.pl~tcd its worl~ , a.nd hAs instructed me to forwt:.rd it R•,port hr~t'<With to b•' subnitt '3d to the -xecutive at its nl!xt peetin0. The Report hc.s bem> sj.;::ne.,_ by 11 the members who Here present at the l st 1u~etin13 . To Dt· Coit t.nd :Mrs Shavr, who are ctlff\~' from LoNlon , 1~ wjll be ~<1nt tor si~n<~oture in due cours e . I have .reaaon ' o b•~lJ..:Jve tha~; l.t Hill b ~.:: a unani::.1ous Re1 ort . 
In p esentin.,. this , t!ly Cor 1ittee r co ;r:ifl e the -pos ·ibili~y 
o:t many di11'icul~ies of proc<:;dure i n ~.rr?.n~li:'._, tor its rtoep<. :~.on and co sid ~ro. ~ion by t:1e Soci ty. It ventures to sur;p,es _that the Repo t'~ sh ould be at once print·~a. d.nd circul a od anonr th•J memb ers . I t ti"Ould fur+her su r;eet , in vi ew of the exceptional nature of t~e year' I:' work , hc.t th Annue.l G1<1n"! al --~etin of this )tuar s:1o be eit,. er an all-d .:; session, or « series of eveninc meetin 1 i f possibl ) on consecutive days, As to the fo rm the ditctls sion of t ,.,. R"pllrt ndr;ht to.k e, it. wo uld propos-e, aubJ ect to the approval of tho F..xecuti ve, that Hl" Olivi~>r an.onld move t::,e folloHinr resolution:-"That thi s meeting accept the r ec onmendu.tions of th COJ.ilT!i.it.~ .> of I1nrJl!it·" t<.ppoint d. on February9th 1906, u.nd desires the Executive forthwith t o prep d.r e a revised V~<• sion of the con titutio 11 r ll es .., d l «.UE: of . i "oc:i.Jt., 'l­bodyinc their sue~ stions" . 
T1r Core..'"!littee i s very u.nxious to sec11re a successful discussio~ of' its report . It is obvious t' t 1n c CO.!tpre"ft;n,iv-~ <• di c<tf. :!.o en6r~y and inter.st may be f'ritter~d a ay Te • sily by petty or overatliili;;l'ous · aen •.mt3 . 1~~· Co 'll:littee t ink t'1.cc it will get rid of much diversion of onGrr;y in this wuy i f , qonsistentl y "l'rith the l'Ul ,s , notice o:· o..J.l end.l(~n , h v Cr) •' r·f\ron ._t l e<~.st a week before the 1;en~>rcl !'leetinr;, c:tnd if t.11e!· co.n then be printedand circuL... ted wnonc th~ :t:.l<JI.!b<'•'£. . I t d ll be r•ot~ibl . , with that amount of notice, to suppress trivial or 4uplicatory amend­menLs, aitl.<3r b y "--:re&en~ w.J.one thc1r proposers, or by movingthat the question b G at once put so soon as the' come efOt'fJ the meeting. It should be clc.,.rly u.nd.l3ratood in the Soci .ty, we think, that amendments are to b e amendments ot· •r Olivier'e :clOtion nd not amend!!lents, a.s some ineXp erienced I'l !lbe1·s may suppose, o:r the Report. It ma.y perhaps b•J pointed out that 11o111endm0nts to 1 r Olivicr's motion n<.l.~ most conveni ntl!' becin with the 1vord •Except -" or •Xxc~t that this Meeting is of opinion -11 • lloreover, so :tar as very detail 'd ch.-.nces are ooncernet (in the wordine or the asia, for example) a lat er opportu.:11t.-fol· amendment will almost c ,l-t4inly ...ris c uh n ·he matter COt!les before the Societ~ as a definite change in the con­&ti ~ution und. l'ttl os o:r the Soci cty. If a letter to the me!!lb ora, :trom the E.xecu~ ive, embod.yinc thill point could b c ttached to the Rc_port, W<l believe it would. contribuce enormously to its a4equate ant auooeaatul discussion. 
Yours Tery sincerely, 
---------~(S::..::CMHRRINE WRLLS.
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0ANDIDATEB 
Regln&ld G, Abbott,103 ElmPark­
ma.nsions, Chelsea, S. W. 
Harold Alllrey, 67 Torrington­
squa.re, W .0. ... ... . .. 
Arnold Benoett, S Rue d'Aumole,Pa.ris ... Owen A, R Berkeley-Hill, I,M$,,
olo Thos. Cook and Son, Lud­ga.te-circua, E.O. s.da.shiw Ha.ri Bba.we, Sitaba.ldi,Na.gpur, Central Prov., India ... 
Fred P. Brodahaw, 412 Rotton 
P&rk-rd., Edgba.ston, Birm'hm 
Miss E. Foster Brown, 14 St. 
John's-roa.d, Croydon ... 
Miss Winilred Bright, One Ash, Rochdole ... ... .. 
Mada.me Irene Ban Ca.rolo, 4.9 Col­lege-rd., Ha.verstock Hill, N.W. 
Dr. G. B. Olark, M D., F.RC.S.E., 
11 Fryerne/' Caterha.m, Surrey William Coles, 60 Queen's-road, 
Watlord ... Mrs. Daff&ro, 14 Campden Hill-square, \V. ... ... Miss Emily F, Da.wson, _ S9 
Cheyne-court, Chelsea, S.W .... Mrs. M. D. Eder, 46 Fitzroy­
atreet, W. A.rtbur Ga.mett, 9 Victoria-par­ade, Kew 
Mrs. Oxua Gridley, La.nghBdilHouse, 19 Alba.ny-stroet, Glou­cester Gate, N.W. ... . .. 
W. S. Ha.dawa.y, Busbey, Herts. Mrs. 0. W. Hea.sma.n , Chimney Cottage, Coulsdon, Surrey 
John 	Gco. Hogan, 27 Lucknow-street, Portsmouth ... ... 
P. W. Johnson, 10 St.annard-rd., 
Dolston, N.E. ... 
Arthur Kelly, 35 Belsize-squa.re,
Hampstead, N.W. ... ... HoUord Knight, lSl Ferohead­
ro&d, W.... 
F. W. Pethick La.wrence, Sand 4 Clement's Inn, Strand, W.O .... 
PROPOSED BY 
AylmerMaude&F.La.wsonDcdd. 
GeneraJ Secreta.ry. 
H. G. Wells & Catherine Wells. 
GeneraJ Secretary. 
D. R. Thengdi. 
L. Haden Guest. 
S. G. Hobson & Winilrod Heath. Ashley Dukes. 
F. V. Fisber & H. T. Muggeridge. 
L. Haden Guest. 
A. J . Waldegrave. 
G. B. Sh&w & Peroy Vaughan. 
Beatrice Webb & Sidney Webb. 

M. D. Eder & Edw. R. Pease. 
M. Olivier & Brynhild Olivier. 
Genera.! Sooreta.ry.
Montague Fordham. 
Julius Wilkinson & M. Grcver. 

J. O'Grody. 
Rose Armstrong & A. 8. Tobbutt. 

J . W. Shaw & Edw. R. Pease. 

C. 
F. Shaw & G. Beroard Shaw. 

S. 
D. Shallard & Edw. R. Pease. 


Francis Lee, S7 Ha.rbord-1 eet,
Fulham, S.W.... A. Bacot & Frank Ackroyd. 

Arthur D. Lcwia, 7S Westbourne.­terra.oo, \V. ... 
F. Ja.mea Matheson, 9 St. Mar­
tin's-street, W.C. 
A. Newham, University, Sydney, 
N.S.W. '" 
Wm. Henry Pfluger, 22& Queen's­road, Bayswa.ter, \V. ... 
Fredorick Riche.rdson, 8 Victoria-
road, bltll HiU, NW. .. Dr. T. K. Ro•c, 6 Royal Mint, E. Mrs. T. K. Rose, 6 Royal Mint, E. 
J. H. Skilton, 22 Ioga.testooo-rd.,
Woodlord-grecn, Essex 
Mrs. Sta.obury, 12 Oakley-square,
N.W. 
Wm. Sanders & G. E. O'Dell. 
Edw. R. Pease & J. W. Shaw. Edw. R. Poase. 
Edw. R. Pease & Hubcrt Bland. 
R. Basil James & H. Jackson. 
C. F. Shaw & H. G. Wells. 
H. G. WeUa & Catherine Wells. 
M. G. Pease & Edw. R. Pease. 
Mrs. Stark, 29 Prince of Wales-
road, Ba.tt.crsea, S.\V. General Socrete.ry. 
D. M. Sutborland,l5 Cecil Hou~e,
High-street, Maryiebone, W.... Edw. R. Pease. 
\V. \Vatsoo, Desca.oso House,L____K_e_w_,_s_u_r-re_y_ Edw. Ga.rnett! M. Olivior. 



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Miss GertrudeAtkios,55 Wa.tford­road, Canning Town, E. Miss Ayrton, 41 Norfolk-squ&.re,Hyde Park, W. ... , , Miss J. E . Ba.rritt, 39 Bannouth­road, Wandsworth, S.W. Paul Cyril Bland, Well Hall,Eltbam, Kent ... ... Miss J. K. Boyd, 12 John·street, Bedford-row, W.O. . .. 
F. P. Clark, 22 Coptha.ll-gardens,Twickonbam 
Miss Hetty Cowen, 22 Regent'sPark-terr&ce, N.\V. 
A. 	E. Da.vies, Melita. House, WaJlington, SurreyJoseph F. Duncan, 12 Regent-quay, Aberdeen. .. . .. Thos. Geo. Fowler, 79 Lofting-road, Bamsbury, N. . .. Wa.lter G. Fuller, 9 Purcell-ma.n­sions, Queen's Club-gardens, W. 
Miss Oriska. V. Fuller, 9 Purcell­ma.nsions, Queen's Club-gar­dens, W. ... . .. 
Fred H. Gorle, 4 High-street,Watford ... Alfred J. Gott, 270 Upland.road,Dulwicb, S.E. ... . .. Mrs. Jamcs Gwyther, Oakfi.eld, Northwood, Middlesex 
Gerald T. Ha.nkin, SA Hanover· court, W.... ... ... . .. Richard Head, 118 Shenley.road, 
Camberwell, S.E. 
W. 	Henderson, 58A Emmaouel· road, Balham, S. W. ... Miss Ma.bel J. Hobson, "Elm-stead," Limpsfield, Surrey ... Ralph B. Hyams, 27 Buckland­crescent, Hampstead ... 
Miss 	Ellinor James, 36 Regent-square, W.C. .. . ... ... 
E. Paul Jewitt, 50 Shirlock-roa.d, 
N.W. .. ...... Miss Ada Elizabeth Jones, 23 Al-bema.rle.maosions,Hollowa.y,N.Cyril Ewa.rtKelsey, 80 Cambridge.mansions, Battersea Park, 8.W. Mrs. Cecil Lascells, 43 CornwoJ.l­ga.rdens, Kensington, W. ... 
Cbas. 	Mostyn L loyd, ToynbeeHall, Wbitecba.pel, E .... 
H ugh McCla.re,' • Lis!a.onon ,'' Oole Park, Twickeoba.m, S.W. . .. Emest Martin, 29 Ulleswa.ter­road, Soutbga-te, N. ... ... Geo. May, "Oa.kegates," Cater-ham-on-Hill, Surrey ... . .. Mrs. Geo. May, "Oakega.tes,''Caterha.m-on-Hill, Surrey ... Mi1s Cars. Moore, 5 Bell-ya.rd, Gra.cechurch-street, E.O. ... Fred Morton, South Hill Fa.rm, 
Eastcote, Pincer 
E. S. Kerrison. 
Maitland Radford & F. G. SaJter. 
Mary Foster. 

E. Nesbit Blan 
Mary Foster & Agnes F. Dodd. 
Edw. R. Pease. 

M. D. Eder. Waiter J. Read. General Secretary. 
I 
W. A. Baker & Edw. R . Pease. 
J , G. Morley. 

J. G. Morley. 
Harry Phillips. 
Edw. R Pease. 
Edw. R. Pease & J. F. Matheson. 

C. M. Wilson. 

E. J. Rowel!. 
E. Jepson. 
C. C. Townsbend &G. R. B. Taylor 
H. H. Fyfe & R. H. Hooper. 
E. R. Pease & A. G. Matthews. 
T. A. Bourne & A. H. Spiers. 
Cecil E. Chesterton. 

A. G. llfatthews & G. Bishop. 
M. S. Reeves & Edw. R. Pease. 
C. M. Wilaon. 
T. A. Bourne & A. H. Spiers. WaJter J. Read. 
A. J. Newton & Louise E. Newton. 
A.J.Newton &LouiseE. Newton. 
Edw. R. Peo.se. 
Gyri! Burrnge & S. C. Herbert. 


Henry Conrad Ohas. Murray,"Shelburne," Queen's-road,Buck.hurst HiU, Essex... . .. Mrs. H. J. Nicholson, 27 Oak­wood-court, Melbury-rd., Ken­sington, W. .. ... .. 
He.rdressO'Grady,l24Alexa.ndra­road, \Vimbledon ... . .. Alien Oliver, Eismaoh Cottage,Sheflord, Beds.... ... ... Donald J. Overy, 4 Whitburn­road, Lewisham, S.E. ... . .. Arthur E. Pophom, 16 UpperAddiaon-ga.rdens,Holland Park­o.venue, W. ... ... ... Miss Poph&m,l6 Upper Addison­ga.rdens, Holle.nd Pa.rk-av., W. 
D. M. Riohards, Wena.lt, Aber­dare, S. We.les ... ... . .. :Mrs. Fredcrick Riohardsou, The Aik,Victoria-rd.,MillHill,N.\V. 
Mrs. R. 	A. Roberts, 244 Ba.rry­road, Ea.st Dulwich, S.E. ... 
J. H. Rockell, 1 Kingswood-road,Brixton, 8.\V. ... ... Miss M. H. Rogers, 36 Tra.nmere­road, Eorls6eld, S.W .... 
Miss D. Rose, 6 Ga.rdnor-man­sions, Church-row, Hampstead,
N.W. 

E. 
T. Scott, 89 Albert Palace-man­sions, Battersea. Park, S.W.... Mrs. W. Singer," Brooton," Cam­borne-road, Button, Surrey ... Miss Consta.nce Smed.Joy, 11 Mech­lenburgh-square, \V.C. 


Miss Blanche A. Smith, 89 Albert Pa.la.ce-man., Battersea. Park, 
s.w. ... ... ... 
Mrs. J. H. Smith, 27 Beatrice-a.venue, Norbury, SurreyMiss Ellen E. Smith, 27 Bea.trice­avenue, Norbury, Surrey
John Hugh Stafford, The Congre­gationa.l School, Ca.terha.m Val­ley, Surrey ... ... 
Miss Stecle, 11 Sunbury/' Grove Park, Kent ... Miss Enid Stoele, "Sunbury,"Grove Park, Kent ... Miss Thornycroft, 10 Redington­roa.d, Hampstea.d ... 
\Va.lter Thuraton, 24 Olements­roa.d, Southwark Park, S.E.... Miss Ellen Towoley, 27 Bea.trice­
a.venue, Norbury, Surrey Miss M. Townley, 27 Bea.trice­a.venue, Norbury, Surrey 
R. B. Townshend, 117 Banbury­
G.r';_{~·B~:~~:,a Wl;lte, ssi" Upp~~
Richmond-road, Putney, S.W. 
Mrs. J. Wilkinson,28 Sydenbam­
road North, Croydon ... Norman Wilkinsoo, 55A Bedford­gs.rdens, Ca.mpden Hill, W. ... 
Miss \Vinilrod l:L Wortham, The Ridgwa.y, Lordswood, South­ampton ... 
W. J. Read & Thom•s Freeman. 
Edw. R. Pease. Charlotte M. Wilson. Alfred Inskip. 
T. Phippen. 

M. Radford & M. Olivier. 

M. Radford & Moria Levine. 
General Secretary. 

H. Jackson & R. Basil James. 

R. A. Roberts & R. Mudie Smith. 
Lawson Dodd. 
Agnes A. Crosthwa.ito. 

M. Radford & Margcry Olivier. 

C. C. Townshend &G. R. S. Toylor. 
W. Singer & R. A. Roberts. 
Catherine Wells & H. G. Wells. 

E. Townshend & C. C. Towns bend. 
Mary Forster. 
Ma.ry Forster. 

A.J
.Newton &Louise E. Newton. 
Rosamund Bland & C. Sharp. 
Rosamund Bland & C. Sharp. 
Me.rgery Olivier. 


E. 
Bottle. 
Ma.ry Graver. 
Ma.ry Graver. 


E. 
Townshend & C. F. Shaw. 


F. 
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moot," Addison.road, Cater-ll!ra. Philip Snowdeo, 75 Spenccr­ham, Burro ... ... ... L. E. Newton & A. J. Newton. place, Leeds ... ... ...

\ Mrs. BartrictBaker, 6 South-Lieut. U. B. Talbet-Crosbie, c,·o1 oquare, Gray'a Inn, W.O. ... Elizabeth Wilson & T. Wilson. Messra. Cox and Co.,16 Cha.ring­Ml88 Olive Birrell, 11 Sutton et., cross, 8.\V. ... ... ... Edw. R. Pease. Chiswick, W. ... ... E. Wilaon & Henry M. Bernard. ll!iss M. Wallace-Dunlop, Ellers-Julius Bra.dloy, 92 Solon-road, Jie Tower, Ealing, \V.... Elizabeth Wilson. 
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Brixton, S.\V. ... ... General Secretary. Herbt"r~ P. \Va.rd , 11 Spring-at., 

W. W. Brayton, 43 Ledam-build-Paddtngton, W.... ... ... General Sccrct.o.ry.
inga, Ulerkenwell-roa.d, E.C . ... Clitlord E. Sharp. 111iss E. A. Wilkinson, SS Mark-

Miss F. M. Brookc-Aldor, Emcr-ham.square, S.W. J. C. Squire & F. H. Keeling. aon Club, 19 Buokingba.m-st., ARMSTnONO CoLLKOB F.S.
Strand, W.C. ... ... ... Adela Coit & Fried& B. Jepson. Richard Coates, 52 Sunbury-av.,
ll!ro. Bruton, 46 Soutk Norwood-Newcastle-on-Tyne ... ... Wm. Bell. 
hill, S.E. ... ... ... Cliflord E. Sharp. ,Mrs. Eliot-Harrison, Elmhuret,

A. J. Bull, 7 Lebanon-rd., Croydon H. A. Oakeshott. Rotbbury.ter., Hea.ton, New-
Robort Carawell, 	9 Windsor-tor-castlo-on-Tyne ... ... ... Mo.bcl Atkioson. 
ra.co, Radnor Park, Clydebank, lt!iss N. K.nowles, 79 Gcorge-ro&d,

Glasgow... ... ... Hugh A. Reyburn. Newcastlo-on-Tyne ... ... Wm. Bell. 
W. B. Cartwrigbt, 11 Ha.zeldcno," 	F . J, Shaw, 43 Moldon-tcrmce, 
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Cross Fla.tts-avonuo, Boestoo, Hcaton, Nowcastle-on-Tyne .. Mo.bel Atkinson. 
near Leeds ... ... ... Wm. Taylor, Mrs. F. J . Show, 43 Meldoo-ter.,
'Jeorge E. Crook, 136 Blandlord. Heaton, Newca.stle-on-Tyne ,
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road, Bookenhe.m, Kent ... 
Waiter J. Baker & Fanny Baker. Cucnamo& UNIVERSITY F.S. 
,most J. Dixon, A.R.I.B.A., 23 
Idmiston-road, Stratford, E ..... 

w. G. s. Goad & 0. E. Burbridge. F . W. Hubback, Trinity College, .
Cambrtdge . .. ... R. W. Cott. 
scar Faber, 75 Old-road West, 
Gravesend ... ... ... Gladys Scott. Miss H. M. Ward, The Old ~all,
Newnham College, Cambrtdie Amy Sayle. 

[enry Gent, 35 Grant-rol\d,
Croydon... ... ... . H. T. Uuggcridge. GLASGOW F .S. 
Mra. Henry Gent, 55 Grant-rd., Jamea A. Allan, 25 Bothwell-st., 
Croydon... ... ... ... Gla•gow ... .. J. McLaren. 

W. 	G. Gilbert, 1S Salford-road, Wm. Davidaon, Windyhill, Kil-Streatham Hill, S.W. ... ... S. G. Hobson & T. Barratt. macolm, N.B. ... ... ... J. McLaren. Mise Ha.arbleioher, 32 Phronix David Han-ey, 185 West George­Lodj:tc-ma.n., Brook Green, W. Lily Hodgkinson. otreet, Glasgow... ... N. Mocwhaoncll & W. Twaddle. 
Miu 	M. H. Had.ley, 7 Christ-Wm. Calder Reid, 7 Woodsido­church-plaoo,Hampstead,N.W. M. M. 0. Calthrop & E. T. Scott. place, Shettleston, Glasgow ... J. McLarcn. 

Mrs. L. Isaorlis, 10 Heodcrson-Mrs. Skirving, Chestnut Cottage,
road, Forest Gate, E. ... ... L. Isserlis. La.ngside-avenue, Glasgow ... 
o\. S. Ja.cob, 25 Ruthin-ga.rdons, 

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Cardiff ... ... ... ... G. R. Brett. 
John R. Brown, 88 Claytborn-
Chomas Jord&n, 4.7 Wa.ddon-rd.,
Croydon... ... ... . .. H. T. Muggeridge & E. F. Ilarrioon A:~:e.:· GJ~~: EHill.;;;hs ~i 
!!:. B. Lloyd, 7 Lovelaoe-gardens, 
Gourdio, B1a.ir8:owrie, N .B. . .. 
Surbiton, Surroy ... ... General Seo{etary. 
Archibald B. Stirling, S Muir­
\Vm. Hornblower Marston, B.Sc., 
hca.d-st., Kirkintilloch, N.B. ...
6 Oakley-crea, Chelsea, S. W .... Arthur Watts & H. Hounell. 
MANCHli:STER F.S. 
Clapham, S.W. ... ... ... General Scoretary. 

)obn Meiklo, 9 Oautley-aveoue, 
Jor;. Victor Alvarez, 61 Altwood­Jo.n Ostler, 11 Tho Chestnuts," road, Didsbury ... ... ... H. P . Dougl•s. 
Derby-road, South Wood.lord ... Aliee Ho&tson & E. N. Bland. W. Jones Brown, Hollioficld,

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Arthur Hll<lhcs, 8 Roscbery-st., 

~dk. E. Owen, ,. Trielton," Moss Side, ManchesterOrosvenor-aveoue, \Vallington 
John B. Scymour, 20 Every-st., 
.~urroy ... ... ... ' 
A. E. Davics & E. l!a.rtin. Manchester
\!ilirid J. Rowla.nd, u Selwood·:.~ Cr~ecnt.-road, Crouch End, N, OXFORD UNIVJ:B8ll'Y F.S. 
B. J. )1at.hewo & H. C. Landcr. .Raymond Vincent Holt, Man­cenl. Dalst.on, NE. • .. che~ter College, Oxford .. . R. M. Howltt.
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R. W. Skipwith, 23 Ma~: M. D. Eder. 
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. 7 

LECTUMIB. 


A new course is auggeoted entitled •The ?aith I holt•, 
to be delivered by the best known and most representative members o! the Society. Each lecturer to set forth as clearly ana simply as he can exactly what, in his opinion, Socialism 
is; what he expects i 1; to do when it actually becomes the Power that Is; and hou he links it on to his general concep­
tions of the origin, purpose and end of the universe: 1·~· hie faith. If he does~ so link it on to, or connect it with his Religion, we want him to t ell us ~o, and explain 
why. These lectures should afterwards be carefully edited; and, if possible, published as a book. 
The Executive should aecide upon some of the lecturers for this course at once, and try to get promises from them, so that their n~es may be given in the February"News." 
Probably this course will be enough to suggest in ?~bruw ary; but another has been outlined which should be seriously considered. It has been well described in a letter to me by a member of the Executive whose words I venture to quote: 
"I 1 envisage1 myself giving••••a lecture to the Society 
•on 'The Analysis ot a Small Employer's Soul.• •••••It 

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woult be an intt.ato ••lt•revelations dealing with the 

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proble• of an employer'• relations to hi• workmen; ~koir 

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relation• to hbaj hi• relation• to hie customer•; the 

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que8tion how tar he (the employer) is entitled to the 

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higher wage whioh he get• it he suoo~e4 in hi• buaine•• • •ani 80 on. It seem• to me that in a propagan(a like our• •it is essential to know the p•ychology of the variou• ••eotions of •ociety, a• we appeal to them all; ana the 

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appeal whioh might go •traight to the heart of a printer 

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might not even hit the mark in the case of a par•on or a •phY•ioian. • Thi• •••m• to me a mo•t valuable suggestion. The iitti­


oulty of course will be to get the men to give the leotur••• !ut I ao not 4eapa1r ot iotng it. A representative man in each pro­fession should be found to do such an analysis from hie own 
point of view. Dootor1 lawyer, olergyman, journalist o~lo~r, 
ehepkoopor, 8toatbro••r politiotan, sohoolaaetor oto. oto. •t•. l ~· vatnlr trlet to tov1•• a title for tho oourso •• a Whole. IatJ,Tit¥all7, I !Wl:leult like •ealyate ot a -------• s 1oa1•, puttlas tbe o~ll~ or prot•••1on in eaoh oa... 
A prep•• .... !o~\l'th l!lho" wrttu: 
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It nes sti"iko •• that Bootalle as at presan' 1 run' b)' 

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the Yabt..e, is toe eKOlus1vely politto&l an4 too little 


"domestic; it does not come home to the bosomtl of men an._ "women, is dry and somewhat academic, and ignores the "'sooial' side o! life in which so much amendment is "wanted, the provision of decent literature, decent 
•amusements, decent public houses and so forth !or the "people.. " 
NEW TRACTS. 
A new set of elementary tracts should not only be sug• gested, but the subjects of a series (say of six to begin with) should be provisionally decided upon, and a ~llabus or precit of each be dr~vn up for publication in February. The Executive then expressing its intention of at once getting these capably, if it cannot get them brilliantly, written. 
OLD TRACTS. 
An essential pieoe of work for the future is to go thor~ oughly through the old tracts, and arrange them in seta te suit readers, and make a better preois to them and of their 
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contents. I wn aware that thie hae been already done, perhaps 
•everal times, but it should be &one again now. 
I suggest also that a very useful tract could be made by taking telling extracts frtm a number of the ol& tracts, e&iting them carefully, and printing them together in larger type as an elementary tract. 
SUB.TBCT GROUPS • 
This seems an admirable suggestion, and we shall probably find that subject groups will survive an& flourish, though local groups have faile&. 
Pending the discussion of this at Mr. Holbrook Jaokson's meeting on the 17th, it need not be further considered now. 
A PUBLICATION'. 
I 

think that if the Society continues to grow as it ie at present &oing a publication anoul& be trie&. The poesibility of euoh a thing ehould be just touche& upon in the ~ebruary "News". 
~~al ~ 

The publication might be a. quarterly with an 111' J1' :1 ad\ f 
recapitulati~ ~ the salient events of the quarter" as re~ gards Socialism with comments upon them. The E~itor shoul4 be 
paid -and well paid.I CJ CL ~~~~.:0\1\ <J~• 
6. 
A revival of the Correspondence Class ie suggested. by llr. Underwood. 
'1. 
A Social Club is suggested by lUes Lcuise Salom.. 
llr Teignmouth Shore writee:• 
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Is there any w~ in which I could be of practical help' 

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I•ve been wr~ting all my life, and editing, ana working in 

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publishers1 houses, and am an advertising expert, and it in 

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any of the above capacities and with the limited evening 

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time I have to spare, I could help, please command me. Also 

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I1ve been public speaking on ana off for some year•• • 




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<Ianl:ltbates for Election. 
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CA.NDIDATEB Villiam Addison, Estate DutyOffice, Somerset House, Strand,
w.c. ... ... ... ... 
Iiss Phyllio Tempest Adkin, 6 St. John's Park, Blaokheatb, S.E. ... ... ... . .. Iiss Raohel Barrett, 1 Victoria. square, Pena.rth, Cardiff .•• Iiso B. S. Bell, 505 E. Seneoa-st., Ithaca, New York, U.S.A. ..• Iiss Ada Brandon, 94 Shirley-road, Enfield, N. . .. . .. !ias Millicent L. Browne, East Holm-green, Norton, Baldoclc, Herte. .. ..• ... . .. leader Wm. Bullard, 9 Sylveetre­ro.d, Waltbamstow ... ... 1iso Ursula Cox, cfo SydneyOlivier, l!J Done-mansions, Denniogton Park-ro&d, West Hampstead, N.W. ..• . .. 
~-W. Diokes, H.M. Dockyard, Malta ... ... ... .. ltto Dunkolobuhler, 5~ Tavio­tock-square, W .0. •.• .•• Jbert Eagle, 2!J5 Westbourne­grove, Bayswater, W. ... . .. ~re. Ebbutt, "Portrush," Cater-ham, Surrey ..• ... ... 
t. H. Ellis, !J Limetree-villas, Princes-road, Buckhurst Hill, Essex .. ... ... . .. tev. Robert P. Fa.rley, t~ Laurel Dene," Hard-lane, St. Helens ... d'ias Ma.ry E. Ga.wtborpe, 9 War· rel's-mount, Bra.mley, Leeds ... lV. Gilltaon, 58 Oswa.ld-terra.ce, llliddlesbrou~h .•. . .. . .. ohn H. Greenbalgb, 16 Somer~ set-terra.ce, Duke's-road, W.C. 
4 • i'lrederick Hanseo, Roman-road, Liutborpe, Middlesbrough ... 
•1iss S. E. Rammood, 6 Ellio~t House, Elliott-roa.d, Thornton Hea.th, Surrey .•. ... . .. ~dwa.rd Henry Ha.rris, 55 Wa.r­wick-roa.d, Red hill, Surrey ... L B. Ba.rrison, 26 Trinder-road,Crouch Hill, N. ... . .. .Us. Wishart Herzfeld, 5S Marl­
borough-ma.n., Cannon Hill, 
N.W. ... ... . .. 1lrs. Holmes, 827 Brighton-rd.,S. Croydon ... ... ..• Nm. Bla.ke Howell, 50 Pa.lmer­ston-road, Soutbsea ... .. 
dra. 	Holbrook J&ekson, "The C~ossways,"Langley Park, },fill
• Hall,N.W. ... . ... v.1ias A:r.ny Hurlbatt, 9 Ellerslie­man.,Hinton-rd.,Bournemouth
)araie 	N.Japp, US La.uderdale­maosiona, Me.id.a Va.le, W. . .. 
PBOPOilllD BY 
F. P. Clark &. F. H . Gorle. 
Alice Hoataon. Francis E. Sandbach. Amy Wellington. 
A. H. Spiers & T. A. Boume. 
Holbrook Jaok.son. 
C. Morgan Webb. 
Sydney Olivier. 
0. S. Grlftitha. 
E. J. Howoll. 
H. G. Well• & Horaae Honnell. 
Miss Mavis Jupp, 1 Lismore-rd., Croydon .. ... 
Samuel Lorsignol, 22 Ravens-court-gar., Ra.venscour~ Park. Mrs. S. Lorsigno1,22Ravenscourt­gar., Ravenscourt Park, W.... Miss Macartbur, Club Union-buildings, Olerkenwell-rd., E .C. Mrs. G.F. MoCieary, "Redlands,"Ardwick-roa.d, jjurgess Park, Hampstead ... .. 
Miss Nora. Charrington Martin, 
Bourne Cottage, Beenbam .. 
Harold Moore,109 Victori&-roe.d, 

Char! ton, S.E. ... ... .. Mrs. Jean Orage, 57 Weltje-roa.d,Hammersmith, W. ... 
H. 	W. Pa.lliser, 2 Lea.miogton­villa.s, Chiswick-la.ne, W. Mrs. Richardson,47 Bea.consfield­street, Norton.on-Tees Countess Russell, Telegraph Ho., Chichester .. . .. 
Beatrice Sa.nders, 18 Brynmaer­rot"d, Battersea... 
Henry Clayfield Sawyer, lSO St. Georee May&. Nellit May. I Augustine'a-roa.d, Portsmouth. Mise Raobel Sharp, Copsley, Out-wood, Surrey ... 
W. J. Road & H. C. C. Murn.y. Pharall Smith, 97 Dagnall Park,
S. Norwood, SE. Edw. R. Peaae. H.R.Stookman,47UpperCharle­ville-street, Belfast .. Holbrook Jackson. Miss Ma.dge Sudborougb, 5 Harri­son-roa.d, Erdington, nr. Birm-Edw. R. Pease. lngham ... Miss M. Taylor, Santry, Torquay 
Frederick Wholen & G. B. Shaw D. B. Thomae, 22 Flanchford-rd.,Ravensoourt Park 
M. C. Hanaen & B. D. Shallard. Mias E. Thomas, 26 Limes-grove, 
Edw. R. Pease. 
F. A. Buckle. 
S. G. Hobson & Wlnifrod Heath 
Frank Ackroyd. Ma.ry Graver. Wm. S&nden. 
F.Riobardaon & M. B. Riobard•ot 
F. Lawoon Dodd & A. S, Tebbutt, Edw. R . Pease. 
Lewishom, B.E. Miss Trimble, Sa.ntry, Torquay ... Mrs. Unna, The Ridge, Wilmer 
Drive, Bradford ... .. . 
Mrs. Raymond Unwin, WyldesFarm, North End, Bamp­stead, N.W. .. . ... ··· 
Oba.rles Voysey, U Bria.rda.Ie.gar., Platts-la.ne, Ha.mpatea.d, N.W. 
C. 	B. Wheeler, 7 St. Step hen '•­crescent, Bt.yswater, W. ... 
J . 	P. Whitehead, 2 Imperia.l­buildings, Ludgate-eircus, E.C. 
Sydney H . Wood, Long Warren, O&kleigb Park, N. ... ... 
E. F. Horrison & A. S. Tebbutt. 
W. Sanders & E. J. Horrington. 
W. Sanders & A. E. Harrlngton. 
J. J. Mallon. 
Sydney Olivier. 
J. W. Shaw. 
Edw. R. Pease. 
Holbrook Jackson. 
Holbrook Jackson. 
Frank Ackroyd & Fred Marquis. 
Alys Russell & E. F. Dawson. 

W. Sanders. 
J. G. Hogan. Cliflord Sharp. 
H. G. Well a & Horace Horanell. Edw. R. Peaae. 
Frank Ackroyd & Free! Marquia.Mary Olodd. 
F. W. Hayeo. 
T. W. McCorm.iok&S.G. Hobaon . Mary Clodd. 
Chaa. Coatea. 
Edw. R. Pease. 
M. Radford & D. Radford. Edw. R. Pease & J. W. Shaw. 
R. H . Hooper & R. S. Hyamo. Cliflord Sharp. 

CumruoG• UNIVERSITY F.S. 
H. P. Adam.o, Trinity College ... F. H. Keeling & R. W. Coit. 1

F. T. Brooks, Ca.ius College R. W. Coit. 
E. B. Da.ltoo, King's College ... 
George Selby 	Washington Epps,Emma.nuel College ... . .. 
E. L. P. K. Ja.mes, Corpus Cbristi College ... 
Da.niel 	Leopold Lipson, Corpus Christ.i College ... . .. 
R. Meldrum, St. John's College.. 

V. A. Mottram, Trinity College .. . 
Da.vid R. Pye, Trinity College ... Edw.'R. Pe&se. 
John Sta.nsfield, Emma.nuel Coll. R. W. Coit. 

D. 	W. Ward, St. John's College. Gw.sGOW F.S. 
F. 	McCullooh Cra.ig, Oroftle&,Dumba.rton ... 1. McLa.ren. 
A. Tryota.n Edwa.rds, Courtland-I house, Merthyr Tyd.fil... ..• , Mrs. MoCullocb Craig, Croftlea, 
Dumbarton 
B. W. Ha.rtley, Sl Wiodsor-terr., ~ F. Sinclair, Manchester College... " 
St. Georgo'a-rood, GlAsgow ... 

Two more old members have rejoined the Society, Mrs. La.rkcom 
" Miss MargaretH. Knox, 114 Well· Jacobs, of 57 Ta.lbot-roa.d, H1gbga.te, N., and H. Finnis Johnson, of 
1ot~r~~eE..' ~:~~=:~~0B~:~::;. 142 Elgin.roa.d, Seven Kings, E~sex. 
ter., Bank:-tt.reet, Kolvinbridge, 
GJ&oaow ... 

MA.NCBESTEB F.S. 
F . P. Fothergill, Middleton, Man. chester ... . ... H. P. Douglao. 

H. 
Sutton, 202 Plymouth-grove,


Manchester ... Wm. A. Wa.rd, 22 Da.vyhulme-rd.,
W. Da.vyhulme, Ma.ncbester ... Edga.r Whitehead, 32 Esmond-rd., Cbeetham-bill, Manchester ... Herbert A. Whitworth, 399 Cheat­
ham-hill-road, Manchester . .. " OXFORD UNIVERSITY F .S. 
R. N. Cross, Manchester College. R. M. Hewitt. 

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NOTICE TO CANDID.\TES FOR TilE EXECUTIVE CmDHTTEE. 
ELECTIO:. AODIIESSEs.-The Executive Committee, wishing to save expense and trouble, and to facilitat the communication of candidates with the whole membership, have decided (without wishing to interfere wit! candidl\te_. own discretion) to allow candidates' addresses to be enclosed, if desired, with F .\BIAN NEws fo ~larch (on papncnt by the candidates of the actual cost of printing), provided that the manuscripts are receive< at the Ofiicc on or before Tuesday 26th February, and (in order to av01d extra postage) that they do not exceec 
500 words per candidate, or 2,000 in all for any Group. 
Brief biographical notices of all candidates will be iuserted in FJ.ol\:. NEws. 
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~~ronc Colleae. Newo..~le-on-TJne. Marob 5th. 190'1 . 
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Dear Pe&se,
A orieie has oome in the affair• 1n the ~trone Col lege Fabian SooietJ. e were rr n 1ng for a leo~ure on the •Relig1oueA8peot1 ot Soci liRa• by the ev. • oll, when on the Seoretaryapplying fo leave -a pure for~ality in o t oaeee -it waR refUted. The alle ed r on wa that the exiatenoe o~ a Colle e F.s. had not been .uthori ed by the Rou~e Committee. We knew nothina of the need ot such auth..1eat1on, and I o not thi~ it on to 1ntilt on i t. It cert inly w s n~t a rule 1n Glaeaow, nd moreover I have pereonallJ a ehrewd a p1c1on that hould we ap ly leave will e re~used on the grounrt t .•at our object u politic•. e college 1 very aenoue about politics ever since~ a to • er prinoipal -Ald1e I think, -addreesed tome men on strike an~ m&r\e h self a the college o noxious to the gre t Lord A trong, whereby it prob bly lost much money. Now h ve you any earlier ez ,erienoe of a etoil r •• ••..~• eituation t And what ehall we do f If we 1ply nd are re ed, would the central SooietJ t ake the ~tt r up ? • ree ~ ot ep h and of a~ ooiation refUsed ~1sai~ ethoda in an .n 11 b College. SUblerYienoe to c pit li sts.• It lpoka ~1ne but would it be wile T S 11 we turn the oorner by oe 111n6 to be F bi n group and o ll1ng ourselves atl .eonomio Society ? Or ahall we try to torm a SocietJ in the town inate d o~ in the Coll ege ? The difficulty there is that it would be mor costly d we might not be ble to attr t so many stu~ente, as we should never be llowed to put notioea in College.
Pl ae give oe your dvice. I am very unwilling to put 

in oppoa1tion to the Pr1no1pal. who haa sllowe~ me considerable 
in eut~rage aeitat1on. Of oour e it ia po ible that fresh 
a ight put the question in a new light anct get us the 1·1aht 

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Vour8 sinoet ely,
(S 1enert) abel 1\tkinson. 



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<.tan!)l!)ates for Election. 
Norbert Basjl, Ingleoook, Brentwood, Essex. 
W. F. Bird, Grammar School, Ashby-de-1&-Zouch. 
G. B. Brya.o, 9 Somerset-place, Stoke, Devonport. 
V. Collins, 7 Red Lion-square, \V.C. 
Miss Cox, 11 Bria.rda.lc-ga.rdens, Hampstead, N.W. 
Thomas C~:_ossland, B.Sc., Romford Hou!'e, Igbtenbill Park-lane,

Burnley.
J. Percival Davies, Heatberfield, Darwen. 
T. C. Derrick, Royal College of Art, South Kensington, S.W. 
Mrs. R. C. Dorr, 60 West 39th-street, New York, U.S.A. 
Miss Louise Ells. Edwards, 4 Rennyson-ma.nsions, Queen's Club-

gardens, W. St. John G. Ervine, 16 Elgin-road, Addiscombe, Croydon. Dr. E. G. L. Goffe, North Eastern Hospital, Tottenha.m, N. Albert Henry Howells, Central Schools, Treha.rris, Gla.m. 
W. P. lrving, 9 Brudenell Mount, Leeds. 
Miss A. Jenkios, 1 Gleoloch.road, Ha.verstock Hill, N. W. 

W. Alba.o Jones, 2 Ha.milton.pla.ce, Leeds. 
Wa.lter E. Kimber, 20 Turney.road, \Vest Dulwicb, S.E. 
Miss Ada Consta.nce Kimpton, The Red House, Addlestone, Surrey. 

A. R. Laird, 244 Upland-road, East Dulwich, S.E. 
Ha.rold Lake, Choir House, Westminster Abbey, S.W. 
Wm. H. Lamb, 11 Wintouu.street, Leeds. 
Hugh Ledward, 10 Winthorpe-road, Putney, S.W. 
Miss Ma.ry Longman, 20 Alga.r-bldgs,, Webber.row, Waterloo-rd., S.E. 
Miss Lucy Bra.mley .Moore, 7 Redclifle-ga.rdons, S. Kensington, S.\V, 
Bume Nesbit, Beckingtoo Abbey, near Bath, Somerset. 
Mrs. North, 18 Elm Pa.rk.ma.nsions, Chelsea., S. W. 
Miss Rester M. Radford, 1 Portla.nd-villas, Hampstead Heath, N.\V. 
Miss EUa W. Selfe, 8 Hopeda.le-ron.d, Cha.rlton, Kent. 

H. Tuer Sbawcross, Foxcome Hill, near Oxford. 
Mrs. PharalJ.Smitb, 97 Da.gna.ll-park, South Norwood. 
Major Wilmot Va.ugba.n, 87 Gloucester-roa.d, S. Kensington, S.W. 
:Miss Jessey Wade, York House, Portuga.l-street, Lincoln's-inn, W.O. 
Miss S. M. Watt, 38 Wynnstay-gardens, W. 
Silas Wbybrew, 43 Roma..roa.d, \Valtba.mstow. 
Geo. B. Young, 4 Clarendon-pla.ce, Stirling, N.B. 

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY F.S. 
F. M. Corniord, M.A,, Trinity. 
GLASGOW F.S. Philip Crow, 46 Dudley-drive, Partiok. Geo. A. Garrard, 105 Hyndla.nd-road, Glasgow. George Henderson, Apua-pla.ce, Uddingston, N.B. William B. Hislop, 100 BothweU-street, Glasgow. Misa laabel J. Hunter, 18 Ca.rlton.terrace, Kelvinside, N.B. Miss Catberine August& O'Sulliva.n, 218 Bath-street, Glasgow.Mrs. Robert PoUok," Wa.lden," Broomfield-rd., Springburn, Glasgow.Andrew Watt, 42 nudley-drive, Glasgow.
J. F. Whyte, 3 Clydeford-road, Cambuslang, Glasgow. 
GLASGOW UNIVERSITY F.S. James Bell, Colbrigga.n-pla.ce, Ha.ndge.te, Dumbartonsbire. 
W. \V. Ferrie, 125 Annfield-street, Glasgow. 
Wm. L. MoKinlay, Montrose-street, Kilbowie, Glasgow. 
Peter C. MiUar, Clarkston Schoolhouse, Airdrie, N.B. 
Geo. D. Montgomerie, 8 Stewa.rt Cottages, Radnor Park, Glasgow.
Wm. Taylor, Strathearn, Broomfield-roa.d, Springburn, Glasgow. 

MANCHESTER F .8. Arthur Ca.rtledge, 17 Trenant-roa.d, Pendleton. Miss EIJen :M:. Creak, University Settlement, Ancoats Hall, Man­chester. Miss Crompton, Art Museum and University Settlement, Ancoats Hall, Manchester. Harold Dore, 367 Lower Broughton-road, Manchester. Rev. B. Gregory, 2 Acton-square, Sa.Hord. 
J. G. Hamilton, Dunedin, Ta.lbot-road, Old Traftord. 
0. Forbes Keir, 24 Cartwrigbt.road, Chorlton-cum-Ha.rdy.
BenJ&mio Milliogton, 1 Sefton-road, Pend.lebury. 
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lon1nat1ora i'or the Co::1..11ttees. 
Pu l1:~hinc Propl"IJ&nr\a. Finance nd G. P. 
ut'le Rl:111 lanl\ ueet Lawre 10e 
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ntanririna He dl r .. . Reeves 
T ylor 1 s Murby . Hob on 
utchins Rnaor Webb 
Shaw ,, Hobs on Sanders 

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Shaw ells Dodd. The Seotet ry to be eub r oi' -11 three eo 1ttees. 
'· Co :~ittee on Ra. 1 
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0 
1\\ee. 

1.-aoh lllftlher of' the ~:neutlYe Committee aha11 preat e 1n turn at 
Moo 
1\a m.wltnc-. in 1Ph&'et1ca1 order. (the naoe of the m~ber Wboae 
turn it la beina •~ ted 1D the agenda o~ e h eetinC). If the Ch 1m.an eo clea1cnated la not. pr..etlt t the t e for ea1nn1q ber then preaen\ ahall e Yote to the 
en re a1n ttJoughou~ the  eet  !he  
ll haYe a Yote u  a  \tee lnlt no  
...t.1AJ Yot.e.  

2.-The e•t1nga or e F.xecut1Ye Co 1ttee ah 11 e bel at the 
~5". JO 
Soolet.F'• o toe. and no 117 at 5;{p.a. on auoh Frid 1• as t e to t e. A s eoial eet1 y be oal1ed by 
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Seeretar,r WheneYer required. An a. (1oc1u 1ng.){u far 

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1 be pr te1able. h repone of .. 
een prep ed) • 11 be ent 1 po t to e h mber ao as to re eh 



hua Dot. later than \he I&OI'Il1Qa del1Yer,r of the day of 
on t17 • bject (other t. ttera ar1• 1 out or t e r port. ot a b-C other thereof t the Seoret&r7 two ole r \he da e of meet1n 

resolution (other than aforesaid) ahall be moYed 1thout notice. 
3.-!he prooe 	d1nse of the Exeout Ye C 1tt e and of ita b -cOIJIIl1t tee t te enta de thereat. are to be re ar~ed u abaolute1J nd cob1'1 tent1 1. except in ao far u &QJ pub11cat10D 


ea••• until •uch publication. 
4..-•zcept 1a eue ~ W&e•J• to be 4ec14e4 by Yote of the Bxeoutive Caaaittee, all matter• for ita 4eoi81on, inoludina all letter• re~irlna attention or ...lJ •hall stand referred to one or other ~ it• Btan41n& 8ub.CGBaitteea or to a SUb-Committee apecially appoint••• and ahall be conaider.. by the EzecutiYe Committee only on report• tram the appra,riate •ub-oommittees. 
5.-Baoh Sub-Commit\ee •hall aubmit to the next eneuina Executive Committee a succinct report of the proeee4tns• at each of its meeting•, arranged in numbered paragraphs~ and including definite ••oommen4atiena on the point• on which it de•ire• the F.xeoutive Cammittee te 4eoide. The report •hall be prepared on t he authority of the Chairman of the Sub-committee, and shall bear hia •isna\ure. It •hall •tate the name• of the members of the Sub-committee preaent at the ~eeting. 
c.-It aha11 be open ~or any member o~ the Executive Committee, to move (without notice) with rererenoe to aQJ paragraph in the report of a Sub-committee containing no recommendation, either an expres­sion of the opinion of the ~xeoutive Committee upon the paragraph, or merelT that it be re~erred bac~ to the Sub-Committee ~or rurther oaa&14eration 0~ the 8ubJeot. 
7.-~· eeyeral recommendation. oontained ~ the report o~ a Sub-Committee ahall be put to the ExeoutiYe Committee in the usual way, &Dei t.he :reeelation .... to on •uoh reoo.lliDendatioD •hall •tand rderr.. to the S.b-ce&lllittee OODaerned ~or execution. 

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t  re  ort to the  
et.in&•  Of'i  • 11  e  to  tte  ~.  
Co nl  tttee  1 e er  pr e et at  t  
10.­ (or • ot t be e1'11l e  ,  on ot 1 t  h  el t u it at t he ub-C di  a  t and1n  0  •  11 t  he 1 • r  r  t  
11. ­ ,a h b-C t e bein refer noe pl ~e of'  1tt e h ll in f'orne i.l t 1 nd 1  11 e 1 only Jo 1t.J. It. 0 uor  1th 1  1  Cr J'l for th ttera within ita ita own t.i d  
11.­ !&oh  b-Ca..it.tee  h 11  e  e  owered,  (1n  ddition to any  




Caaaitte• and  ~o the •peoiflo  thor1t1ea in the Order• of the  
Reterenoe),  
(a) 'fo dlac  e  at1on to t  e  zeout1Ye  

c 1\\ee on. &nJ tter wit~ 1\8 own Order of eferenoe 
(b) 	'fo O&rrJ eut .., ezp11o1t eo1 ion ot the zeout1Ye C 1tt.ee on aatter• within it• own Order or Reference 
c~ ttera witbin ita own Order o~ Refe1e1oe 
t tJ, Yhio will not pe it or the del c 1ttee; but subleo\ t e nest.
in a itl 
'1• w tbo t baT1n
ittee 
Co ittee. 
(s) 
tnou &nJ esp ~ e or liab1lit7 esoeedlng 10> 

(7) 
ke ny n dep rtute in poli01 or pr otloe; 


1n the ~~• or o b half of the (&) publ1 h yt1".11et7. 
cretary.
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13.-to ei
ut.borize

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Order• o~ Rererence. 
A. 	Finance 'd Gener 1 Purpoaea 
Sub-Comoi.tt.ee. 'l'her e ah&ll tan 
F. & 	G. P. Sub-
CCE~mit.tee for oo eport 11 tt.erare1at1n& to 
(a) J'in noe 
(1) The reee11t and ouatody o~ the ~ociety•a tunda; 
(2} The 	aubaoriptions and dona~tiona o~ meabe • asaoclatea and othera; 

(c) 	
The re reaentation o the soo1et7 at Conference•• o. 

(d) 
The prer•a 
(e)., The n offtoe atar~. 


(f) 	
l~e au p ly or 1nfor at1on in reaponae to enqulriea;

(J) 	
Any other bu 1ne " not r llin& within the reference t.o 


(1) The Looa1 Qoyer '  nt Toto  tion aur.au.  
(8)  All Bill•  n  other Parlha  ...  at\era.  
(h)  The  Circulat,ing Book-RoJtea  

B.-	Propaeanl\a •*' ··••••lllltp Sub-ccxmttt.ee. 
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There hall atand referred to t.he Propaganda and emberah1p ~ub..C~ittee 'for oona1.derat1on and report. all mattera __ relat1ng to:­
(a) The ~ooietJ'• eettnga: 
(1) 	The arrangeoent at 18C'tures. &o •• at the iD.eetln&• or the r,notet.J 
(b) Othe~ lectu~a: 
(l) 	the organ1aat1on of pro aaandiat leoturea, oo ••• &o. 
.,
(2) 	The auppl7 of leotuera, &o. to o~er oraaniaatio 
(o) 	The aeana to be t ken to 1nta1n and 1noreaae the • berahip; 
(d) The provincial Soe1et1ea and the Dondon Oroups. C.-7be Publi•hinc Sub-Cam .tttee~ There ahall atand re~•~ to ~e Publuh1na Sub-COIIIIIl1ttee 
~or oonaideration and report ll m ttera relat1n& to:­a th t the Sooie\7 

plaoea on "ale. 
(b) 
The prepar tion of ew 'r ta, reporta and book• ~or 

publication 	by the oo1et7. .,

(o) 
The literary prope ~1 o~ t he Sooietr 


(c1J 	"~(1) ~b-~ ":fitt-;-.=.·be1'ore t kin& atepa oo it the ooiett to any new Tr ota, &o. auboit to the Executive ~o ittee a reoomoenda­tion as t.o tl.e aubJeot, authorah1p ancl othe tlet ila. 
(2) 	!he b-c:a.aittee ahall Oii'O\Ilate t.o ~e m•bera of' the lxHut1Ye Coaa1tMe J.A coo• t!Jae o-atlete prooh of 11 pablleatlona 
Wb1oh lt prepoaea to ~•amaend \he Rxeout1Ye 
Committee to la ve. 
(3) '!'he fubllahiJII C~ittee aball be •thorised 
to deolde (aub~eot to report in eaob cue to 
the Bxeeut1Ye Ca.mi\tee) \he deta1la aa to the 
reprlntiq. rn1•1JII• and ~e-ia•lq of' the 

\ n T I LAo• 
tr eta. boota. reDort• &c. ~lre&d7 authoriaed by the Exeout1Ye Co ittee to be placed on eale. But it shall not. without the explicit authority o~ the Exeout1Ye C~tttee 1n eaoh case. iaaue or publiah an7 new tter. or c~1t the Society to such 18sue or 
publication. 

Re ort o FUlatl.oe and ,}eneral Purposes 
Kobeon. Lawreooe ao4 t.he seore 

balman. 


!J:Iore.-e we ehall 
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Re ort o~ Publ:111h1n& su -c 1ttee. 
lleet.tna MaJ 2nd. 1907. 
Pre ent: eat. M1sa tch1Da. de. Shaw. r8. w. Standr1ns. 
the Benret. rJ and Cb7 inYitaUon) G. P. Clear,.
Abaent: ter. He 1.. d ~ 7lor. 
1.-Bernard s w wu e1 tees Cha n and 1 er e Vi e-Cha1 
a.-It wu a reed t.o eet. on !'bllra a1•• pre~er bl.y in t • • e w et~ a the Propasan4a C ittee: the Secret F7 to raw up a aohe e o~ C 1\tee dar-to eu it. to all t.he C 1ttees. 
~.-Stat1•ttca o~ blioatlon ~o 7ear were o 1dere4. an4 tr eta in prepar tion were d1 •• 
4.-It wu agreect to k H. • Wella to turnuh a 71la t el ent. 1 traot.a • aa ausaeat.ed b7 him. 
5.-Tr ta alao t Out ot print.It. was reaolYed to 4ropTr t. 100•. et.ropollt. n BorOQ~ COQA01la u it 4oea not sell. • • 110. Probl ~ Indian PoY rt7. To reprint. ~r ~ 31-Leaf1 t on L bour Pol107 
To oouut. -t.hor re revlae or '!'raot. 7:5. Old Age Penalou. with a view to brin81ng it up
to date ~nr a new editioo. 'l'o reoommead the heouttve to authol'lae nvialon or 'l'raot 68. 'l'he 'l'enanta Sanitai'J Cateoh1 • (outaJ.de" London) 
at a lOftft or about £5 ror the 7ear. 'l'he COI!Dittee recommend• that ita aotlon be approved.
6.-Serlu or Bdited ftoplaa.A letter fraa Dr. G. P. lear.r. auggeattna a aer1.. or reprint• or t e Otopla." frora Plato to Rellazay • with •ablan pnf'acea• under 
the seneral erlltorahip of H. G. Wella, waa OOD81dered. Dr. MoCleaey, Yho wae pruent b7 invitation, was requettted t.o approachlhd.table members with a view to obta1n1nc pre~aoea &o. • and to 
report turther.'l'hla he undertook to do. 
The C tttee reoOI!ll:lenda t at ite aotlon be approved.
7.-Bnquiry 1nto Munio1paltsat1on

'l'he c ittee o01181dered a letter ~ram J. • Croa~ ~ggeetLng t • preparation and publ1oat1on of a ocaplete t1naffo1a1 aoh e tor the ~unloipa~ation of aooe aeleoted trade ( ilk or coal for esample), worked out preo1ael7 as it would have to be tor actual eaeoution by private or publ1o ent.erprlae.
The Comolt\ee reoommenda t.hat a grant of £50 be made tram ~. No. 2. Aooount tor a eoheme as auggeated tor t.he munioip&ltaationof the Coal 'l'rade. 
. a.-The lonaideration of a aoheme tor a quarterl7 review of ••blan Soolaliea waa deferred through preeaure or '-•~•••• other buB1neu. 
0. 	Bernard ShaY Chall'rll&ll. 

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Propaaaada Caaai~tee Report. 
Meeting MaJ 3rd. 1907 . 
Present: Bland. Dodd, Quest, Headlam9 Bobeon, Mise MurbJ, 
Sandere9 Shaw, and SeoretarJ. 

· Absent: Bneor, ~~--~~----------------­
1.-Bland wae elected Chairman and Robeon Viae-chairman. 
2.-P&bian Lectures. !he following dates were approYed:-Sooiallem and Legal Profession. June , , , , the Prese • June ohalJ• ~eoture b7 Dr. Coit on 
Natural Selection as the Baeie of Socialism•. It wae agreed not to send out oarde tor JQne 1• .. and to exper~ent on omitting them • 
3.-Nomination ro~. It was agreed to propose een41n& a cop7to each member. 
•·-Joint Action with I.L.P. It wae agreed to co-operate with the 
I.L.P. in an enterta~ent to the Ron W.M. ghee, &nJ deflolt to be eubeoribed b7 Sh w and others. 
5.-014 Age Penslona. It wae agreed ~. send a letter to the Cabinet oo•er1og oop7ot Old Age Pene1one !raot. 
6.-Groups. Mise MurbJ, Dr. Guest and the Officers were appointedto draft a ech~e of Group &c. Org 1eation for submission,When adopted, to a meeting ot Group Secretaries. 
1.-Lectures. 
It wae agreed to prepare a new list of lecture•'· and to draft a form for that purpose. Meanwhile it was resolved to send a letter to the press inviting applications for Fabian lectures for the autumn. 


r.e ,.,  &eao  t.i. n.  •  ·  
~o letter• ~ea ~tateaent 1.n t.be nature of an  olofi  
S!~ ~=iac tt!t he wUl not att.  the eY  mee inS·  
Aot~ t.hereGI1• U' neoeaaarJ.  



Clear• Corner. Reigate.f llay 2nd. 1907. 
Dear Pease. 
I wish 	to esplain the exact position I take concerning the 
•Labour Leader• report entitled •Pabian Folly• (by the way. the title was not mine) • 
Sharp'• reaolution is very tairl7 dratted. insomuch that it admits that ineertion 1n •rabian News• 18 publication and that therefore 
•rabian News• is ~ public document. The taots as stated in my note to the •Labour Leader• are therefore now ~ublio propertr.
But hawing said thi•• I am now quite prepared to admit there are good reasona tor not 1naia1ting on the righta arising from this technical publication. It has been pointed out to me by seweral friends 1n the Soo1et7 that to allow discussion ot the Society's internal business berond the official report in the •Fabian News• would h~per the freedom ot debate which is so valuable. I see the force of this argument; and therefore f*ll7 acknowledge the necessity tor the observance ot the 
•understanding• which 18 referred to in Sharp's resolution; an under­taking be it remembered. which is now put before my notice tor the first time; for it is acaroel7 neoessarr to point out that the discussion a few months back concerning an article in the •Daily News• (the authorshipof which I have not the slightest knowledse) dealt with the Special Com­mittee's Report, which has never ret been made public, and had nothing to do with the privacy ot matters published in the•Fabian News•. 
It tbe above statement meets Sharp's case, he is at liberty to make what use he sees fit of this letter and I have nothing more to say.Beliewe me Yours truly• (Signed) G. R. s. Taylor 
P. 	s. Perhaps you will put this letter before the General PurposesCommittee; as well as communicating with Sharp. Apologies for 
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eetin& Ma1 15tho 1907. 

de., era Yebb., and S 
Preaent: lland9 

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a.-'!'h proposal• de~erred. 
3o-'!'he cwed unleae the 
1 e. I~ the1 are to be oonaidered. 
t the notification• o~ 7 tha. lt waa agreed to
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•• 0 wae voted ~or a purpoae to be hereafter disclosed. 

Sidney Webb Chairman. 

rrl.V 	1:.e. 
eeting 7 17th. 1 07 . 
Pre•ent: Hob•on, P~•or, ue•t• M1s rby, s 
Shaw, a d Secret&r,. 

1. -Next e ion'• Lecture•. Resolved to request rs. 
• 	t I believe• ~eriea, 
• ea not al dy ap roved. 
2.-bur L oturea. Resolve to k tle 
x to request the Nn. A/o. Tru tees to r nt 00 for ext sesslona lectures linu befo1 e. 
a.-Lectures to Clubs &c. Letter to relig1o p er • approvIt was resolved to send o t iroular to 
bo t T50 po aible l cturera in London ~ Province , 1n o er o prep re list o~ lecturers. 
• ·-Oro p; Or anisation. 
e soh e prev1ousl7 draft by sub-c ittee waa considered and so materially ended that another sub-eo ~ittee w a ppointed to draft a new one. 
A turt her report of etin& t 1xed tor 1 30th. will be pre ented. 
s. 	• Robaon Vioe-cha n. 

"""!'.,~· " ox rropa&anCl& UOiiiiiU.~~ee 30th. Ma79 1907. 
(Prepared bJ the Secretary). 
Present: Bnsor (in chair), Dodd, Guest, He&dlam9 Miss Uurby, Sanders, Shaw, and Secretary~ Also Mrs. Shaw. 
1.-New Groups and Societies were reported as follows:­Oxford Women'• F. s. 
Canterbury r. s. Garden City P. S. Educational Group. 
2o-Lecture List. Resolution of previou• report was by implicationreaoinded and it was resolved to send a replJ-.&64postcard to every member asking htn to lecture. 
3.-It was resolved 	to send to every member a general enquiry circular form to be further considered. 
4.-Society Lectures. It was resolved not to have any lectures in JUly. 
5.-Autumn Lectures. 
It was resolved on report from Mrs. Shaw:­(a)) To have the lectures fortnightly in the autumn (b !o print a general syllabus in order to save 
cards tor each leoture. 
(c) 
To arrange six leotur.. firtt. 

(d) 	
List ot names was considered and certain were approved. 


6.-Group Organisation. Deferred. 
N. B. Next meeting fixed for Thuraday June 6th. Must be on 
Wednesday 5th. or otherwise. The Pinanoe Committee has already selected Thursday 6th. 

Keeting Ka7 16th. 1907. 
Present: llaude (in Chair)., Ou.est 9 Kiea to~. &Sii?Pii11=:a.. w, Krs • Shaw an4 S retaJ!7•· S/t:"""""'~~~ • 
o by 	inY1tat101l Dr. le&l'J'. I 
lo-P~oaed Tracts. Parmer's llan (learlet). This was fa•ourab~ reported on as to style; but as it a~ooates 8m&ll holdift~t it w stronglj oppoBed by same members or the Committee., and r1na11r held o•er for fUrther oonaiderati 
(b) 	
Soe1al1em and Suburb• (Jepeo ). !hla was deferred ror fUrther revort b7 members. 

(o) 	
Old Age Penalona ('furnet'). It wu agreed not to reprint ~raot 73, and the KSo eub~tted by !urner was handed to Krsa Shaw for report. 


2o-~arterlJ Re•iew. Yt was 4..1 that the Bxeout1Ye be reeommended not to prooeed With th18 pro2eot ror the present.in •iew or the Pabian Management of the -New Ag -.. 
3ow Utopia Series. It was deo1 ed that thie ebould not be undertaken by the Soe let7 u 1111blleheh; and •aude and KoClear,r were author18ed to laJ the • h.._ berore Plf'teld and &QJ ether p11blUhe1' Uke)6 to take it .... 
~.-Munioipalisatign Inveetlgatlon.
R. 	w. J1.aoroet7's propoaal to prepare a o~t.e rinano1al eoheme ror the u.aloJpallsation ot some 1111portant trade (prererab~ oeal er ld.U) was f'urther oone i4ere4o It wu agreed to ask K,.ll.Baylle, repated eQert, 1111etMI' ._ eaa proTi.d.e.material in reap~ ~the coal trade. 
5.-Pablan NeWB Advertisements. In •1ew of the S..reu.. o1Ntalatt. or ~ablan News •, lt. waa dMlded to oharJ• s.a t1*u'e f./­per tnoh t'or acl.t•. 11114 U,i;r ....., .. _.tnaerU.ou. !'he preaed ,.. e .-,. &D4 10/-r ..peotl•e~. 

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F. Lawson Dodd R.C.K. Enaor L. Haden Guest 
Rev. S.D. Headlam S. G. Hobson Aylmer M&ude 
H. T. Mug ger1dge Mrs. Pember Reeves G. Bernard Shaw 
Harry 	Snell Sidney Webb H. G. Wells and Edw. R. Pease as Secretary only. 
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1.-Routi.ne business, 1.nclud1ng reports on finance, election or June Candidates, subject to delay for possible objections, and three un~portant resignations were dealt with. 
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9 -Office Staff. The Secretary was authorised to engage an assistant clerk at not more than 2~/-a week to replace the address-writer. A Committee (Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Bland, Lawrence and Maude) was appointed to consider office-work, and it was resolved to obtain estimate for printing addresses,to gum on wrappers. 
3.-Telephone. 1It was resolved to install a telephone and to urgeStandring to do the same. 
4.-Stuttgart Socialist Congress. It was resolved to adopt again the traditional plan, that members attending congress at their own expense, and paying their own delegate'sfees (10/-} be appointed delegates. 
5v-Summer School. It was agreed to send them t wo Book Boxes. 
6.-Nominations for Political Committee Appeal for Money.
In the absence (by mistake} of the Chairman, thes e questions were deferred to a meeting at 5 on Friday14th. June, before the Executive ~1eeting. A verbal r eport of t he business will be pres ented. 

s. G. Hobson Act1n Chairman. 


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Meeting 7th. June, 1907. 
Present: Shaw, Headlam, Maude, a. 1haw, Standrlng, and •cretary. Also (by invitation) Sidney Webb. 
1.-Otters ot 	Tracts. 
(a) 
Miss Atkinaon, on Socialism and Wanen1 a ~ueationa 

The 	Committee unanimously approved the linea laid down by Miss Atkinaon; and it waa agreed to aak her to draft a traot accordingly.

(b) 	
Hume Niabet, on Vegetarianism, ~· Society of Authors &c. Declined. 

(c) 	
George ~er, on the Lite Boat and Trinity House services : who aho~d pay tor them T 

Declined 	tor the present, aa the question is not pressing.

(4) 	
Edwin Pugb and A. Bagle, offering their aervicea generally tor traot writing and investigation.Aooepted: aee No. ~ below aa to • Pugh. Eagle to draft traet tor university students. 


2.-US. on the farmer's Man, by P. Ackroyd, after exhaustive consideration waa reJected partly because leaflets cannot be effectivelydistributed and h d better be dropped, and partly because the Committee is of opinion that the future of small holdings
(advocated in the leaflet) will not be in the hands of the farmer'• man. This obJection is to be explained to Mr. Ackroyd with a view to hia trying again.
3.-Sooialiam 	and the Suburbs by E. Jepaon.It waa agreed that he must be asked to re-write this aa every reader had ·pronounced it not fully up ~ either to our standards or to Mr. Jepaon•a. • to be returned to the author with several detailed oritioiams and suggestions by ~Uu Hutohina.
&.-	Old Age Pensions. Webb undertook to draft a memorandum tor immediate circulation in parliament in view of the promised measure in next year'• Budget. The memorandum to be also sent to 

Publishing Committee Report. 
Qnitted ~ram the Report sent yesterday. 
1.-Utopia Seriea. 
Maude reported interviews with varioua publishers• and it waa agreed that he negotiate further with Dent 9 endeavouring to wring a higher roraltr than ~. per copy out *f h~. 
7.-Propoaed ~uarterl7 Review. The following eat~ate ~rom the minutes of the PublishingCommittee o~ 6th. Februarr 1907 1e aubmitted in acoordanoe with the inatruotiona o~ the Exeoutive. 
•That a ~uarterly Review o~ Fabian Socialism be published 
Price  1/­ 
Editor to be paid £20 per quarter  
Contribution• £2.2.0. per 1,000  
Estimated Coat per Uo. 99 prooeeda , , loaa  for 29 000  £150 90 £.f.()  

Proposed to raise a guarantee fund ot £5oo•. 
The Committee again recommend• that no aot1on be taken at present. 
G. 	Bernarcl Shaw Chairman. 


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Meeting Tuesday 4tho June~1907 • 

. --~a~, Hobson~ Miss Uurby,
Present: Bland (Cha~"~n8-secretary.

oa..uae,..-• Tn1s meet~g was specially called to cons~ ~ oa1 Organisation ed b t not ananSmoasl •
t e 	following report was 
0 other bus3a~ss ..--of importance transacted. 

Report on Local Organisation. 
London Police Area. 
AnJ 10 or more members may~ with the approval of the Executive Co~ittee, form themselves into a local group. 2.-ver.y ~oh group s 11 cons t of the members of the soe1e 1 in ite ea, and ma eleot; its own assoeiatee; provided that associateship 
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3.-Ever.y o al group shall elect a Sec etary~ 'Who shall be t e me4mm of communication between ~he group nl the ZxecutiYe Committee. 4.-Ever.y local Secretary shall forward a report to the Executive Committee at least once a quarter. 
5. 	ery such group shall be bound by all resolutions of the parent Socie~. 
oo-!he 	Executive Committee, co-o erating with existins local groups, shall constantly work for the establishment of loc&l groups in diStricts where suoh do not exiSt. 
1. 
Common Fabian ¥Una, 
Special Subject Groups. 
'!'he  re  ations for Special Subject Groups shall  ~- ~ same  as  those  
for Local Group& in so  ~ar as  a~~~,---c9  except that  
Special Subjec-t--.  shall elect their own members  rom  ongst  
members of the Soc iet7.._.  

The Provinces. 
A. Local Fabian Societies. 
1.-Local Fabian Societies shall adopt the Fabian Basis or some Basis which has been sanctioned by the Executive Committee o~ the Parent Society and all their members shall s1tn the 
said asis. 

complete autonomJ as to the election o~ ~eir o~~icers. member ,and associates, the conduct of their business, and the 41sposal o~ the~ funda, and shall not be bound by any resolution o~ the Parent Society. 
3.-The Reports o~ Local Societiea shall be inserted in -Pa'bian ews•, subject to the exigencies o~ space and the general control of the editor. 
•·-Co erences 'between representatives o~ the parent ociet7 and the local Pa'bian Societie shall be held, i~ possible at regular intervals. 
('!'he 	~irst such conference might add a 5th. provision regarding a Common Fabian Fund, its collection and administration). 
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B. {Pzovis1gnal) Looal Groups. 
1.-Where no looal Fabian Sooiet7 exists, the Executive Committee, co-operating as far asi possible with Fabian Societies elsewhere, shall e~eavour to establish Fabian 1ooal groups. 
2.-Such groups shall be oonstitutted of any 5 or more Fabians; and (~shall have a status stmilar to that of local groupe within the London area~but shall oease to be gzoupa when a local Soo1e+y ~9 ~ormed~ 
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RlrPORT OJ' TD 7fNUTtnf aOJIIM.ITTEE. 
1 .Tu1y 1907. 
PRESENT 

Vlebb, Sanders, ·aude, and Secretary. 
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CAtiDIDATES. 
The July ~iat wag elected HUbJ'ect t
-o any questions raised artor circulation ot the News. 
Ensur presented R t~ 
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It vras resol-ved to resume this and the Chairman undertook 'tO prepare a drart, omitting all bL..nks to bt> fill~d ~lp for each m~uber ind ::.vidt..all,r·. Prc•of annexed. 
4. 	CIRCULAR n; I UCltEA3E OF 3UBfJCRIP'iiONS. It was agreed to send this to all mambers and associates, and to selected subscribers; also to print 1000 e:lftra to be sent to new members. 
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5. B6(l]f 1'\0YES. It Wtl.S resolved to increase tne charge to 10/-a \.ITlol 
year from Oct. lst.: t,o require payment raise the receipts from £45 
kept over time: and to enO.ec~.vour to means of a 
~e~ books and boYes, b 
to £100 by the purchase Of " ~'nich &.pprova.l is a&ked.
grant of £100 from !~o. 2 c..ccou.nt f or " 
Books to be supplied to \, ~ Summer School. in Office Organization
6. 	The accompanying Report of a St..b-Commit'tee was approved. 



~.T\One 1907. 

e h ve car ful ¥ consid red th 
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1sts l. Jl'e tnt of the secreta.r,r( .•:\.P.;.1."e) his g n r,.l ssiat nt. (' o ll), Gll 1 tl.Cco~nti..Wt (1. i • .sh ~>, ~nd d. te.::: por ~r.f envel 

t. ilfpenc n 'hv...r, who h· 1 ~ott:rl./ bt-n 
at 1ork lmv t c nt.i•J~.:o 1;;. ~he ork i div1' d ~oo.nc.ot:r:­
S er tar.£ Interri · e; ct.rr .pvn .ne 
inveat!g t ions; '''•bi 'l.D -iu· s; •11 print !.ng; 
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1<1 ~ r... 1 t l.t: r ) ; ~!ne;; ...,p :>8-rcels; se1lintt tr~ct.a; ll1 ·ing up nd cltsvatching book-box s; po t. 
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k vin~ thl$ book-bo7 dg r; ket~in~ nd cor­
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gending rec ipt : full 
ell rg of th Su _ t' chool b... 8!n s • 
e ,..v eat! :fie ou.r ~elvt: tlH1.. f h s t present t c 1:1\.0.Ch .to c ", -•11! that t e ork is 1 or lil. 1,;{ t(J incn·aae th n tu 1­minioh. 

c h<o.ve cc;naidered what improl'e 
nt or labor-aaving dETicea 
co~ld be introauced. 
The telephone is to h 
instal led both b,1 th~; Soci tJ anc by ita printer. 
., e 'think th4t the diS\489 or St~para,te notice cards ror m ti h 
ng~ as been o far juatiried, and it means a reat saving r work. e haTe c~ref~lly eo si~ ~---~-~-~ err .LIJI ror t.n embers; ~..t three Jears S\.<Pfll.l would cost at l ast £10 or £12, and we find that our younger members eh nge their addresses so frequentlJ that a t~ird would be alt r d e dre 81:0.tisfied th t thi~ wo\.ild r ult in no Sd.Ving , but . h ...l'E direc C: pz·inted nv~ lopes to be pre are for the Ex c .. tive Corumitt W have co~sic~red also the t~p writing arrangements. We do not think it worth the cost to get anJ mor laborute d\.iplic ting machinery or to h"''l'e speciall eJCp rt shorthand typ ·rit r -it ia c~eap r to g t anJ speci l job don o~tside. W think it indeep neabl e that the whole of the St1ff should b interchangea-le, aa there is not enough sp ci lized work to occ\.ipJ t.n~ w~~~-o ~r an exp rt Nor do e think th r would be a~J ~conomf in p~rchasing a Stolzenb~rg C•bin t or ot~er costlJ filin~ rr ng~mante, fur wh18h the offic rfords lit ul space. We think that with certain other improv~ments, the new Junior Cl rk, whose ap oint ent. h 8 be"en a•J.thor zed , will sl.ffice for t' p.ces nt. It ho~ld be m d a con ition of his ap1 ointment that he shou.l e hims lf tnorc~~hlJ proficient in sh rt nd , t.Jpe ri ing nd book-kt" pin , tt ndin~ ov nin cl 85 s. W recommend that t e ervices of J •• 'haw, th Account nt 
ah~1d b~ 	continue , ~t nJ r.te ~or the yr 
nt; on conditivn that h f~.o.ll t im unc to n .q.J g ne1 ll,t in t. 1 ork (b~th or .''1ich he Ct\t 11. Gut' 
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t e eff1c1 ne 't cco~.o.~~ · ~ b ,1 -k Jin, of L 1 Ac o nt nt. 
I JJ.Y Ch ir n. 
PRO"PAG ~ IDA CO TTID: R'&PORT. 

r), n: r, !'l n or 1 l"isa 
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A !ft r .fl,ll diac esion !'TOi>Ofia.l !t,r a Con:f ronce en thia su1Jj et as dro!)!ted.­


1 c~-urt•s ~Je :1nt. c n':inu rl "Yond X."llrl.:J: for l ~01 th l i'ollo ng a:r.• , .. ants re d • 
~: o~rer or leoli re on T,and q,uea\;i Tl: Accepted. RI~ .ro:m COCKEU:S.ll: "Prll~ o:1al by Cllfford, Slibl' to ask hi!n to lee t re onth ~"U'iro, (two1.di:JB Coloni.cJ. refer'nco) : , ! a,ppro"c' 
Dll KR: Offer of 1 .ei._ura o.n l"s;r cnoloc;.,r of Puni u:t>..t:~ent WI'IB de­11roup reco ended. M JI0T)GKI'7SO !: P1'011c.s to J~r.tdy A::lt.:;lese ) • Agroed t ek 
e. b.ie; ne til'l.l.;. J · Jrumn~ Dt:'O'lrlTRATIOTT WI'l'J! I .1• • $.-.Letter ~skine I'romised contri 
b 1t ion f r'IO/-. Sect ar T:.f re JOrt ed JO/-pu· snribed. ~ha pro­-::liso-1 'hP..l!l.nclt. 
o' c 2/G c~r ror aha,j


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.6,-p On R port fron the in ne ..ol'!l:!!it t • rec nd ing th,. appoint nt or r, it t.h t Ym• .; d rs e ppointe or t r d tr ,,.lUng t n rl' n iDg 
the 1 ct~.o.r n d in 1. ith; th t h tt n i T.t.:n rc,.~inc 
c. n~t incl1..d n k 
lr p 1 for e hl:f. ApproT 1 ror t is is skd cts•o 1f pproT ;s to d te
' 
of oi t nt. ­
Ch in:.an. 


l'tffiLISHING CO TTEE RIPORT. 
eeting 5th J~lt 1907.  
PR.XSJmT.  aude  (tn Chair), Taylor, Standring, Kias H~tohina,  
rra Sh w, Shaw,  Gu  at  nd Secretary.  

REPRINTS. It a agree to reprint I adlam's •Chriati~n Sociali~· (71>00), eb'b's •socialism in andJi'lae" ( 000): nd •Lbourint the Long at Reign• (2000): aloo 1 aflets a req~ired.­

It aa resol~ d to drop Leaflet 19. ~at the arm Labo~r r Wants•. nd Tract 61, The L.c.c., out ot dat nd no demand. ~TRACTSIJl 0 

Arthur • Grenfell late of Indi~n or at Service attend d to discu 
t...r..a.c..'t-_Qn_ Affo••••·4....L.-., .._ ..,.._ -----­
own sake and with view to finding work tor the waemployed in bad ye ro. ­The idea waa ap~roved •nd r Grentell a k d to pr pare tract. CATALOGU c. Sh rp atten ed tO diBC\.4SS
~ 
urser.f is willing to undertak • -It was ag~eed that it be a catalog~e and not a tract in the series, and th t sawple section• be ubmitted to the ~ecuti~e. ­
Letter from allows s read r commanding no change, also from ra c••Yilson offering £10 to auch enl rgem nt s should permit corre pondence from member .­It wa resolved by majorit7 to reco end that col n o! answ ra 

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7  40  
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G · Estim.u.te for yeur 1907-submi.ted., ho>1in" th~:ti: expendi 
ture on preeont scale ith l.tst yeur' s de:t'ioit 1ould be 
.:.bom; cov.,red. by incom.e timj:j,tGd on ~::t. :fairly conserTa­
·ivc b al.,. 
Uew Offices. Conc urring tvi th the Propaganda Cotnm.ittee, u. ~ recommended in view of ­

(a) 
The ineuf!1ciency of space for the pr sent staff; 

(b) 	
fhe need of an ~dditional room for Committees; 

(c) 	
The was tr' o:f time owing to insufficient private ~;.cco~modation for interv1 e,qa ; 

(d) 	
::'he noise no bein13 proc'luc<>d and l tkal y t.o he pro-due d by the ngine just outside the window; 


~ 
I. Th~t th~ ~~nd~ord be written to statinp th~t we sh 11 have 
to l ....ve o ;ving to noi~e, nd shall rant rompen~>a.tion or exchange• thut vta · e not propar x:l t o pay much r.:JOre rent e !" for larger pr mise:.., but vtould consider JSome inc rease for 'i:lett r r ooms . 
I I. That the limit O:f ren·t b G £l 00. 
The Committee visited a suite of three (equiv~~ont to four) room on the First 'll'loor i..'llJllCdio.t ly oTOr the pr·esent offices which tnil"ht be &.ccepted in li'!u of vrecent offices, provided that euit&.hle tel"''!ls can be rraneed and non~ preferable can be obtained. 
•
1;1tb "l""s ' "ectin~; Octo"er 1 th . The a..;end~, incltldins; Reports from the Ch...innen of th <'tanding Cor:rm1tt.c s vas apprOT d. 

I. 
L. P. Branches (590) ~d Co-operative Societies (1500). 


Book Boxee. C1rcu1 ...r ordered to be sent to the . !;. (2000) 
{D In::mra.nc c o:f St...ff . I t ii..,.s a<~r·~ed to ~nsure ~he c: t...,.ff 1 includ-

Compensation Act. 
Sidney Webb, Chairman. 

( 




'l'TEE REPORT. 

I
ecting 1 9th S ptember. P rGsant : )I ude , H~adlam, 
Sta"ldring, Gueet, · Taylor, Bark r ~:tnd Sec re ..~.o.ry, also 
nden.. 

~;;.u a."' 1·13ported that Sha.w nou stated he could not promise preface thi!! ya.._r or n xt, and in view of the absolute necessity of giving the publisher several volumes by t he most a.tt r<iCtive writers cs a star t , he 
Uto~ia S 
... . ' . .,. .... 
pro:pOR d i>.nd I; 18 Co~nmittce agreed to recommond the 
Execu~ivc to ~bundon tnc scheme. 
2. 
Sixpenny Edition of Fd>ian Essays . I t W~" S ll.ljt"<Jed t o ask 

pennission of th'3 Executi va to arrange a soh~me with 1ihe 
p ubl l sh rs far such an iasue . 
J 
Sti.l.te Endov ent of Moth rhood. On p ropoeal of Dr Eder i t was 
ci!.Creed to aubmit sctr,;p;estion that Committ c be appointed 

to cons :i.a. r and. r po rt n thls proj et . 
Chiozza }foney and Facts for qocial ists c rit ic i~in~ our oat GOry of Rent . Ar.r'J d i;ha. :further explanation be in ..!. jn n ... 
Cou.l 	Sup)'l~· . ·u.Ude L'ndertook tc draf t a. t r;.-.ct on :J nf ormation to b~'> ~uvvli ed b~· 'Payliss . 
Rep ri nt a ~ppro..-ed or order ed ­
Workmen ' e; Conp cns<..t ion lJ,OOO Hea.dlc:'\ 1 :; Clc.ri tis.n f oc iali:::m 10 , 000 

Morris Colll!!lunier.n 	f> ,OOO 
A T,,.hour Polic~· f or Publ~c Au~horit i es Le flet) 5,000 
Aylmer Kaude , Vi ce-Chairman . 

4th Oc ~o'b er. 
~) 
Pr~ssnt 	Shaw, b:.ude , Standring, ..i a.dlam, Taylor, Mi ss Hut onin1, Barker and Sec 1·etc.ry, .1l so S nders . 
Th• e De et rian . Fdmond Kelly (peeudonYfu El lison H rding) a.utho1· f thi R... c -Culture u.nd Soc ialist Utopia, publ.ished by !3ren~uno i n U. S .A., off I'll t o f!resent t h Engli h copyri ght to t e Soci ~ • .,11bj -et to rep a.ym~::nt t o him of £62, (coet of !H r.:t vl a tcs and E•1gli:.h copyri t.;h+.) out of liO~ of the profits. He ha s eut ate r"OO pl aten, und L lso so!!' a MS . omj i t ed b y Brentano, to b U;; <ld "'t ou::-dioc1·etion. The book has bnen read by many of the E.xecutive Comrn.itt~e , t he ~s . l:l.dditionA only by Shaw 
<tnd P F.lto.3B, who ,·eporL t hem o.s o;ood u.s the rest of the book but 
The a uthor dvidentl y d .si es their incor­po ra-c;io wi ~ e ~l"ah itio.n, t..a.ough h does not make this an absolute conait i on . 
l'he Co n:nit t ~ recommands :­
(:.) 	( nnunitnousl y Th t the offer of Ed~o~d Velly be acc epted ~Fith cordi· tha.nks , and that t he manuscript chapters be added if pract icable wi thout an unreason­abl e increase of expenditure. 
( b )  ( b.Y  4  to 1)  Tlli.t'"  ~-h~ bo ok be  30  published  as  not  t o  
sug~_;Gat  "'·n~  o=-fic i  1  connection  \71th  the "'abia .n  
Society.  

(c) 	Th t the I,1tarary Aceno: (Perris ~ Co.) b e employed . f..o nceoc!u:~ ,71 th p ubllsh~rs and th t they be oolDI:luni­oat ed with fo rthwith. 

flO for th~ aidHion Ot' :A correspond nee o lumn to T' bi n ·fewa vr...-...~rin di cnss d, thlil EAec utiv Co itt ferred bac~~ o!,e I eo mdt..tion Of the Publishin•' Committee to introduce a colUf!ln of FGpli s to Corr~apondonts. of'f'e red by J~rs ?l'ileon is not suffic1.ent. to ff'O c t d. pannanenil nlc~.rgement ot F:J.b L.n e and t.he ub ishin~ Co"lilli t tee finds i" salt' un<...bl~ to eur;~jest any n-'·" f'e<4tUr<.l o t'l r t hu.n the correspondence column suer,csted by Mrs Vilson or the R yl ies to Correspond nts 

l roady rej 1ct•~d hy he E:r..ec1ltiva Col'l! it; !; e . 
The Co..Imitt;ee recoM!'lend.r:; l;t1a.t. trl' Wil son he in:forl'fled th t aft Jr oa.rc:ful cone: id "rc::.tio'1 it l-t<-<8 baon ded.ded thct her con­tribution woul d not ju d:f~ us i n oo.rryinr; out he1· su~:;geat ion, which would invol"" pema.nent enll\rf';ei!lent or the Tewll , but that \le hOJ:lt: t.o be t.ble to av-ciil our fll ves l t.er on of her 
allow uo. 
3. 	0,uarter:_ly Review. The Committee's recommendation that the project be dropp ~d tor the p resent ~:as referred back by the :F.xecutive Committee for furthor consideration and 1·eport. 
The unnounc<m.ent of , nc11 I. J,; :r ~ m<>nthly confirms the Commit tee in i ts pr'"vicue concluf'ion; c.nd it rocownr.nda &.coo rdinr:ly:­
Th t 	no action be taken. 

Lectures. 
P ro vino1al 
Prop._,~ nO.<.~. 
No. 17 !l'l (;t> c 8 t •eo 
Loc....l Go vurn­men t Cl roup . 
Clt.~.phoon 
F'--01-;.l
Society 
rEPORT 

c tin"', Thursda.y , July 1 8th 190'7 . 
Present, Bland (Chairman), Ensor, ics 'u:dy, Hobeon nd Sana.c rs . 

P ro:(:ra.phs rnarked f contain a. recomm~nda.tion. 
Org . Sec . r ported that over 200 l etters had been cent to newspe~.p rs ...nd journals offering l e t urea to orr.; nicu:l;ions int<'lreat.ed in tne subj ·~et of Social­ism and Soc ial Refonn. 
Th Org . Sec. submitted proposals to visit P...bi n Societies at Edinburgh, ewc astle and Perth, ulso to other town to form F~bian Societies. Plana 
wer-r;. upp o vecL 
It ;;.~e dac:i.dcd tho.t sL bj "et and other groups 
tli~ilt h1.vu u:.,~ of No. 1.7 Flt'H~t ~treet at a charge o~ 5/-per· }etint;. 
I1, \/U6 uocid-d th t :.~ Locul GoVCl'!l1!1.6nt Group 
'flle position of the Clapham abian ociety was consider·.d and it was decided. that the Fxecutiva Committ e be recommended that it woula. not be t~.d.vis bl 
to ~ply to chib Soci~ty t~e 1~~~ ~ov~rning the 
LoncJ.on Groups ; bn+. l.hat f'uturo me,_b::.rs Of the 
ClG.pham Sociljty mnst <>lso be members of the paren-c 
Soci ·~ . 
H. 	Bland, Chainnan. 
L >l. ohwo rth 
Fabian 
Societ;z 
Leoturea 
at Essex 
Hall . 
Lecture List 
REPORT Oil' PROPAGANDA COMMITTEE (2) 
. etin~, cdnecda.y , Septernbl3r 4th 190?. 
Pr•. aont: Bl,. .'ld (Cht.i nnan) Ho1,son, 'P e ae , Guest, Use: Mu_'J.y • S nders. 
Th:.is flocLty dee:ir d t o l<:now terms on which 
at i_.n N'evm oo nld b w-er·o noL m~mbors of the pe.r.,nt Society . Decided th~t l/5d be char~ed for Ne ~ and publications ot her tn....n Tn.c La. 
Accep. ed off'3rs to L ct ure by }~orison on 8 The Collecti vi :w of J. he Indian Go v~rnment "; b,y Sir J o.hn Co ck'bLl.n on "I perit.lism"; ..tnd by Dr A. Sud~kum 
c.n " Tlh'l!lun .'unicipa.l "'ocie.li m". 
t: L ctura Liot b<> printed .md .l:l.olds taken; the.t copies be sent to group o.ncl. loc·l aociety s cr~td.ri~>a , a.nu · o member~; 
SurburbL\n 
L JCtUI'I~S 
S" 
Or·~.,.nlsing S.:Jor~ 
Provincial Propa,.anda
~ 
Autumn 
E 1111 ex Ha.ll T,ectures 
0 ·g . Sec. ropo rtod tnat Sul'burbon Lecl;ures had b~en -rr..:.nt:;"'d ....t Hir:;h 1' ;;comb ,Ac·Lon, f>to~ 'Iewi.oe;ton, Brl3ntwood, ana IUe)lgat_ . 
It ·:1c..~s d•~c1d .d t.11a.t t'he title of the Office h13ld by W. 'l>1.nd •r bG "Or~.::misinr; Secrettory". 
l<'onn~tion of 1<\.• bioi.Il Society t:..t Chelmsford «.:nd . a.t­telllpts l:f.t forme.tion of b'..l\J i-.!1 Soc. ut Sheffield reported 
.Drocided th l. for ·the "'F'....tth I Hc1d" series o-r l~cturcs a non-transferable admission card for members, 
d. ociate~ , ·nd aubacribors be issued. 
H. Bland, Ch~innan. 
'1. 

{3) 
c •1 in tio • 

r.. co. n. 

lJ r .5.h l 007. 
P resenL 1 Gu et. ( n eh :-) dlsm 1 Sa!'ld r ~o.nd Pc e. 
Tn 1 ctu ..· b, ur A. "'u•l kum " .. fi-"ed for rov.mber 
let, this b in~ the onl1 ro ~ibl rid 
Soc:l. J. t :f It wa.a de~_; J C10d to ,· 'C"I ;rJl •nd to tL.. r; c utiv Eouk t 11 .:.ol11I!11tt !te • ttL tr, !. 1 •• !' . ••nd -:. "'), P, b ...pproo..ch-


... .;r. 
3 
,, effi lo. l1ef1 cld li'rl ian ~UC• 'J fO u., and aesircd t o \ ...bi~! Soeiet : u.dop t r ecommend 
Do uble :f I "'ut•·,·ship 
~­

t he F.x•cut i'YO co·mm1ttee to ocert th1 . 
l wt ion of 1. l I' or of p~rent s ociety ol' I.uc. l y f.ho:ff iold I~ 1 r dud d .. o ·· eo 0nd the 
"·.c n .. ive Co ittl"! to ~i tin tl 1-r s nt f o of 2/6 for su ch c ser , (except to rn~b rs of IJ:iv si~y f oc ieties t o 1ho !1 t; t'! f nould ·e11 i n a.t 1/-). 
p ·opo 1 r c i _i:J. for y ll'!~ :11:: .r O!' t be iwn at 17 Fl ~ t ~ .. l~ 1. w con ..c;. 1· D ci.l d v O dv rtise L l .c ut· a nOltl b h ld und t '"t the of'fioers
J 

c·t;ur ... !'o r t h s nries and. 1 r t 11: eo ur. ". 
e. 


Or7,ani in~ Seer t.ary s11b.i .ted report , t he 
n c c '!'lr 
ndr:ln Unl ­v-0rsit 1" '" a u cid -:a. ~ at th' :Executive Coll!llli Le. 

pr~lininary JJq)ons es of' th \TOrlc 
L. l · a.en Gu.:.st, 
APPEIID!X TO PROPAGAl'IDA COMMITTEE'S REPORT ( 3) par.  3 .  
Extract from COn8ti tuti on and ~ule~ of Sheffield Fabian Society.  
( z)  That the Society consist of Sociali sts .  
( 3)  That the object of the Society be the re-organisation of Society by the emancipation of Land and I ndustri al Capi tal from individual and class ownership and the vesting of them in the coi!ll!lunity for the general benefit .  
( 4) (D)  That for the attainment of these ends the Society looks to the spread of Sociali st opinions, and the Soci al and political changes consequent thereon; that it seeks t o promote these by the general dissemination of knowledge as t o the rel ation between the i ndividual and Soci ety in its ec~nomic, ethical and political aspects . ~ua.u memoersn~p oe open u o unoee wno ""15' ""'' "... vu ........., object of the Society.  
( 9)  That applications for membership contain a signed declaration that the oandidate is in agreement wi th the object of the Society. (we intend here that he shall sign a statement as to his agreement with the above basis and object).  




?rivate. Report 	of the Finance Committee MeetingOctober 2let. 1907. 
Present: Webb (Chairman) , Bland, Dodd, Robson, aude, and Secretary. ~ Absent: Saadera (on organising tour) Mrs. Reeves and Lawrence. 
1.-Candidates. October List (41) was elected, an increa e of 19 over last year. 
2.-Resignations. Only one, of a Professor of E• onomics for profes 1o~1 reasons. 
3.-Accounts to 30th. 	September were presented. 
4.-Analysis of postage ajo. showing 40~ ordinary correspeondenoe 30~ sending out •News•, and 15~ Book Boxes and parcels was presented. 
;.-New Offices. On reply +'rom the Landlords, the matter was defer-red for the pre11 ent. 
>.-Railway Strike. It was teaolved to prepare a Manifesto for Bubmiuion to the Executive on Friday Novem~er lat. to be issued to the press on November 2nd. nr 4th. 
Sidney Webb 
Ch~trman. 

l ~ 

~~· ~~ . ~~id~ I ~ 2 1t (J-c;L I 8 !-!-Of-~ 
I. ~-~ 4-oJ-6d..3() ~ ~~c( (;-. 
~oS-~ ~rl_ 1~:;o. ?£:r 'it,~ ~cf., "-M-~~~ rf.~~J... ~~~­C\~J.-~~1 ~~~~ 
~~~01\...a. ~ ~~ '1 ~ 7·­
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tttee Report ot two Meetina•· 

Meetina Ootober 18th. 1907. 
Pre ent : Shaw (Chairman) • Barker• •• Ku\ 1nl • de. n. •. 
st ndring. T rlor. retarr. alao Webb. 
1.-Part1oul r ot aalel for the pa t aix on were IUb tted and 
o na1dered.
!r .t nearly out or print.a.-•c pital nd r, net.• 
• niotpal Drink• 
•
ntfri~lties ot Ind • lism•, 1 ebb 
• or 1 Aape ta o Rooi 11am•. by I ll 


•
L bour 1 the Lon e"t ei n•. by Web 

•
Publio Servioe•, by Lode 

•
~oot 11 m nd ChriAti nity•. 1 Dear er. 


Th eo tttee reo end that the ~\rat two be r-.teed by 0 ke•hott and Pea~• nd that the reat be re rtnted when require~.
' G. rnard Shaw Cha1 
eetina Ootober 30th. 1107. 

-------------------re. haw, tandrina, 
-~~owing art1olea in the •Alb&nJ Re•1ew• e e ona1 er 
~--The L nd ~ueation 1n a Country P i•h. By .dward C enter. 
(A ril, 1907)
Pauper nrl Old A e Pen ion.a. 1 Bidney Webb (Auauat.. 1907).
The Co~1t ee reoo enda that. both theae be 1 aued &I Pablan Traota 
with the author• n es. 
2.-The Demetri n. 
Th1 ia the erioan novel by B ond Kelly offered to the ooiety by

him eubjeot to our repaynent tron the protitl ot the ooat ot the photos. A previous reoo endat on or the C lttee wa1 reterre baok. The Co~ittee. ha•1ng further oone ~ere the atter, reo end: 
t the of~fr of F. ond Kelly be acoepted with th nk n t th C ttee be authorized to seek a publllher tor the book, but wi\b­out in ny war ident1ty1~ Jhe Sooietr publlolr wi~ it• 
•-!he Absndoned ftopi er1ell. Dr. WoClear,, the prolen~or of thia aer1••• 1• propoatnc hll 11hene tn the I.L.P. ani\ requ•ta ua not ~o antloipat.e h1a bJ pablleh1n1 
a liet ot Ut.np1 1n Pabl&n R.... The Committee reoommende that Dr. C1e&rJ'• retuea~ be IJ"&nted. 
4.-The G~ittee aut.horlaed the 1aaue ot a 11 p ..e rablan M..-. 
Be•eral o~er m ttera oame before the Ca.mitt.ee and will be report.. 
on when ripe tor aotion. 
G. 	Bernard Bhaw Cbalnaan. 
~r1vat.e. Report of Propaganda Coom1tt.ee. Meeting October 3lat. 1907. Preaent: land (1n Ch ir), Bnaor, Gueet, Robeon, Mise MurbJ, Pea •• Sander• nd Shaw. 
1.-conterenoe of oc al1at Women. The Committee appointed Miae Murby
and ra. Town hen delegatee o a Conferen e o ootal18t 
w en called by the s.D.F. 
a.-Letter ••• re~eived ~rom Croydon Fabian Group announo1 that in 
future it would ~· a looal Jablan Society.

3.-Receive Report fr m Organ1a1na Seoretar,y a• follows. 
(a) 	
He d an~re aed meetin • at ewoaetle and Edlnburlb under the uapioee or loo l Fab1 Rootetiea. Edlnbursh Univer ity •• very pr~Rlng. Had visited Sheffiel 

ntt helped to arrange 1'ut.ure aot.ivltiee of the new r.s. 

(b) 	
For :.ation of' 1ab1an Group at wanaea; a.nd of a •s. in oonne tion with L nnon Un1vere1tJ. 

(o) 	
rr 1g ent~ ~e1na made b7 h to visit Coventry, Bra4~orrl, Glaagow and Perth. 

(d) 
Coure o ur lecture• at Wyco be very eatlef otory.


tepa beina taken to to looal F.s. a a reeult. Snell'a oouree at Aoton oo enced ver7 ea~iefa•~~• Ruo ea fully. Otl.er SUburb&a eo reea def'lnitel:y fuert 
at Rrentwood, Stoke Newington. Wood Green. Highgate.150 Lecture by P bla • arr sed throu&h o:t':t'lo • 6.-E aex Hall ~eetinge 1908. The ~ollnwing arrang( ) ' 1 t. o of' the Ind Government • be held on January lOth. 
(b) 	
Th t a Me~bera' aeeting to d1•ouae Polltioal eo 1ttee'• Report e h ld on J U&J'7 e&t • 

(o) 
'l'hat 	Sir 011ver I.odl• be aeked t.o leot.ure on •wa•t.e in SOienoe•, or on a as.auar au'bJ '' Ohlossa lloneJ be 


aaJted t.o leot.ure Oil •'J'he Yat.e of OapU,&l• or t.he 
tu••Uon of Cap1t.al leav.lq the oewat.J7. 
(d) 	That endeavour• be made t.o eeoure~ a leeture trea a pi'OIIllnent Ind1v tlual1~. Lord Balfour of Burletch tor 1rwtanoe' an<\ from a prca.1nent. !olJ DIIDoorat,
(Note. Other leoture• pr t•ed and aeoept.ed but 4atee not flaedz-•Imperialillll• lii'Jabn Cookbunal 
•Auetr llan Labour Partr• Hon. w. Pember Reeve•.)
&.-	Su&~eet1on• from Member•' Weet1nJ. 
Two eusaeet torw trGIIl the W•ben• meet in& h ve een 

cona 1dered by \he Ca.mitt.n. !he takina up of oolleo\tona at the B8eea Hall Meet.lngl' and the boldine of a meet1Ds 
at. ueen• Hall. We reooo encU 
(a) 'l'aat the auaaeetton a• to oolleotiont at meet.Jnse be 
not adopted.
(b) That pu 110 mee\ia& be held \ ~ee '• Ball& 
&haw a 4 Wehb be requested to be apeakera, an4 a 
oharae be made f'or admia111on. 
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Pr1Yate. · Report. of ftnanoe and Clener 1 Purposee Collllllittee ------Ueettna at 0~1oe 7th. NoYember 1907. 
Present: Lawrence (in oha1r). Bl nd . Do~rl. Hobeon, Maude. Randere nd Secretary. 
1.-The NoYem~er Oandtdatee were elented eubjeot to a par~ent of a prOl!liaed £5. by • Paul. 2.-Rubert Rland wae appointed aeoond delegate to Rull Labour P rtyOonferenoe at ate own ezpenae.3.-The t1nano1a1 .,e a.peot of the propoeed Pifield publication eohe e w a coneidered, explained in the Pu 11eh1na Coooittee R port. 
P. w. P. Lawrence 
Aot.ing Cha trman. 
Report of Meeting ot aboYe held 14th. Nove her 1907. 
Preeent: Webb (in ohatr), Bland. Robeon, ' ude, Sandere,
Seoretar,y and aleo Gueet. 
1.-OCtober Aonounte. Report wae preeented ehowins:-
Ogt 1 07. oot. 06. 7 month• 07. 7 mont.ha 06. Subeortptione £98 £68 U66 £184 Aft oo 1atea 18 6 19
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Donattona M 61 ea 'l'rMt !;alee 6. 22 270 106 Tr t Printin 22 146 alar1ea 1306 147 
2.-Large eube~ription. Letter fro ~arold Allfrey was read hand1na oheque ~or £100 ~or eube~ription ~or 1g06 & 1987. 
3.-Deepatohing •New8•. Propo alto band thie over to t n~rin& at a oharae of •/6 to 6/6 er 1.ooo wae approved. 
•·-Baperiment.al reedlnc of lohool Ch ldreu. 
Raden Gueet report.ed that he had obtained looa1 ooneente t.o a plaD for feedin& lOO lohool Children in Llllllbet.h. nd we1&h1nc 
th• a.e. in ol'der ,. uoertaia effect.. It wae a eed that. a le\t.er eapla1Dlns \he pl&D and alkinl oontr1but1ona to a fUa4 ot AOO be 1a•ued prlYa\elJ on bebalf of the Boo iet.J \o •e1Mted 
member• 1 Utely t.o contribute. 
1.-Rallwa, Di•put.e. It ... aaree4 to Aen4 let.ter to the .,~·· in 
naoe or oo .te\7 • explainin& the ~ortan\ ad.Yanoe made b7 t.he 
plaa of ettlemen\. Drat\ prepared bJ Chairman ie appeACle4. 

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Pre ent: e (r!l:"'l.irt:~ n). lna tt. L wrenoe, ude, rt. neeve , ~ tier~. n~ ecretary. 
1.-The Deee ber C A 1rlatea we '1 eleot d (exce. t niver u.y 1 <i who h withrlr wn). Of rtve re 1 t one two only were r\ef' 1.n1tely an e11ter • 
.-o~ountA to love ber 30th. w r su 
ted, shovtns s b oriptions.Tr· ot s les n<i ook Hoxe f'or 6 onths £11~. S e tor laat 1ear U61. I! ore e £665. It w • 
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23 d. ror the eetin . Hie tton-w a ~pproved. It 111as tie,itled t . t Rolhrook J ok on ntl f'a U1ng hi.!:l Rold1n be no inated a1 h~i 
4.-Annu 1 Letter o e h""r • r f't by C 1 n li'AI nprov d t\ 1t was reoo en1en t~~t the P.x utive &. prove it f'or tran• ta ion to me~he , the •newa• p oket to be lrt. thie onth. 
5.-The propo"'er\ Boo l11'1t Rentor! 1 r•onteat at ~lasaow Uni'V'! rllty W&B r. on trlere • 


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Report of Propaganda Committee. 
Meeting 18th8 December, 1907. 

Present: Bland (in chair)~ Ensor,)Sand•rs, Kaude (invited) and ~=~:=:~:::____~~~Murby. 
1.-•Acquaintancewcommittee. Maude proposed formation of Committee to interest new members in the Society and its work and to provideSocial amenities. Agreed to recommend the E. C. to approveformation of Committee. Names suggested, Maude~ Mrs . C. Wilson,Mrs. F. c. Bentinck, Dodd, Mrs. Townshend, Miss Seruya.Mrs. Mapplebeck, Miss Wallace-Dunlop, and Percy Vaughan. 
~ueen's Hall Meeting. Agreed to recommend B. C. that should Shaw's efforts to secure ~ueen's Hall fail t hat the New St. James's Hall be taken if available, for a date in March. Following approximate estimate of cost of meeting and reaeiptsfor tickets was submitted. 
Seating a~cammod~tion of Hall 1200. ---------------~---­
Hire of Hall -~16__!_&-. o_ Printing, advertising&c.&c. anything up to 50. o. 0 
£68••. 0 
200 Tickets @ 5/-50. o. 0 200 •• 2/6. 25. o. 0 700 ,, 1/-35. o. 0 
(leaving 10~ free seats) £ 110. o. 0 
3.-Suburban Lectures. Satisfactory reports received on six completed courses. Courses being arranged at Highgate, Lewisham & Tooting.Other plans under consideration. EIJenditure on six completed 
courses about £45. ~.-Provincial 0Fganisation. New Society formed by Org. Sec.at Covent17 Fabian Fellowship formed at Carnarvon. Hull and Cheltenham to be visited and lectured to. a.-Lectures at Prince Henry's Room. Pees received £11.14.0. (46 5/­4 1/-for single 1woture). Cost of Room £3.8.6. Printing abt. 10/­&.-Lectures arranged through office (exclusive of 8uburban leoture•)
•ince September number 220. 
7.-Essex Hall Leot~res and Meetings. Agreed to recommend E.C. that 
notioe ~..-... of the lecture• at Es•ex Hall be sent to the 
press exoept when decided otherwise. 

Present arrangements:Jan. 10. Sir John Cookburn. Jan.e4. Members' Meetin&. Feb.l•. w. Watson Rutherford (date not definitely fixed) 
,, ... Va0ant. Maroh 13. Chiozza Money.
Pember Reeves & Morison dates not fixed. In•truotiona fraa E.C. de•ired as to further lectures. Agreed that if meetins 1• held at Qpeen'• Hall or St. Jame•'1 
Hall 	in Karoh only one fta«~fi&H~la~eld at Bssex Hall that month. Chairaan. 




Prbate. Repor t of t he finance an eneral PUrpoaeaCommittee Keeting on January l•th. 190,. 
Pre8ent: Webb (in chair) , Do~d. Hobson, • · Reevea ,Sanders, and Secretary. 
1.-Cand1..dat ... Of' fi5 c nliirlates 53 were eleote • One waa held over 
on a eo nt of a 3/-suba ription, nd one (Horne) to 
await explanation of hia attendance at the apecial

members • eetin notwithatan 1ng a notification from t he ~ aeoret rr that he was not entitled to be preaent. Res1anations of' w. R. Wallin& of New York , and 5 other member• were aoe epte<i. 
3.-Defaulters . Two m mb rs in arrear• were or ered to be atruot of't.~ 
4 .-Aco<Nnta. arr to 31 Dec . waa a itte showi 8 December aub­scriptio~ £A • against £53. laat rear, d tract sale• £5 • a ainat £21. Cash in han Jan. 10. £199. Chief Liabilities £259. e from No. 2 Ajo. la7. ~ 
5.-Junior Clerk. Secretary repo ted that ~hlei&h had left of his own /accord, and Juliua Rapoport, a me ber, and aon ot a ~ber had been taken on trial in hia place. 
6.-Pri~ted Liat of embera . Reaolved to recommend that a liat o~ e bera be printed at eattmated coat ot £25. and that notice be given in •Newa• inviting any ember• wiahina their name• omitted to notify the Seoretarr. 
7. -Telepr p 1c A~dreas . Poet o~~i~e wrote that Fabt a and Fabian were 
____ ~ :~ not av Jlable an ot~ered Nai at. Co t 21/-a year." r I t/-'-1 ); •• t refer to Executive Co ittee• 
• -Andre ed Envelopes. Agreed to print ao e envelopes addre~taed to the Societr tor aale to emb r • 
9.-New Offices . Agreed to have further report on t ew p
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Sidne7 Yebb Chairman. 

Report o~ Propaganda Committee.
Pr1nte9 Meeting !ueada7 Jan., 14th. 1908. Present: Robson (in ohair), Miss Kurby, Dodd, Sanders,and Secretary. Alao Webb. 
l.-Decided that the local Groups be urged to take into consideration the next Guardians Blections and to prepare to run Wamen Candidates 
2.-•een' 8 Hall being secured ~or meeting on March 14th. 1natruo~/1ona were given on matters o~ detail. Prioe of seats ~ixed at -,2/6, 1/-. and 6d. Ksmbera of the Societr applying before Pebrual'J 24th. to ban ti/-and &/6 t1okete ~or •1-aocl •1­reattetivel.J. Acree4 +. +luro •bQ81d be eHh frOIIl lb.aw onlJ,but a.--.-4~• Hr on IU he ehair. 


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• , 24. Rutherferd. •torr Demoorac7•. 
6.-Letter waa received from Arts Group aalting for permieaion ~o retain present m~bers who are not members of the SooietJ and promiaingto ober br-laws in tuture. Decided to refer letter to Executive 
Committee. 
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Report of the Publishing Committee.
P~e. 
Meeting 3rd. February, 1908. 
Present: Shaw (in chair), Barker, rruest, Miss Rutchins,Mrs. Shaw, standring. and Secretary. Also Sanders. 
1.-Reprfints. It was agreed (a) Not to reprint rract 103, Overcrowding
in London bJ" W. C. Steadman (b) to drop temporarilyNo. 63, Parish Council Cottages (c) to reprint the following Tracts nearly sold out viz:­
"State Railways for Ireland" 
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socialism and Teaching o'! Christ" (Welsh)

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eottace Plans and Common Sense" by Raymond Unwin 


"State Control or Trusts" by Mac~~ ty."Socialism and Labour Policy" . . W'f'wentieth eentvry Politics" bJ" Sidney Webb "Pauper and Old Age Pensions "by Sidney Weob. · 
The Committee reco~nends that i ts action be approved. 
2.-Offers of Tracts 

Herbert Spencer's political philosophy, bJ" Wm. Hogg.
wThe Essence of Socialism" by Fred Henterson. 
The Cornmittee having read t:he tracts, recommends that both 
offers be declined. 
3.-"Fabianism and the Empire"

The Committee rVcommends that about 200 soiled copies / on hand be bound for sale @ 2/-. This will leave a stock of 150 clean copies.
4.-Fifield Reprints.
The Committee having interview•d Mr. Fifield, and on his adYice authorieed £&0 to be spent in advertising, recom-/mends that No. 5 of the Series, Shaw's "Driving Capital ou~ of the Countryw, be issued without waiting for Vol.6 
5.-Hea Aylmer Maude, Mrs. Bernard Shaw, ~~d Miss Rutchins were appointed 
a Reading Sub-Committee for repor·ting on MSS. 
The Committee recommends that its action be approved. 

Notification 81 Chainair· 
6.-Advertisements. Since the last meeting o'! ~he Committee the Cha~has authorised the Seoretary to continue the usual advertise ment on the cover of the Labour Party Annual Report for
u.-t.o. 
The Chairman prays that hu aotion be approved.
A proposal that the Society shall take a page advt. in the ~trat number of the I.L.P. Monthly Review (5,000circulation guaranteed) '!or £5. was also laid be~ore the Chairman. Re is of opinion that ~he expenditure would not be Justified by ~he value of the advertisement to !' the Society• but as it m1ilt aet as a friendly eubsidy 1 to the new Beview he leaves the matter ~or ~he Exeoutive Committee to decide. 
Bernard Shaw Chainnan. 

Private. Report of Propaganda Committee Meeting Wednesday 12tho February,l908. 
Present: Bland (in Chair), Dodd 9 Ensor, Guest, Miss Murby,Sanders, Shaw, and Secretary. 
1.-Several applications having been received from local Socialist Societies asking for terms of af~iliation, a report on the question o~ a~filiation on non-Fabian Societies will be submitted to the next meeting of the Executive Committee. 
2.-Arrangements have been made for Shaw to lecture for the Sheffield 
F. s. and 	the Birmingham Socialdst Centre during this month. 
3.-New London Groups are formi ng at Dulwich & District, St. Pancras & District, Ealing & District, Chiswick & District, and in Eastern Suburbs. 
4.-	Suburban Lecture Courses are in progress at New Crbss (Lewisham & District Group), and East Ham. Arran~~ents fo~other courses are in hand f or Clapham (Claph ~S1)~Hampstead 
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(Hampstead Socialist Centre) and Walthamstow. 
5.-New Societies have been f ormed at Hull and Bute,N.B.; others beingf ormed at Cardiff, Carnarvon, and Manchester University.A Course of l ectures is being arranged at Marlborough with 
the object of forming a local F. s. o.~ Number o~ lectures arranged through o~fice from Sept. last number 260. 7.-~ueen's Hall Meeting. Tickets sold to date amount to over ~bu. 
Expenditure and Liabilities on me eting to date including hall a6d advertising about £50. Further expenditure and adver­tising in daily press up to £5 . authorised. Agreed ttat provincial and University F.S.s. be offered twe platformtickets for ~epresentatives of the Societle•. Agreed t hat tickets be sent to M.P.s. who are members of the F.S. and to ~he officers of the Labour Party.
B.-Essex Hall Meetings . 
Present Arrangem ts:­Feb . ~4. Reeves. "Old Age Pensions" 
,, 28. Unwin. "Town-planning•
Mar. 13. Chiozza-Money. •waste of Capital" 
, , 27. No meeting.
Apr. 10. Morison. "Collectivism o~ Indian Government•. 

Dates not ~ixed. Rutherford on"Tor~ ~~craoy" and Temple I on "V:astgt.in~dUO!i\t:i.rm~ t Universi­ties" 
Offe-r...by Cunninghac to lecture on "Railway-Nationalisation" 
declined. 
9~-Application/ for about £&Q. from Education Group was considered to 
pay cost of securing lectures at an Education Conference to 
be held by the Group at !':aster at Summer Schoel. Re~erred to 
Bxecutive Committee without recommendation. 

Rubert Bland Chairman. 
Report of Finanoe_and General PurpoAes Camcittee.
Private. 
M·eting Pebruary 7th. 1908. 
Pre~ent: Webb (1n chair), Bland, Dodd , Hobson, Maude , Mrs. Reeves , Sanders , and Secretary. 
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1.-The ?ebx·uary Candidates were elected, subject in oa e of the 0 ... Sheffield Society, to evidence that they had individually ' signed the Basis. 
2.-Resignations o~ B~ D. .irdlestone and two other were accepted . 
3.-nook BoxeR. Secretary reported Subscriptions for 10 months £76,and ~ome 36 order. waitin whilst the £100 voted fr~ the No. 2 a/o had all been spent. After debate it was anreed to recommend the Executive to authorise a furt h expenditure of £50 out of this year's fees, and to sug­ge"t the rule that 1n future the actual e }eipts t'rom. fees may be annually expended 1n new boo~s. 
4.-Tract on ork of P riAh Council!'!. It wa~t agreed to reoo~end that 10,000 be printed and sent out to Chairoen &o. of Parish and District Councils with a covering letter, at a co3t o~ £40 ore o lea~ . Also that ~dvts. be obtained to cover part coRt . 
5.-Education Rill. It was a reed to reco end that a letter to be dr~fted by the Education Group be ent to the press , as approved by the Executive, protesting againAt contractingout, befnre the in~roduotion of the Sill. 6.-British ational Co 1ttee of the In.ernatlonal Bureau. Bland, Sanders, and Pease were appointed to represent the S(lc i ety at the Annual Conference on Feb. 13, aml it was resolved that .land be nominated for the Com.uttee . 
7.-The Political Policy.
It waa agreed to print off 2~0 cop es (lf the Report, for stook, and that the Chair an bring up draft for considera­tion of the letter o~ enquiry to/ the members, &o. 
8.-ueAtion of' Privilege It was aereed to state in abian News that the teport of the Mel!lbers' eetine lu the PSun" \./8'3 unauthorised and in­accurate; ilnd f urther that the Colll!llittee rl.eprer.ates the publir.ation of such articles a~ that in the •standard•, art ocatina Tarl~f Refo igned• y a mel!lber of the 
Fabian Fxeoutive•. 9.-Rduoation Group Health Sub-Group.Acreed to p y f'or ClH'f(lrti•8 Inn for a meet.ing to discu 8 the Poli(ly o~ , erUoal Inspection. 
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PriYate. ~inanoe and General Purpose• Committee Report. 
Meeting 5th. March 1908. 
Preaent: Webb (in ohair), Bland, Dodd, Kaude, Sandera and Seoretarr. 
1.-The eishty eight oandidatea were elected and two obaoure re•ignation• were accepted. 
1.-Aocounta to January 3l•t. and report on February Accounts were received 0 al•o estimate to 31 Maroh ahowing a probable •mall cash balance, with large &Yailable reserves. 
3.-Women'• Suttrage. Appeal tor taoiliti~• tor Bill, propo•ed by
• & Mrs. 'l'oyne. Rettrred to the Executive without comment. 
~.-Election Fund. Dratt circular with namea ot Tru•tees waa oon•idered and approved. Proot enclo•ed. 
Sidney lfebb Chairman. 
Pr1Y tt. 
C~lt.t.!!. 
W n!t!dAJ llett.ldfl ll\. • llatGh 190 • 
PreAtn\.1 Rland (in e air), Dortd, r.~or, Rob oa. 1011• rbJ, S nder • anct s 
1.-Ruex R ll R~ •n e \.h t fe le be &Rked to 1eot.ure ln Autumn on •waate at Un1Yere1\1ee•. ~t. 11! llurby lecture on w ete and t.he Wcaan Q.ueat.lon on AprU ht.h. llettl.na to bt pl'iY t.e. 
1.-Q.uetn'• H 11 ettina. Rtport t.h t tot. l R~e1pte \o date £160. P1nal R.r.elpte (e•ttmated) £170. Total Kxpenrl turt (e t1.m t.e ) about. a64. 
et Us or u• c, deo rattnlUI, liter ture 
seller• c . rr Ufl!d. 
Cl r nn Reou\R &RklnR for on-operation ln 
hol~1n CollReum eet.1na n \ha\ h • bt 
epeaker. Agreed th \. the reque•t be eo1lned. 
o&.-Reo ended \.h \ t e A 1 niree be helrl on fourt.h Prid&J 1n June. Det 11! \o be re~erred \.o Prop canda C~i\\ee. 
1.-Report t. t '>ubur ft!l C urRe!!t h .,.., been or are beirt~t held at New Cro9a,Ralh , Walth Atow nd H p8tead. 

ulwinh and t .aat.ern Sub.rba. Ot .er• 
t "t. P nftru and Iltord. New Soeie\7 to ed t C rdl~f. "ootetJ being ro ed at Rochrt le. 
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Publishin& Co ttee Report. 
Meeting Prida7 February 2Bth.l90 • 
Preeent: aude (in chair), Barker, Gueet, Headlam, sa Hutohine, Shaw, re. Shaw, Standring, and Secretary: aleo Sandera • 
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1.-New Traota. Pariah Counoila and Village Li~e. Agreed to print10,000 tor special iaeue and 10,000 tor atook. 
2.-The Hare• Dialogue. Agreed to aet up in Ui err o~ oote format. 
3.-Kra. ~land'• Poema. Agreed to alk Pif1eld to eetimate tor Kiaeryo'f Boota format. 
~.-Shaw'• Co on Sen~e o'f Uun1oipal Tr ding.Agreed to conault Pitield ae to iaaue 6d. in the Fabian Soo1aliat Seriea. 
A large number of other propoaed publ1cat1ona were under dieouaaio~ but no deoiaiona were come to requiring the aanotion ot the 
Executive. 
A;rlmer aude Vice-Chairman. 
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The Education Bill, 

AT the joint meeting of the Education and Local Government Groups of the Fabian Society the Government Education Bill of 1908 was considered, and the following re olutions, which have since been approved by the Executive Committee, were passed:­
1. 
That the Bill is unique among the many Education B1lls of the pa<t fifty year. in not containing a single clause which even professes to make the schools better or local government more efficient-at any rate over the nineteen-twentieths of the country outside the single school parish. 

2. 
That instead of seeking to render more effective the control of the lucal representative authority over the non-provided schools, it provides the means by which a cotJ>iderable proportion of them whilst remaining very largely supported from public funds will escape from such control as already exists. 


3· That the privilege of "contracting out" of such control is not made dependent on the religious beliefs of the children or the desires of the parents, but practically on the pecuniary resources of the managers ; so that where there is a wealthy incumbent or a chance of charging fe~s, the Church school can contract out and become as extreme in its denominationalism as it pleo1se.:~, e\•en if all the children are 
Nonconformists; whilst where the managers and the neighborhood are both poor, contracting out and denominational teaching are made impossible, even if all the children are Anglic.ms or Roman Catho!tcs. 
4· That there is no security provided that the contracted-out school; will maintain their teaching staff on its present scale of numbers, qualifications, or salaries; that they will continue to be able to share in the local education authority's scho!Jrship system; that they will continue to enjoy the advantages of its staff of school nurses, or of its organization for arranging school dinners for necessitous children ; that they will continue to be able to send their picked scholars to its higher elementary schools; that they will be 
t:ntitled to participate in the manual traming or domestic economy centres; or in its arrangements for the 
education of pupil-teachers.
5· That a school in which the managers elect to contract out, and in which any new furniture and 
equipment has been provided since 1903-4, can contract out only subject to the \'ery heavy fine of forfeitingall such new furniture and equipment, which will remain the property of the local education authority, and cannot even be lent to the school thus giving up its status f publtc elementary school. 
6. That the result of the Bill must be, in many of the schools which contract out, to restore the objectionable system of school fees-and this not in schools offering superior educational advantages, but in schools which cannot well fail to be educationally less efficient than the others. 
7· That even the promised relief to Nonconformists in districts wher~ there are none but Church schools is to a great extent illusory; as unless at the cost of establishing a number of microscopically small new prO\·ided schools of huge cost and neceS>arily uf low efficiency, no provision is made for the case of the 
very uumerous rural parishes in which there are two or more schools1 all denominational, or for the still more numerous cases in which large urban districts have nothing but denominltional schools. 
8. That the attempt by increased Government grants to bnbe the ratepayers into the acceptance of a less efficient system of educational organization is in direct contravention of the proper policy of grants tn 
aid, the function of which is to serve as instruments for securing greater efficiency. 
q. That even this bribe is illusory, as the increased charges consequent on the conversion of non-
provided in to provided schools, and the necessity of building new schools to replace those which cease to 
ex ist, must presently far exceed the immediate gain to the ratepayer at the expense of the taxpayer i whilst 
in London and the counties the education rate will actually be increased by the fact that the non-provided schools which are transferred will cease to be exempt from local rating. 
10. That the Bill, therefore, if it becomes law, can hardly fail (n) outside the single school areas to break up and dislocate the local organization under municipal control ; (b) to lower the educational efficiency of the schools which contract out; (c) to bring back a tax on the parents in the shape of school fees; (d) to 
restore the old condition of things in which teachers' ·alaries were depressed and school equipment stinted, because the managers were poor; (e) to make it more difficult for the local education authority to maintain 
regularity of school attendance, and to see that every child is at a school suited to his or her peculiar needs and capacity; and(/) greatly to hamper, if not to render nugatory, the much-needed medical inspection of children in the schools which will cease to be under local control. 
In view of these considerations, it seems to the Executive Committee of the Fabian Society that the Nonconformist members in the House of Commons would act in a spirit of patriotism and in conformity
with the great example of their forerunners of 1687, if they informed Mr. McKenna that, whilst gratefully
recognizing his attempt to redress their religious grievances, they preferred not to accept redress for their 
co-religionists at the cost of so heavy a blow to national efficiency as his Bill would entail. 
Members are invited to give publicity to these resolutions and in any other way to take action in the 
direction indicated by them. 
Rv ORDER OP THE ExECUTIVF CoMMITTEE, FABIAN 0FFlCE, 3 CLEMENT'S INN, EDW. R. PEASE, 
STRAND, LONDON, W.C. -Marc/1, I9Q8. Secretary. 


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Private. Report of the Publishing Committee. 
· Meeting lOth. April 1908. 
Present: ~ude (in chair), Mrs. Shaw, Standring,Secretary: also Sanders. 
1.-Muni cipalisation Tract It was r esolved t o s end proof to all members. 
2.-Fifield Series. It was agreed to pr int 5,000 copies only of 
•common 	Sense of Municipal Trading• and to employ Clarke to pr int, notwithst anding his high pr ice, which is to be b eaten down if possible. 
3.-Sixpenny Essays. Let t er from Scgtt saying he could probably arrange a !d. Royalty, and asking re preface. Agreed, in view view of Shaw's numerous under­takings alr eady in hand for the Society,toask Webb to do the prefac e. (Webb has consented to do it during Easter). 
4.-The Medical Profession. 
Secretary reported receipt of adverse report on Dodd's MS. by Webb and his action in returningthe MS. t o Dodd was approved. Webb's proposedCommi t tee was considered and it was agreed to invite F. G. Layton, medical practitioner, of Walsall a new member , who attended t he Committee, to prepare a draft on lines suggested by Webb . 
He agreed to do this. 
5.-Unauthorised Program. Secretary reported that P. J. Reid's pr oposal was for a series of articles on Legislation byGovernment Departments on the lines of the administration reforms already twice suggested.Agreed that Reid be asked further to develop
the proposal. 
6.-Out of Jrint Tracts. No. 36. Scandal of London Markets. Plates havingbeen destroyed by printers (Ward and Foxlo•) it 
was agreed to drop.No. 128. Case for Legal Minimum Wage: 5,000 to 
be printed.No. 87. Clifford's Christian Socialism in Welsh. 3,000 to be printed. 
Ay1mer Maude Vice-Chairman. 

Meeting 9th. April, 1908 
Present: Webb (in chair), Bland, Dodd, Kaude,Sanders and Secretary. 
1.-The April can~idates were elected, and report waa made that the 
average subscription of 47 ordinarr em&epe candidates was 
ll/3d. 
2.-Reaignationa of s. Cobden-Sickert and two others were accepted. 
3.-School 	Feeding Experiment. It was decided to allow Dr. Guest a temporary overdraft of £25 on t his account. 
4.-Women's Franchise. Resolution of the Central Group thereon was ordered to be referred to the New Executive. 
5.-Labour Party. The Secretarr was ordered to propose t hat their accounts be professionally audited. 
6.-Auditor. Hector Thomaon was appointed. 
7.-Executive Election. The Secretary was given instructiona aa to arrange ents tor counting the votes. 
B.-Staff Salaries. Special Report is annexed. 
Sidner Webb Chairman. 

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Pri Vi.i.te 
REPCJ RT 0 i1 r:c:r; SALARIJ':S 0F T IF. STAT'f.' 
Tne Co!!mi ttee h<..s c<..refull~· cons i d ~red ~ Pepo rt on tne 
J ULI US RAPCJPCJRT rru. s appo i ntee... i n J •. nu"'r~· ut <.. co1":•mcin·, sal..!.ry c lG/ -. As 11e is provinc ln u.ll resp 1;cts s<..ti sf •.ctor~' . int eJ cent, cu.pu.bl e, quick u.nd dili,~'3nt , trte Cm!l."li t tee recot'luend~ t nu.t fti•s su.L ,ry be rai se<.l to 21/-. / 

J • n01.7F.LL . In virm of his 1on·~ services (..thont 17 ye.:.rs), ni e..reat c01:1petence fo r !'li s duti e s, c,nd t.>1e sor~e·.n,c.t r'3sp onsib1 
v.o r]{ he no·:r 11u.s to do, nu1e1;,;, tile chu. rr;e of t ~,e s to c1: of p u 1icu.ti ons, doclll.'lents ,··c. 1 besid0s his ubi1i ty as a. S'torthu.nd typ ist, the Cr:wnni tt0e recoJ'li1ends that !lis s.•.1 u.ry be ru.is0d froHl!:,v/-to 15/ -. 
J . -,. s;-IA''l Wi.l S e n r;u.•_,'3d <.:. s CuS!ii Cr :. yeL r u.•,OI c:.nd in uddi tion to 

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!u.s 1,ivcn tnu.t Cmm:littGc co1•1p10tc su.t isf..tcti on. 
info rrnu.1l~· , for c.n uuv~.ncJ, u.nC. t"c C_o:.u.itt•J'J recor-t.mds t, 
}.is Sc~.lc.r~· Of -~2/-U ·;r•;•;]: ( -~l(J<:") bC rcLised to n125. / 

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He bus dovotod mucr1 cner1~Y and
I	Lectures Given by him. capacity to his Ho rl~, n.hich involves, besides attendunce at the office, a ~_:;ood deal of travellinF; und muny eveninr:; meet­inr_;s. Trte Commi tte•1 recomaends that his salary be rais<3d tc 
£120 in addition to reos. 
The total increase wnounts to f-51 u. year. 
SIDNEY \VEBB, Chui rmun. 

ptivate. Report of the Propaganda Committee. 
Meeting 13th. April, 1908. 
Present: Bland (in chair) Dodd9 Headlam, Miss Kurby,andSanders. 
1.-By an 	oversight the meeting at Essex Hall on April 24th. was not announced in Fabian News as being open to Members, Associates and Subscribers only. Decided that postcards should be sent announcing this to members &c. in London District. 
2.-. New Societies and Groups. New Society opened in Cardiff byOrganising Secretary. New local groups formed at St. Pancras and Ilford. Women's Group established. Preliminary stepsbeing taken to form Societies in Leicester and Bristol. 
3.-Suburban Lectures. Courses completed at Hampstead, Balham and Walthamstow. Twelve courses given this season as comparedwith nine last year. Decided to give a course of four lecturfts in NAttingham in January next. 
4.-~ueen's Hall Meeting.
Receipts to date Expenditure  £187.11. 66.14.  6 7  
Balance  £120.16.11  
Cash  outstanding  1.10.  0  

5.-Meetings at Essex Hall. 
(a) 	Present arrangements May 8th . Olivier •The Faith I hold•. 
Should 	Olivier fail to arrive in time it is recommended that Pease act as substitute and give lecture on Licensing Bill. Rutherford written oft for May 8th. and asked tor June 12t~ Failing him it is recommended that G. P. Gooch,
M.P. be asked to lecture on •rreland and Pro­tection•. May 22nd. Annual Keeting. June ~o Ro meeting at Essex Hall on account of Soiree. 
(b) 	Recgmmended that J. A. Hobson be asked to lecture upon•The Swiss Republic and the Referendum• 
~ (c) Temple agrees to lecture on •waste in Education~ ~--------------Deoe~~e~
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, TlJR T'>J.'~ . 7hTTT ' Td08 ' 
• 6Q-Annual Soir~e. Recommended that the Soir~e be held at the Rooms of the So~ety of Painters 1n Water Col ours . Piccadilly. Friday June 26th. Tickets 2/6.Special efforts to be made. 
, Annual Conference. Recommended that the Annual Conference take place on Saturday 27thG June. 
a.~ Progra~e of Propaganda Work. Recommended that the ~llowing programme of Propaganda Work be approved and reportedto the Annual Meeting of members. 
(a) 	
Suburban Lectures to be continued next autumn especi­ally in connection with local Fabian Groups and Societies. 

(b) 
Big meetings to be arranged in the provinces under the auspices of local Fabian Societies with prominent London me&bers as speakers.

(c) 	
Educational courses to be arranged for members. A small registration fee of one shilling to be charged.

(d) 	
Two Queen's Hall meetings to be organised between October 1908 and March 1909. 

(e) 	
Large meetings to be organised in suburbs under auspices of local groups.

(f) 	
Local Groups to be encouraged to sell literature by offer of a prize. 


9o-Medical Group. Recommended that endeavours be made to form a Group consisting of members of medical profession. 
Huber t Bland Chairman. 

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St rting Order~ and Order of ~eferenoe 
Su -oo:am1tt.eea• P•Oi'••acJ •r t)le lete•eAIe .1.-Banh me ber of tale heouti•e C 

ita m etinR•• tn alphabetioal order. (the n e of the m b r whoae turn it 18 bein atated in the a enda o'f e oh eetln ). 11' the Ch ir: an eo dui nated 1e not re ent t the t1 e for be innin buainea~. ne other me ber then pre ent eh4ll be Tnted to the 
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o fttin vote. 2.-The eetin • ot the xeG tt•• C~ltt e eh 11 he held at the 
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r.oc1et1'~ o~~ioe. nd n ~&111 at~ or .ao p.m. on auoh Prtdaye 
1 be ~ise~ ~ro tLn to t~e. A Speo1 1 oeetin 1 be 
called by the neoretary whenever required. An eoda. (1nolud1ns far • m y be praotioable, aunh report o ~ub-C~itteee 
cay h ve been prepared} ah~ll be aent by poet to e hoe ber eo a to re h him not 1 ter than t e mornina del1ver1 or the rlay o'f eet1ng. Any m her o~ t e Rxecutive Co ttee wi hing to 
oTe a reaolut1on on an1 ubjeet (ot er t n ~tere ar1a1ng out 
or the report or a Sub-C~ittee, or other item in the a end&) ahall &1Te notioe thereof to the Seoretarr two olear day• before the date or meetina. P.aoept bJ the unantmou• oonaent of t • member• preeent, no reeolutlon (other \han atoreaa1d) aball be moTed withou~ notioe. 
3.-!h~~ prooeedtnga or the F.zeout1Te Committee and of ita Sub-Commit­
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teea, nd &DJ •~atem.ent• -~· thereat. are to be· ~·~ r~eij -•• abeolutelJ priTa~ ~Wential• eaep\ in •o far •• &llJ 
pu l1 at.ion thereof' mq be made in •Pab1an News • b7 order of the 
xeouttYe C~ttt••• nrt in t t oaae, until euoh publi~ation. ~ 
ProYide·t t t. nn the tte nd of' anr f1Ye tllt.:lbt a preaent t he te • o~ anr reaolution put to the xeoutiYe 0 it.tee n4 the n ea of' thoae Yoting f'or or a aia.t it hall be apeo1all7 entered upon the minutea nd thall thereupon oeaae to be 
oo~ident1al. 
4 .-xo ept in o • of ursenor. ·to be deo 1detl b7 vote of' the xeat1Ye C ittee, all mai.tere f'or :lta deoltion, inoludin all lettera requiring attention o replr hall atand referred to one or other of ita St ndin 5u -C~itteea or to a Sub-C ttt e apeo\allr appointed, tt hall be oon idered 1 the Bxeou••-­C ttee only on reporta i"rom the 

ltt.eea. 
5.-Naoh fub-Co;::nittee llhall ubaut to the next en"uin E:uout1Ye Co 1ttee a ue~lnot report nf the prooee11n • at ea h ot i ta meet1 a, arr n ert 111 numbered para raphl, an inoluditll definite 1·e entiat:toM on the pointa on which 1t de :tre the JllxeoutiYe Committee t.o deoide. The report shall be pre9ared on the authoritr of' the Chatrman ofthe Sub-C ittee, a d ahall bear 
flub-Comcittee pre~ent at the meeting. 
6.-It ahall be open for any t!ut er of the P.xeoutiYe Comaaittee, to moYe (without notlee) with reterenee to anr paraaraph ln ~• repot·t. nf" a "\ub-Co lt\ee oentainlA& ao reoomlllendatton, either an 
ezprea~t1 n of' a opinion of t • ltGOU 1ve Co:m11tt .. u on the 
, or ely ,, 1 b eferred back to the u -eo ltt.e f'or fort r on irle• 1.\on ,f' t • 1 jeot. 
7.-The aeYer 1 eoo ewt t " cont. 1 1et1\ in the r po t o~ a ub-C it tee h 11 put to t. e "'xeout ve c ittee in the UIIU 1 way , nd the re olution o e to 0 RUO l on en ation h&1l et nd re erreti to t.he ub-~o 1ttee c noe-rned or exe~ution• 
• ­ 11  e  her of' the beout ve  c  bjeot t  notioe  ove  
aubJ  o he  1 ef'ex· ed  ror oo •1 oration anrt  se  rt to t  e  
e "u -c  1tt  ot1on.  11'  
be  t  •l  1 to oon" ttter  ton by tb  1ttee at 1  ,.--~  ..... -....., .,  


0 1 u -c u , unl er he eof', he • all not vote, nor, exnep by pe 
10 .-.aoh u -c hall elect a t ndln an ror tile 1 ar {or su~h ho ter per1oti it 1 d 1det; ho ah 11 be re•ponai le tor ov1n at the xeout ve Co 1ttee the eoe t1on o~ the report of the ub-C~lt\ee. Raoh "ub-C~ittee oay, it de•1red, elect a •tanding Vioe-Chai n. 
11.-1~tee ~th 11 conform to the Order• tor t e t e bein 1 f'or~e; sh 11 e 1 onlJ with t ter• wi,,hin 1.t • ref'erenoe 1 fix its own t e and place ot meet1n8• and 1t 


ub-G ittee 11 powered , (in rt H t lru1 to y peotally i ven to it by a xe olut1on o the l.xe Co Ill to the ~peoi~io u~oxi le• in the Orrtera o~ 
t e e1'ereno e) • 
(a) 	t'l rli ou s et e recn en ation to the aecutive Cow:11ttee on , uy tter w1t.h1n ita o1Jn Ore er of' Re1'ererl0e ( ) To o rry out ny ex licit deo ion o the xeo tive c it-e on JJ within its own Orl'\er of' Refete e 
( ) To ake on t1e ~t era within it on 0 er of' e erenee ny otion ur ently required in the inte At of' the n" t""t1• }li,.,h will not. ver.nit of' the lel 7 invol rt in 
'h" next R er 1t ve Co tt'!e; but ubj ot tJ t the f'or o1n • no "lu -en 1 t"te ay, 1t ou h ving f'1z!'lt f' t 8 r:xeoutive eo ttee, (lt) n ur ny exp nAe nr liability exoeectin 


(y) !l any n w r ep rtut e in polioy r pr ti e • ("·) pu 11 h nytl1n :ln the n e or on beh 11' o the 
1 • The Honorary Treasurer, tu ert 1 nrt, and the ener 1 s retary, w rd UJno1dll Pe se , 11 11 be utho ised to tgn ehequea on e 1~ of the ooiety and to oonrtuot th n nkins lu11ine a of the oo tetJ, and the 11 1rt Edw. R. Peal'le hall he uthor1ze4 to enrtor e ehe eA nrt o r instru e ta paJa 1 to the rootet J . 
Or~e " o~ e erence. 
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(1) Tl; reoeipt t.<l T of: h oot ty'l fund ( ) The bal'lript.i ns nti on t1onl of' ra • oo1 t. anti ot 
unt. • l't th prell t a­tton o 11 ne e 11 ry 
(b) ele--·tion o ... 
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Th Cir 111a1.:1.n ook oxe 

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ni 1on o pro gnn 1 t 1eotuze!l , 

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( ) The , re ort nfl ooJt t t t ooiety p1 o s on l • ( ) Th tlon o new ' C)tq, 1 eport n<t hook for u b li.oation by the 0(' t 
(<' ) The liternty prop~tty or tie Society 
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to t  e  ubJeot ,  utl.or.a  ip  th r  et 11• .  

(2) 	ub-COl!ll:littee ehall oiroul te to the c~ber 0 the F.xer.utive r.oJmltttee in gnod ti~e complete proo~lt nf' all put lie ttonft whioh it proposea to reno entt the Exer.ut1Ye Cn ittee to 1aaue. 

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Meeting M&J 4th. 1908. 
Preaent: Bland (in ohair), Enaor, Headlam, :U:i.. llurby,Pe&8e and Sandera. 
1.-Soiree. Reference back fram Executive Committee waa conaidere4. Decided to recommend:­(&) That the price of Ticket• be 8/­
(b) 	
That the Soiree take plaoe at either the Port.man Roama or New Gallery.

(c) 
That a amall oroheatra be engaged. 


Particular• ot Portman Roams. 
Hire of Larae Suite capable of accommodating 750 peraona,8 gu1neaa. Proprietor• retain right to a~plJ retreabmenta at following taritt tor a m1n1mum ot 300 peraona:­
(1) 	
Tea; Cottee; White and Brown Bread & Butter; Madeira Cake; Genoa Cake; varioua Deeaert •uaculta 9d. per head 

(2) 	
No. 1 with addition ot Prench pa1triea; Macaroon•; Home­made L~onade and Orangeade 1/-per head 

(3) 	
No. 1 & 2 with addition of Sandwichea varioua;Maids ot Honour; Strawberry Cream ioea 1/6 per head Taritt No. 3 would be reduced ld. per every hundred bywhich the minimum la railed.,;t~1 to. toO. Aaaumin~ the retas ~en~• ooat 1/6 per head, and the tioketa 


-----	are 8/-eaoh, and 100 tloketa are aold and the holdera attend there would be a 1um of £15 lett at~er p_,ing tor retreahmenta to meet hire ot hall £a.a.o; orcheatra say£3.3;.o; piano 10/6; artiatea' expenaea (x) printing and inoideatala (x). Thla would probablJ mean a alight de­
-ficit. 
,Guarantee~ng 400 would ralae balance to £17.10.0; 500 to £20; 600 to £22.10.0; providing alwa71 that 600 tioketa are sold and the holder• attend. (Last year •over 400"
attended). 
Partloulara ot New Gallery. 
Hire ot the whole aulte of roam8 lfi ~eaa. Proprietor•make a condition of letting that :U:eaara. Searoey, T&naeJ & Co. be emplo7ed aa refreabment oontraotora. !hla rtr.m will not cauote for anJthlng below 1/-per he..; with 1cea 1/1;ainlmum 500 peraona. A8 the prioe of tickets would no more than cover ooat of refreabmenta it would be neces•&rJ• in order to engage the New Gallei'J, tor the Executive Com­mittee to be prepared to meet a def1o1t ot over £20. 

2.~ Difficulties with ~he authorities have arisen 1n connection with the formation of Pabian Sooieties at the Viotoria (.lianchester~~ University and the Birmingham Un1Yersitr. We are ~&king ~~ action in the matter and will report again, r re a 'tr • 
3.-We have considered a memorandum from Kontague Pordham on the subject of Socialist propaganda in Rural Districts. We understand that the N. A. c. of the I. L. P. will consider ~he matter shortlr and we recommend that we approaoh that body for the purpose of holding a conference on the subject. 
4.-The Organising Secretary has arranged to visit York and Leicester to form Fabian Societies. 
Hubert Bland Chairman. 
l'abian SocietJ. Pund. 
!ota1 anawera, a few poaaib1J from
Mar 6th. 
Aeaooiatea. 

l.2.£. 	with promiaea without praniaea 
ya1nat 
DoubtfUl 

Promilel, in manr oalel on17 minimum pramiaed, in a few, lubleot ~o conditions, 1 8 £500, 1. £150, l § £125, 6 • £50, 9 8 £25, 21 0 £10 to £20, and 235 for lesa than £10. 
Ill 60 __6 !99 
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B. That the reYien 1n the Pabian New• be diaoontinued. and that aubjeot to ~he Editorial control o~ the Publ~shing Committee,Correapondenoe shall be admitted to ita columns. 
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Private. Report of Finance and General Purposes Committee. 

Meeting 14th. May 1908. 
Present: Bland (in ohair) 9 Ensor, Hobson, Miss Murby,Shaw, Webb, Sanders and Pease. 
1.-Bland was elected Chairman and Mrs. Reeves Vice-Chairman for year. 
2.-Annual Meeting. It was agreed that any discussion on Wells and the N. w. Manchester Election would most conveniently be taken on the Parliamentary Fund Report. 
3.-Meetings of Society. Arrangements reported as made:­June 19. Rutherford M.P. Dec. 11. Temple on Waste in Education (sine e cane elled)It was agreed to consider a scheme for next session at ~he next meeting. 
4.-•New 	Worlds for Old•. It was agreed to put par. in •News• asking names of small Libraries to which copy might be presented out of the fund offered. 
5.-Parliamentary Fund. In view of ~he fact that only 400 out of 2,000 members have replied to the circular9 it was agreed to send out with •News• aaother copy asking for more replies. 
6.~ Members• Bookshelf. It was decided in view of the ~ds now available to procure a supply of books to be kept in the office as a circulating Library for members, and with ~hat objeot:­
(a) 
to sell or destroy useless books on the shelves 

(b) 	
to print a catalogue of the books most likelyto be wanted. 

(c) 
to prepare rules for issue in the •News•. 


The Library would not be separate fr~ the Book Boxes,books being interchangeable, and used for both purposes. 
Hubert Bland Chairman. 
Report of Propaganda Committee.
Private. 
Meeting May, 18th. 1908. 

Present: Miss Kurby {in chair), Bland, Hobson, Mrs. Snowden,and Sanders. 
1.-Chairman. We have eleoted Miss Murby as Chairman of the Sub-Committee. 
2
0 -Soiree. We have engaged Portman Rooms and arranged for an 
Orchestra and settled other details in Qo~nection 
with the Soiree. 
3.-Suburban Leotures. 

Eight courses of Suburban Lectures have been arrangedto be held in connection with Fabian Groups and Socieilee during the Autumn, and a course in oonnec­R&&~4 tion with the Wallington Socialist Society.
4.-General Lectures. We have decided to send a letter to about 300 Newspapers and Journals offering to supply lectures during the . autumn and winter on Socialism and Social Reform subjects.
5.-Provincial Propaganda. {a) Arrangements have been made to hold a 
large public meeting at Liverpool In October under 
the auspices of the local F. s. to be addressed by

G. L Shaw. 
{b) New Fabian Societies have been formed at Yprk and Marlborough. Org. Sec. visits Leicester on June 15 to form Society there; also Hull F.s. to address public meeting; also Leeds to try to form a Leeds University F.So Steps are being taken to form Society at Bristol. 
6~-London Groups. {a) New Group is being formed at Norbury and Thorn­ton Heath, and another at Streatham. 

{b) Dr. MoCleary advises postponement of formation of Medical Group; Dr. Eder is forming a Socialist Medical Society.
7.-Meetings at ~ueen's Hall and St. James' Hall. 
'7e 	recommend that one of the two meetings arranged for ~ueen's Hall be held at St. James' Hall instead. That mee'4fte the meetings take place in November and ~mrch next. That the subjects dealt with should be 
•The Unemployed•, and •sources of Socialist Revenue•. Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Webb to be asked to deal with the
first subject.
8.-Annual Conference JUly 11th. Decided to ask Fabian Societies and Groups to send 1n subjects for discussion at the Conference. Deoided to ask L.G. crhiozza Money to open a discus­sion on the subject of •sources of Socialist Revenu' 
9.-Pioneer Boot Works. We have asked Kiss F. Underwood to represent
the Fabian Society at the opeatac ot 
8 .P 
Pioneer Boot Works Northampton, and 
pay her fare.(rr/ illicent Jlurby fftlilll 

Private. Publishing Committee Reporto 
Meeting 15th. May 1906. Present: Maude (chairman), Barker, Guest, Shaw,Mrso Shaw, Secretary and Standring. 
1.-Aylmer Maude was elected Chairman and Mrso Shaw Vice-Chairman 
to Maude. 
for the year.member.  Geo.  Standring was  eo-opted as  a  consulting  
2.-Tracts in Press  
Municipalisation.  Criticisms from members  were  referred  

Those wretched Rates. O~dered to be paged and circulated to the Executiveo 
3.-Fifield Publications. Mrs~ Bland's Poems. Agreed that Fifield publish on our behalf and that 3,000 be printed. 
4.-MSS. (a) Medical Service. MS. received from Layton was refer~ed for report to a Committee consisting of Dodd, Guest,MOCleary and Wheeler with power to add. 
(b) 
Albany Review ticle on House of Lords offered by

E. 
Carpenter was referred to Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Shaw for report. 

(c) 	
Shaw's ~ueen's Hall Speech. Agreed to abandon proposalfor publi cation, and that Shaw•s offer to pay cost of transcription (£5.6.0) if it were not used, be not tooeptedo 


5.-Unauthorised Program. New draft received from P. J. Reid proposi~g re-arrangement of Cabinet Ministf~~ Agreed to tell him any scheme 
must be on existing basis. 
6.-Fabian News. Wells' proposal was further considered and adjourned. 
Aylmer Maude Chairman. 



[b; ~'a--en-~~~ 
•1'hat the Organizing Secretary and all similar salaried ~ortlcials that may be hereafter appointed, shall be appointed ~for one year o~ly and that the posts shall not be tenable for "longer than three rears altogethe~) that applications ~or 
"these appointments shall be i~i~ed ~·t~ •Fabian News", 
"and 	that as ~ar as pos~ble these p~ta s~aLl ba ~eserved ~~or members of the S~iett who are st~ll below~e age "of eight and twenty." , , • , _ ••·, • 
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That for the information of the newer members an 

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account of the a~inistration of the Hutohinson Trust,"including the terms of bequest, and an explanation of "the No. 2 Account referred to in the Annual Report, and "a statement of any reserves held by the Society shall "be drawn up by Mro Pease and circulated to the Executive "before the end of Mayo" 


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P lv te. Publ1ah1ns c ttee Re{lorta. 
••ttna 29t.b. 1 1 0 • Pre enta all esoe t Do 

eet.1 12th. June 1 o re~ent: al e&ae t nueat. Re 1.-'l'l 2.-Cat 
!field reprint. 
a.-leg 
Pablan tham 
4.-Arttole 
Jor•U.J)bJHt 
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Report o~ the Publiahin& Committee 
on ..~bJ 11. 1. Well•. 
fte f'ellowiq roul•U• aeTe4 ~1 •· et. Wella wu reforre4 to the a~e C.-.itteo for report, •la:­
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That the ti9ina in the ltbl& Ion be 41aoontinuH, aD1. 

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that 1u~lHt to the Uitorlal ooDtrol of the hbli8M.. •oemmittee, Correlp...tnoe 1hall be .._ltte4 to 1\8 ool~.· 


'fhe Committee ha• oarefull7 ooaauer.. the r•••l•tloll ta 
•low of tht followla& f.a\•s 
(a) 
!he r..t.ew• are u..tul and popular; the7 brina wb•tan­tial addition. to our book8hel•e• in the ahape of r"iew oo•le•;the7 require little or no e4it1D&; thef are •u1te4 to the monthl7 form ot pblioatioa; aDI. tho:r are the kid of work that •oluntar.r oontr1butor8 4o beat. 

(b) 
A oorr..poadenoe ool\111111 oould be u1ocl either for letter• on IUbjeot• ot publlo IDtere•t, or to •entilate arie•anoea and to make auageltiona .. to the work ot the SootetJ. Se•eral member• ot the Sooiot7 publllh letter• from time to time oD 1ubjeot1 ot publio 1Dtere1t;bat the7 never uae •rabian Newa• a• their medium, naturallf preferrtna one ot the areat da111el. The u1e of the propole4 oorre1pondenoe oolumn would therefore be la.tted to internal matter•, inoludin& or1t1o11m of the O%eout1•e and the ottioe 1tatt. I 91114 \le ~~~MIII!~·-==--t


appoint an o41tor tu1tl tDlopODdtn o both, aDd po•••••e
oeaa14erablo l..aemeDt aDI. o~orionoo 1D aoleotlaJ letter• 
for pablloati.. eat of the larao tu&DtitJ that woal4 probablJ
be ••nt in. 
(o) Owin& to the lOD& inhnal between tile nuallen, month17 
publioationa are not •uitable •obloloa for oorre•p...eaoe. 
(d) Thoro 11 at •r..eDt Do 41ff1oultJ 1D ..ouriq the 
publ1oat1on 1D •rabian ••w•• of aa:r propoaala or ..,,••tiona 
that ma:r bo •••U.ulo, thoueh the tom -.plo:r.. u aot that

of a letter. 
Pr1v tt. eport of Propa n~a Co t.tte. 
eet.ina on~ 7 June 1At. 1908. Pre entt rby (in e ~~r), Bl&nd, Dodd, Rnsor, 
,_. n cten dtr • 
.1.-.... " 

.-Provino1 1 pro a. Bl nt1 to ''] e a 1 1 e eet!nc 
Liverp~nl ~ r the looal P. ~. Con ent. glvtn ~or 
\he Or~t. ..,. t.o •~etd a rortnt l.t 1n 1 •cow 

or t e looal r. • if date aan be ar ed. 
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Pr1Yate. lepor~ of the Jinanoe & leneral Parpoaea Committee. 
Keetins 15th. June 1908. 
Preeent: Bland (in ohair). Bobaon. K1s1 MMrbr, re. Reeyee, Shaw and s..retar,.
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a.-Re11cn&t1o~ of G.R • .• Tarlor and I other• •~re aooepied. 
a.-Labour Partr aee1. It waa aareed to pay £3.15.0. betns fee• on the ~~0 J~bi~n• who are not ~e~bers of the Lon~on nooiet7~ ~nd to reter to the Oonterenoe in Jul7 the queation of reooupment by the looa1 Soo1et1el ~oucerned. 
4.-Bohoo1 Jeedin& Bzpertment. It waa agreed (the fomer losn beln& repaid) to adYanoe £15. to <N11t to pa7 out1tand1D& account•• and to oollect it hf oiroular letter when the aoo~~nta oan be m3de up.
5.-Le c. c. Saloe of. Land It waa aareed to take part in deputation aaa1n1t th' propo1ed •~le of land aoqu1re1 tor bou11n1. 1.-•New Worlda tor 01~•. Application• for 16 oop1eo tor Librar1ea wera appro7ed. 
7.-a. D. r.-It wu asreed to recommend that their Invitation to take 
part 1n prn:noting a Conference in fayour ot adult 
s~rrrage &o. be ~eelinsd. 

8.-Nest 	Seaeione Leoturea. 
S711abue ?f lecture• on Sooialil~ dratted bJ Shaw w&l oona14ered. and it was finallJ reeolYed to recommend a Oou.ne of leoturea on the Jabtan Raeia ae tollon&­
l. •conaiate of Sooial1ate• 
(and 	therefore not r.:t.heral~. 'Potid. lio. ) P. Snowden M.P. 
2. •llmanoipation o-r Larulj 
•Pr1Yate 1'ropert7• 	R.C.K. Ensor 
3. 
•Induatrial Ca~ital" 	L.G.Chiozsa KoneJ• K.P. 

4. 	
•Induatrial InYentiona~ (in r·el.ation to priYate init1at1Ye) s. G. Hobaon


[ 
5. •without Comfenaatton• ' Sidn&y Webb 
~6.-•rnterterenoe with veraonal Liberty• . A. R. Orase. 

7. ·~the-Spread ot 
Soe1al1at optnicn• G. M. TreYelJ&nF'"'•:_.,... ~.r •7. ~ 
Hubert Bland Chairman. 


Private. Report of the Publishing Committee. 
Meeting Friday June 26th. 1908. 
Present: Maude (in chair) and all except Barker and Money. 
1.-Sixpenny Essays. Design ~or cover by A.E.R. Gill was cordiallyapproved. 
2.-Common Sense of Municipal Trading. Fifield Series No. 5. This was reported done. 
3.-Women and the Factory Acts. On further report from S~nders and 
Pease it was resolved to reprint Mrs. Webb's 
Article~ subject 'to amendment in respect of the 
introductory passages~ now rather out of •ate~ 
and to complete the volume with other matter to 
be selected. 

4.-Municipal Trading. It was agreed to adopt that title for the 
new Tract. 

5.-Catalogue Raisonne. It was agreed that th~s be not a tract in 
the aer~ea. 

6.-Liquor Licensing at Home and Abroad. Agreed to reprint iooo from 
stereos. 

7.-Unauthorised Program. On reports by Shaw~ Ensor and Dodd it was resolv.ed to consult Ball, and if he is ~avourable to inwite ~eid to complete one section and givl • 
it as a lecture to the Society. ~ 
B.-New Elementary Tracts'. ·In order to get more tracts explaining
Socialism to new converts~ it waa agreed to 
ask Sohloesser and Sharpe to prepare JBa.and to 

put a suggestion in the •News• with full warn~a that MSS. are mostly rejected. 
Aylmer Maude 
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Pr1ya\t. a 
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Private. 	~eport of Propaganda Committee. 
Meeting Monday June 22n.d 1908. Present: Miss Murby (in chair), Bland, Dodd, Ensor, Pease and Sanders. 
1.-Ensor 	was elected Vice-Chairman of the Sub-Committee. 
2.-Interesting letter was received from Kelly relating the results of his efforts to introduce Fabian methods in New York. 3.-Provincial Propaganda
Organising Secretary has visited Leicester and formed a local Fabian Society9 and re-constituted the old Society at Leeds. He also lectured for the Hull F. s•. Arrange­ments haje been madefor Shaw to lecture at Edinburgh, York,Cardiff (or Hull) in addition to Liverpool. Also for Bland to lecture at Liverpool and Hull. 
Acting on 	the sanction given at the last meeting of the 
4y-PPepagaa&a Executive Committee the Sub-committee has decided to revive the professional provincial lecturing scheme and that a notice be inserted in the July Fabian News that ap­plications for the post of lecturer were invited. 
4.-Local 	Groups. A new Group has been formed at Sidcup. 
5.-Suburban Courses. A Suburban Course is to be given at Sidcup. 
6Q-Conference. List of delegates, together with proposals to be discussed, sent in by Societies and Groups will be presented. I~ ia recommended that the Conference should &e not be asked to discuss the question of payment by the local Societies of their proportion of the affiliation fee to the Labour Party as it would raise in a difficult form the subject of ~ the Constitution of the Society and its relation; to the
local Societies. 
7.-It is 	recommended that the Society pay the cost ~ not exceeding£5 of a hall in which to hold the Fabian Inter-University
debate. 
8.-It has been arranged to hold the ordinary meetings of the Com­mittee on the 2nd. and 4th. Mondays in the month. 
Millicent MurbyChairman. 



D fO CONP&RINCB~ 
Leadon .DiHnot. SooieUea 1114 !!1091?•• 
____, ·-paaD, , ., Square, L.U.olu lnDt w.o. 
•• Bei'I'J, 51 Rrua.wio Square, w.o • 
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LJ• • • 

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R. f.i'ar1ey 1 111 &ei'Aen ..., JtillNm, H. W. 

A. D.Lewia, 73, Weatltolll'IUI ! orr••• " · 
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l l ol og Dr.J Lt.ooel tarler, , MJR Lawa, 1ftUoo•• k'oe~ 
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Ullt ere1tt fablan Sooletleo. 

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• 

ANNUAL CONFERENCE 
between the Pabian Exeouti~e and delegatee from Provincial 
Sooieti ea and Local and Subject Groupe. 
Univeraity Rall, Gordon Square, July 11th. 
1/ .o .Jv. 
lllorning Sitting -10-.66-a.m. to 111 p.m. 
Afternoon Sitting 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. 
AGENDA. 
Morning. 
1.-Chairman'• openins addreea. 
2.-Diacu~eion ae to methode of promoting Fabian Parliamentary oandidat~ 
3.-Motion by Poreat Gate G. aa to folitical Action (term• not aent in) 
4~-Motion by Sheffield P.s .: •That it is deairable to have a clearer "understanding of the relationship of individual members of "Fabian Sooiet1ee to their Societies in respect to candida­•turea at Eleotiona.• 
5~-Motion bf the Forest Gate Group: •That a series of lecture• for "the benefit of the Groupe should be inaugurated dealin& 
•
with local government and ita bearings towards reform• on 

•
Fabian lines, such aa Diatreea Committee work, mean• of 

•
utilising the varioua Committees of Council• and Boards of 

•
Guardiana and details of law and procedure for carrrin& "reforms into effect. Lecturea to be delivered to private

•
meeting• of the Groupa and arranged by the Organiaing"Sedretar7, preferablJ by fabiana who have had actual ex­


•perience of the kind.• 6.-Motion• by Clapham Pabian Society:
(1) •That the Society ahould prepare additional apeo ial 
•1eafleta ad~ooat1ng Socialiam, for distribution bJ "local Groupa and Booieties at their expenae. The "addreaaaa of all Sooiety and Group aeoretariea to be 
•printed thereon.• 
(2) "That the Sooiet7 ahould etart a Van for a epeoial
•country o~paisn, or tor euburban outdoor wort•. 
7.-Motion by St. Pancraa G. aa to Group boundaries. 
(te~• of motion net tent in) 

A#~e..eea-a''''-•· 



nu:r x. :r,rl 
Afternoon 11ttinc.
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8.-D1 ua11on 	to be open~ b7 L. a. Cb1ossa Kone7 .P. on .._ 
•r.ouroel or Boo1al1et RtYenue• 
t.-tion 1 

ueation Gr p: 	•That a 171te ot 1Ubl141ee b7 the •zxeout1Ye to the Oro pe be 1nat1tutt4• 
10.-!otion by 	cnu ow l. • : •fbat future Conte:renoee be btlcl 1n 
•proYinoial otnt.re••. 

(~ 
Fabian Office,
3, 	Clements Inn, Strand~ Wo c. 27the July, 1908. 
To 	the Members of the Executive. 
As the Executive c~ttee resolved not to meet till after i h to know the somewhat
ld
the recess, I think t he memb ers wou w s two of the Committees, in virtue of the
important actions taken bY powers delegated to them. The Publishing Committee. 
He 	has been asked and has consented to
New Tract ~ Dr. Cliffordo 
-----------------------our reprinting an admirable paper on 

•socialism and the Churches• publis~ed in the Westbourne Park Record for July. Proofs will be shortly sent to members of the Executive. Pa.n-Anglican Congress. lhe Rev. J. A. Carlyle has consented to pre­
pare a Tract of Extracts &oo from Pan-Anglican lpeeches and papers~ which it is intended to ae64 to the 12,000 incumbents~ or 25,000 Clerks in Holy Orders, with a circular. It is not probable that it will be necessary to prooeed further than the settiac up of thia tract before the Executive meets. Child LaboWr. The preparation of a Tract b;y Kra. K;ylton Dale is 
proceeding. 
~omen and Factory Acts. 	It has been virtuall;y decided to put in hand a volume to consist of Mrs. Webb's paper (already discussed), a paper by Ki.. 
Hutohins from •The Case for the Paotory Acta• in the Economic Journal , and our •Kinimum Wage• Tract. 
Pinance and General Purposes Committee. 
This Committee has not met. I may report that A. R. Orage has refUsed our request to lecture on •The Spread of Socialist Opinian" and Bland has agreed to take hia place. -Tom Jones has has also refUsed to take •Land•. 
After consultation with the Chairman the following arrange­
Nov.l3. And of Industrial Capital. L.G. Chiozza Money M. P. 

menta have been made for the Autumn Lectures.  
Oct. 9. The Society Gonsists of Socialists and works for the spread of Socialism.  Bland.  
Oot. 23. The Emancipation of Land.  Headlam. (invited)  

No~ 27. together with Industrial Inventions 
Dec.ll. Without Compensation Sidney Webb 
Deo.l8. without interference with personal ~iberty R.C.K.Ensor 
( Titles merely indicative) 
The lecturers ooncerned are requested to book the dates namedt and to communicate with me, if alterations are necessary.almost 
I may add that Pifield has repaid the whole of our advance for No. 1-4 of his eeriest and after meeting all substantial 11ab111­tiest a balance of £130 or thereabouts abould be in the bank at the 
end of the month. 
Propaganda Committee. 
Provincial Lecturing. 
The Propaganda Sub-commistee has considered the applications of candidates for the work of provincial lecturing in connection with the 
scheme adopted by the 
2. 
Executive Committee, and has selected Rolbrook Jaokson, Clifford Sharp and Ro Ro Sohloesser. These candidates have agreed to prepare leotures en the lines of the syllabus of the Suburban courses and to plaoe certain days in eaoh week from Ootober to March at the disposal of the Sooiety on the terms fixed upon by the Executive Committee, namely one guinea per leoture and travelling expenses in addition. The Society does not guarantee more than three Courses of four lectures to each of the lecturers although doubtless more will be arranged. 
Leotures in Bavaria. The Propaganda Sub-committee also agreed ~ 
~hat the Organising ~...~Secretary should accept an invitation from the Sooialist Party in Nuremburg to lecture in that city and in F~rth, Rof and Bamberg, on the"English Socialist 
Movement". The leoturea (in the German tongue) will be given duringthe third week in September, ~<nsv~ --....--..._ ~••"-<4-~ DemQOrat­
~o Congress in Nuremburg. 
The Sub-Committee agreed that
th s if neoessarv
e ootety should pav the .. " 
" whole of the travelli
tion with th 1 ng expenses in connec4 e ectures9 the Bavarian Socialists h 
off et ave however, since 
er to meet the greater part 
of the sum required. 
In the absenoe ot reply fr om any member
serious I shall aasume that
exception is not taken to 
the above. 
Both Sandera 

and I will be on holiday
part ot Ausuat. during the greater 
Edw. R. Pease Secretary.