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In spite of the crowded nature of the week in Birmingham, the Scouts who came from so far were determined not to miss the opportunity of seeing the sights of this famous metropolis of the Midlands.

Large of them formed themselves into parties and were conducted over the Art Galleries and the University, and some of the biggest manufactories and works. On every occasion they were treated with the greatest kindness by the Directors, and in several cases took their departure the happy possessors of little mementos and trophies of their visit, and expressing their delight at the hospitable way in which they had been entertained. In every case the Directors themselves wrote to express their admiration of the way in which the Scouts had behaved and the great interest they took in everything.

The Scouts who edited and printed the "Daily Scout" in the Exhibition were in wireless communication with the Camp and the Sea Scout Camp, both some miles away in different directions, and were able to print the latest news "from the front."

£100 was given by a London Daily paper for prizes in the Ambulance Section, £20 of this was given to the best troop for the purchase of a regular Ambulance Equipment, and £80 was put in the hands of a trustee on behalf of the two best individual Scouts. The money is being expended in helping them to start their career, one as 2 Mining Engineer, the other in the laboratories of the Clinical Research Society.

Many useful and valuable prizes were given by public-spirited newspapers, firms, societies and individuals for the