ON 24 October the second of the Institute's annual series of lectures for nautical school cadets was held, once more under the general title ‘Off the beaten track’, at the Royal Geographical Society's house. Over 550 cadets attended, from H.M.S. Conway, H.M.S. Worcester, the Nautical College Pangbourne, the School of Navigation, Southampton, King Edward VII Nautical School, the London Nautical School, the Reardon Smith Nautical College and the T.S. Arethusa. Members of the London Area Sea Cadet Corps and of the Westminster Sea Scouts also attended.