James Rufus Boosé

James Rufus Charles Boosé CMG VD (1859 – 19 April 1936) was the librarian, secretary, and finally, travelling commissioner, of the Royal Colonial Institute.

He prepared a catalogue of the institute's library as part of its mission to promote British colonialism.

The development of the Institute's library played an important part in its mission to promote British colonialism and as librarian, Boosé was naturally instrumental in its structuring and expansion.

In 1899, with Joseph Frank Alderhoven, he was executor of the will of West Indian merchant C. Washington Eves (died 1899).

[13] Boosé died on 19 April 1936[14] at St Andrews Road, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand.