It works to accelerate the growth of its members by providing support, facilitating new business connections, and leveraging its network to generate greater shared prosperity for London.
In 1886, they funded a competition for the best essay "Formulating a Practical Working Plan of the Federation and the Mother Country.".
The competition was won by William Henry Parr Greswell, a former professor of classical studies at Cape University.
His essay was published by the [2] with those of the runners-up, J C. Fitzgerald of Wellington, New Zealand, Philip Vernon Smith, an ecclesiastical barrister, W. J. Bradshaw of Melbourne, Australia and F. H. Turnock of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
A final essay by Reverend Dalton, a canon in Windsor was expanded and published later.