To promote the educational, commercial and industrial interests of the British Commonwealth of Nations.

To maintain for public information and instruction in the exhibition galleries of F2the Commonwealth Institute exhibitions illustrative of the resources and development of the Commonwealth of Nations and of its scenery life and progress and where practicable to organise from time to time temporary exhibitions of a similar nature elsewhere.

To co-operate with other agencies within the Commonwealth of Nations formed for purposes similar to those aforesaid.

To do anything incidental to or conducive to carrying into effect all or any of the foregoing purposes.