but for the whole atlas.
Besides we might very
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possibly have similar applications from other firms
which it would then be difficult to refuse though
it might be desirable to do so.
A somewhat similar case arose in 1895.
In that year Messrs. Cassell and Company published their Universal Atlas and they requested the
Colonial Office to check the lines of frontier to
be shown on the Colonial sheets.
Sir Robert Meade was anxious to have this done
by the Intelligence Division but on the latter
pointing out the objections to such a course and
offering to indicate to Messrs. Cassell and Company
the published Documents containing the information
they