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No. 128.
CANADA.
COLONIAL OFFICE to THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR CANADA. MY LORD,
Downing Street, January 19, 1907. I AM directed by the Earl of Elgin to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Griffith's letter of the 17th instant, intimating that the Department of the Interior of Canada proposes to purchase sets of slides and copies of the book of lectures prepared by Mr. H. J. Mackinder.
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His Lordship is pleased to learn that the Government of Canada are inclined to favour the scheme.
of the letter under acknowledgment has been forwarded to Mr. Mackinder, and on receipt of his reply a further communication will be addressed to you.
I am, &c.,
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C. P. LUCAS.
COLONIAL OFFICE to THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR CANADA, MY LORD,
Downing Street, February 4, 1907. WITH reference to Mr. Griffith's letter of the 17th and to the reply from this Department of the 19th ultimo,* I am directed by the Earl of Elgin to inform you that Mr. H. J. Mackinder has intimated his readiness to undertake the adaptation, for use in Canada, of the lantern lectures on the United Kingdom, prepared by him for use in the schools of the Eastern Colonies.
It is understood from the correspondence which has taken place on the subject, viz., your letter of the 16th of August, 1905,† coupled with the present letter, that the Department of the Interior of Canada is prepared to undertake the initial cost, viz., £100 of adaptation, and desires to purchase 10 sets of not less than 351 slides, with copies of the corresponding book of lectures at a maximum cost of not less than £43 10s. per set, and, on this assumption, Mr. Mackinder is being authorised to proceed in the matter forthwith.
I am to request that Mr. Bruce Walker, the Assistant Superintendent of Emigra- tion, may be asked to communicate with Mr. Mackinder at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Clare Market. Kingsway, W.C., with a view to arranging details
SIR,
No. 124.
NATAL.
THE AGENT-GENERAL FOR NATAL to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received January 22, 1907.)
[Answered by No. 129.]
26, Victoria Street, Westminster, S.W., January 21, 1907. WITH further reference to your letter of the 13th January, 1906 (No. 392/06), † respecting the adaptation of the lantern lectures by Mr. H. J. Mackinder to the requirements of schools in South Africa, I shall be much obliged if you will be so good as to inform me what progress has been made with the scheme in pursuance of which I forwarded to you a set of photographs of Durban Harbour on the 3rd of January, 1906. Į
I have, &c.,
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WILLIAM ARBUCKLE,
Agent-General.
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No. 127.
CANADA.
I am, &c.,
C. P. LUCAS.
COLONIAL OFFICE to MR. H. J. MACKINDER.
Downing Street, February 4, 1907.
WITH reference to my letter of the 19th ultimo and to the interview at this Office on the 31st ultimo on the subject of the adaptation, for use in Canada, of the lantern lectures on the United Kingdom, I am directed by the Earl of Elgin to enclose, for your information and guidance, the accompanying copy of a letter§ which has been addressed to the High Commissioner for Canada.
His Lordship approves of your proceeding with the adaptation of the lectures forthwith.
SIR,
No. 125. NATAL.
COLONIAL OFFICE to MR. H. J. MACKINDER.
Downing Street, January 24, 1907. WITH reference to the letter from this Department of the 13th January, 1906, § enclosing a set of photographs of Durban Harbour, together with copies of correspondence on the subject of a proposed South African edition of the lantern lectures on the United Kingdom, I am directed by the Earl of Elgin to inform you that a letter | has been received from the Agent-General for Natal enquiring what progress has been made in the matter.
Subject to any observations which you may desire to offer, it is proposed to inform Sir William Arbuckle in reply, that in order to simplify the question of copyright of the adapted editions, it was decided to invite one Colonial Government in each of the groups mentioned in Mr. Lyttelton's Circular despatch of the 13th April, 1905,1 to become responsible for the initial cost of such edition; and that owing to a difficulty which has arisen as to which of the South African Colonies should assume the responsibility for the preparation of the particular edition, nʊ definite steps towards its adaptation have yet been taken.
I am, &c.,
C. P. LUCAS.
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No. 128.
I am, &c.,
C. P. LUCAS.
COLONIAL OFFICE to INDIA OFFICE.
Downing Street, February 5, 1907.
ADVERTING to the letter from this Department of the 1st December last and to previous correspondence on the subject of the adaptation for use in India of the lantern lectures on the United Kingdom prepared by Mr. H. J. Mackinder, I am directed by the Earl of Elgin to state, for the information of the Secretary of State for India, that Mr. Mackinder has represented that, as material for the slides to accompany the special edition is accumulating, it would be desirable that the manu- facturers' accounts incurred should be met.
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I am to request, therefore, that you will move Mr. Secretary Morley, should he see no objection, to cause Mr. Mackinder to be supplied with funds for this purpose, it being understood that the work will be completed and that the whole account will fall within the financial year ending on the 31st March next. The enclosure to your letter of the 3rd of August¶ states that the cost of the lectures and slides will be borne by provincial revenues and the initial cost of adaptation by the Government of India.
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