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the Secretary of State for the Colonies is one of the trustees, would continue to he available for the purposes of the Scientific and Technical Department.
I am, &c.,
R. L. ANTROBUS.
The B salary shall I am to similar noti cal Depart Upon this
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No. 3.
COLONIAL OFFICE to BOARD OF TRADE.
[Answered by No. 5.]
Professor
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SIR,
Downing Street, March 29, 1906. I AM directed by the Earl of Elgin to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17th instant,* relating to the Scientific and Technical Department of the Imperial Institute, and to transmit to you, for the information of the Board of Trade, the accompanying copy of a letterf which he has caused to be addressed to the Treasury on the subject.
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SIR,
No. 4.
I am, &c.,
R. L. ANTROBUS.
BOARD OF TRADE to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received April 3, 1906.)
Board of Trade (Commercial Department), 7, Whitehall Gardens,
London, S.W., April 2, 1906.
I AM directed by the Board of Trade to forward to you, for the information of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, copy of a letter, with enclosures, which they have addressed to Professor Wyndham Dunstan, relative to the proposed termi- nation of his appointment as Director of the Imperial Institute, in view of the refusal of the Commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851 to continue the grant of two thousand pounds per annum towards the support of the Scientific and Technical Department of the Institute.
I have, &c.,
SIR,
Enclosure in No. 4.
ARTHUR WILSON FOX.
Board of Trade (Commercial Department),
7, Whitehall Gardens, London, S.W., March 28, 1906.
I AM directed by the Board of Trade to inform you that the Commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851, who have, for some years, and up to the end of December last, contributed a sum of £2,000 towards the support of the Scientific and Technical Department of the Imperial Institute, have decided not to renew the grant.
A copy of the correspondence on this matter between the Board of Trade and the Commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851 is enclosed for your information.
In view of this regrettable loss of income, the Board are reluctantly compelled to reconsider the whole financial situation, and to take immediate steps with a view to the large reduction of expenditure which will be necessary unless new sources of income should shortly become available.
In this connection I am to draw your attention to the letters addressed to you on December 4th and 17th, 1902, containing the terms of your appointment, and to say that having regard to the fact that the fund out of which the greater part of your salary is payable (viz., £1,000 out of £1,300) has now ceased to be available they have no alternative but to give you the necessary notice to terminate their arrangement with you, which will accordingly cease at the expiration of six months from this date.
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