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No. 75.
SOUTHERN NIGERIA.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR.
(Miscellaneous.)
SIR,
Downing Street, February 27, 1907.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 10, of the 11th ultimo, reporting that steps are being taken for increasing the grant made by Southern Nigeria to the Imperial Institute from £350 to £400 per annum.
2. The Crown Agents for the Colonies have been instructed to pay accordingly.
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No. 76.
BOARD OF TRADE to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received May 18, 1907.)
[Answered by Nos, 77 and 82.]
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7, Whitehall Gardens, London, May 17, 1907. WITH reference to previous correspondence which has passed between this Department and the Colonial Office respecting the future management of the Imperial Institute, I am now directed by the Board of Trade to transmit to you, for Lord Elgin's information, copy of a Caset submitted to the Law Officers by the Board's Solicitor, together with a copy of the Law Officers' opinion thereon.
It will be observed that the Law Officers are of opinion that it is competent for the Board of Trade and the Colonial Office to make an arrangement by which the duties imposed on the Board of Trade by the Imperial Institute Transfer Act of 1902 may, in future, be carried out by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, provided that the Board of Trade retains the responsibility and the power of control. The Board now desire me to say that, subject to Lord Elgin's concurrence, they are prepared to make an arrangement with the above object.
To give effect to this arrangement, the Board would suggest :-
1. That the income of the Endowment Fund of the Imperial Institute (with the exception of such sums as may be required for the Commercial Intelligence Branch of the Board of Trade, for the Advisory Committee, for a member of the Managing Committee, nominated by the Board, and for the Sinking Fund in respect of the North Gallery) be paid by the Board of Trade to the Secretary of State for the Colonies together with any other contributions which may be received for the purposes of the Institute from the India Office or from other sources.
2. That an estimated forecast of the probable expenditure and income of the Institute shall be sent to the Board of Trade for their consideration and approval before the commencement of each financial year, and yearly accounts shall be sent to the Board showing the actual expenditure and receipts from all sources.
3. That the accounts of the Imperial Institute shall be kept by the Colonial Office and audited as at present by the Comptroller and Auditor-General.
4. That an annual report on the work of the Institute shall be furnished for the Board's information.
5. That one member of the Managing Committee of the Institute shall be nomi- nated by the Board of Trade.
6. That the work of Commercial Intelligence shall remain entirely with the Board of Trade as at present, and that no branch of the Institute or other agency shall be established in the City or elsewhere without the consent of the Board of Trade.
7. That the Colonial Office shall, as a rule, deal direct with the Treasury, the India Office, the Office of Works, and other Public Departments in matters connected with the administration of the Institute.
• No. 67.
† Printed as No. 65 in Vol. VII of Law Officers' Opinions.
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