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a convenient moment for suggesting the change, since the present system comes naturally to an end this year. This change does not necessarily involve the abolition of the Indian Committee, which might still be retained in an advisory capacity.
Excluding the expenses of the City office and the grant of £200 made to the Scientific and Technical Department, the present cost to the Government of India of the maintenance of the Indian section is £1,325 per annum. From a rough estimate made by the Director, it would appear that the work of the Indian section could be efficiently carried out under his direction, if a lump sum of £1,000 per annum were paid as an annual contribution to the Imperial Institute for the entire maintenance, including salaries and all charges in respect of the Indian section, excluding of course the grant for the City office and for the Scientific Department. The change would mean a saving of £325 per annum to the Government of India. Under the arrangement suggested the administration and maintenance of the Indian section would be put on the same footing as those of the Colonial sections of the Imperial Institute.
There appears to be no foundation for the statement of the Chairman of the Indian Section that the general expenses of the Imperial Institute have recently diminished. On the contrary, in several directions they have increased.
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The position of India at the Imperial Institute was fully discussed in our memorandum of the 4th July last, which was written after a consideration of the letter from the India Office of the 2nd March, 1905. The three questions contained in that letter may be answered in detail as follows:-
(1) The actual expenditure annually incurred by the Imperial Institute, towards meeting which the contribution by India is given, is at present about £2,000 per annum for maintenance, which includes cleaning and care of the galleries, lighting, &c., general repairs, wages of attendants and doorkeepers, &c. The cost of administration, including the salaries of the collection staff, is not included in this amount.
(2) The sums at present contributed by the Colonial Governments towards the collections amount to a total of just over £2,000 per annum. These contributions are made on the same basis as that applied to India in accordance with the agreement which is now in force.
(3) The assessment is calculated on the space occupied. India is at present allotted about 40 per cent. of the total space and India's contribution should therefore strictly be about £800 per annum. It is actually £425 per annum,
It is to be observed that the original assessment of India and the Colonies and also the revised assessment of 1900 were both made irrespective of any special staff which a particular country may think fit to maintain for the purposes of its section.
November 28, 1905.
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