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of the 15th instant,* enquiring whether His Lordship agrees to the arrangements for the future management of the Imperial Institute suggested in your letter of the 17th May last, and I am to state, for the information of the Board of Trade, that Lord Elgin is prepared to accept the arrangements proposed as being under existing circumstances a suitable working basis.
I am, &c.,
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No: 83.
BAHAMAS.
C. P. LUCAS.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE ACTING GOVERNOR. (Miscellaneous.)
Downing Street, July 25, 1907.
SIR,
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Sir W. Grey-Wilson's despatch, No. 53, of the 12th June, reporting that the House of Assembly has rejected the proposal to increase the annual contribution from the Colony to the funds of the Imperial Institute to £50 for the next three years, and to inform you that I approve of his proposal to make up the amount from Crown Funds. I have, &c.,
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SIR,
No. 84.
BOARD OF TRADE to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received August 18, 1907.)
[Answered by No. 85.]
Board of Trade (Commercial Department),
ELGIN.
7, Whitehall Gardens, London, S.W.,
August 12, 1907.
WITH reference to previous correspondence on the subject of the future management of the Imperial Institute, I am directed by the Board of Trade to transmit to you herewith copy of a letter addressed to them by the India Office on the 1st instant.
The Board understand from informal communications which have passed between the Colonial Office and this Department that the Earl of Elgin agrees to the suggestion that half the salary of the third member of the Managing Committee, who is to be nominated by the Secretary of State for India, should be paid out of the general funds of the Institute.
With regard to the last paragraph of the India Office letter (which refers to paragraph 2 of their letter of the 5th June last, copy of which was forwarded to you on the 20th June§), the Board assume that an assurance of the nature indicated may be given, in view of the fact that the India Office letter of the 5th June was considered by the Earl of Elgin, and that it was stated in your letter of the 1st ultimo (No. 22529/1907)|| that, beyond the points specifically discussed, no other comment seemed to be required with regard to it.
I have to add that with reference to paragraph 6 of your letter of the 1st ultimo, the Board will be prepared to transfer the management of the Institute to the Colonial Office on the 1st of October next, and they will render a financial account up to the end of September at as early a date as possible. On hearing from you that Lord Elgin finally approves the proposals with regard to the Indian section, the Board will acquaint the Advisory Committee of the Institute, whom they have already consulted at an earlier stage, of the proposed arrangements as regards India, but they have no reason to suppose that these arrangements will not meet with their concurrence.
I am, &c..
ARTHUR WILSON FOX.
SIR,
(R. & S. 2122.)
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Enclosure in No. 84.
India Office, Whitehall, London, S.W., August 1, 1907.
I AM directed by the Secretary of State for India in Council to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, C. 4112, dated 15th July, 1907, giving cover to a letter dated 1st July, 1907, from the Colonial Office on the subject of the future manage- ment of the Imperial Institute.
I am to observe that Mr. Secretary Morley is glad to learn that the Earl of Elgin has no objection to the addition of a third member to the Managing Committee, to be nominated by the Secretary of State for India. In proposing that the third member should be paid from the general revenues of the Institute, the Secretary of State for India had before him the Colonial Office Circular despatch of the 31st July, 1906, informing the Crown Colonies that the appointment of Sir Clementi Smith as one of the two members of the Committee was a guarantee that any money contributed by them would be paid out as their interests would dictate." It seemed to Mr. Secretary Morley that the considerable interests of India in the Imperial Institute made a similar guarantee desirable, and that his assent to the proposed delegation of the control of the Institute to the Colonial Office might be exposed to legitimate criticism unless it was secured. It also seemed reasonable that the cost should fall on the general revenues of the Institute.
In view of the objections entertained by the Colonial Office to the latter proposal, am to say that the Secretary of State in Council is prepared to contribute for a term not exceeding five years, one-half of the salary (not exceeding £200 a year) of the Indian member of the Committee, if the other half is paid from Institute revenues.
If this suggestion does not meet with the concurrence of the Colonial Office, I am to propose that the question of the incidence of cost should be referred to the Advisory Committee. The Secretary of State in Council is willing to accept the decision of that body.
With reference to paragraph 5 of the Colonial Office letter, I am to explain that so long as the ultimate responsibility for the Imperial Institute is placed by Act of Parliament on the Board of Trade and the Advisory Committee, à difference of opinion between the India Office and the Colonial Office as to the management would in the last resort come in some form before those bodies.
Mr. Secretary Morley does not desire to press for any formal stipulation secur- ing a right of reference to them. But I am to request that the assurance as to certain matters affecting the interests of India in the Institute asked for in paragraph 2 of my letter R. & S. 1440, of 5th June, 1907, may be given.
The Secretary,
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Board of Trade.
No. 85.
I am, &c.,
A. GODLEY,
COLONIAL OFFICE to BOARD OF TRADE. [Answered by No. 86.]
Downing Street, August 16, 1907. I AM directed by the Earl of Elgin to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 12th instant,* transmitting a copy of a letter from the India Office with regard to the proposed arrangements for the future management of the Imperial Institute, and to state, for the information of the Board of Trade, that his Lordship concurs in the payment from the general funds of the Institute of one-half of the salary of the third member of the Managing Committee, who is to be nominated by the Secretary of State for India, the total salary not to exceed £200 per annum; and that Lord Elgin agrees also that the assurance asked for on the points mentioned in the second paragraph of the letter from the India Office of the 5th of June last may be given.
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