120
should send home originals and retain copies. He should report at once what steps have been taken to determine heights and draw hill features. Descriptive account of all methods used should accompany original field sheets. He should specify any work taken from sources outside his department.—ELGIN.
25635
SIR,
No. 72.
UGANDA.
COLONIAL OFFICE to MR. H. HESKETH BELL.
[Answered by No. 83.]
Downing Street, July 31, 1907. I AM directed by the Earl of Elgin to transmit to you the accompanying copy of a despatch* which has been received from the Acting Commissioner of Uganda enclosing a memorandum by the Chief Surveyor on the subject of Major Hills's A copy of Major recent report on the Survey Department of the Protectorate. Hills's reportt is also enclosed.
2. His Lordship will be glad to be favoured with your views on these papers, which it will be necessary to lay before the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury. He desires, in particular, to know your opinion as to the appointment of two additional surveyors for duty with the Public Works Department, as it seems to him to be very undesirable that any members of the authorised establishment of the Survey Department should be detached from those services in connection with the topographical and estates surveys for which the expenditure on the Survey Depart- ment has been sanctioned.
26188
SIR,
121
No. 74.
UGANDA.
COLONIAL OFFICE to SIR D. GİLL.
[Copy to Acting Commissioner, August 16, 1907. No. 205. L.F.J
Downing Street, August 5, 1907.
I AM directed by the Earl of Elgin to acknowledge the receipt of the letter of the 7th of May,* signed by yourself, Sir G. Taubmann Goldie, and Sir G, H. Darwin, on behalf of the Royal Society, the Royal Geographical Society, the Royal. Astronomical Society, and the British Association for the Advancement of Science, on the subject of the measurement of that portion of the arc of the meridian 30° E. of Greenwich, which falls within the sphere of the operations of the Anglo-Congolese Boundary Commission.
2. Lord Elgin observes with gratification that the societies in question are willing to contribute £1,000 towards the estimated cost (£2,000) of this work, and he is glad to inform you that the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury have agreed to the balance of the cost being borne by public funds.
3. Lord Elgin has under his consideration the arrangements necessary for the execution of the work and the selection of the skilled observer. It is not anti- cipated that the ordinary work of the Boundary Commission will be completed before the 1st of April, 1908, and it will therefore not be necessary to call upon the societies for payment of their share until that date.
&c.,
28254
I am,
H. W. JUST.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
य
Reference:---
C.O.885
25636
No. 73.
UGANDA.
I am, &c.,
H. W. JUST.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE ACTING COMMISSIONER.
(No. 185.) SIR,
Downing Street, July 31, 1907.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 95, of the 26th of June,‡ enclosing the Progress Report of the Uganda Survey Department. 2. I observe that this report, which was called for by telegram on the 24th of April,§ was not sent in till the 7th of June. As a result of this delay it has not been possible to utilise for the Annual Report of the Colonial Survey Committee any of the information contained in it beyond the bare record of areas completed. I have noticed with regret how far that record falls short of the estimate.
3. I concur with you as to the undesirability of diverting to the Public Works Department the services of members of the Survey Department, the expenditure on which has been sanctioned by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury for definite purposes, viz., the estate survey and the map on the scale of 1:125000. I shall consult Mr. Bell as to the proposed appointment of two surveyors for the Public Works Department.
No. 75.
GOLD COAST.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received 9 August, 1907.) [Answered by No. 77.]
(No. 309.) MY LORD,
Government House, Accra, 19 July, 1907. WITH reference to my despatch, No. 227 of the 31st May last,† on the subject of the abolition of the Mines Survey Department, I have the honour to transmit herewith a brief history of that Department from the beginning; giving an account of the work done, the officers employed, and the total cost. This memorandum was prepared by Major Guggisberg before leaving the Colony, in accordance with my instructions.
2. The survey and map work carried out by the Department reflects the utmost credit on Lieutenant-Colonel Watherston, the first Director; on Major Guggisberg, his successor; and on their assistants.
3. The total net expenditure (approximately £87,000, including the £1,100 for completion of map in 1908) appears farge, in comparison with the annual revenue of the Gold Coast, but consider that it is amply justified by the excellent results obtained.
I have, &c.,
JOHN RODGER,
Governor.
I have, &c.,
ELGIN.
• No. 65.
t No. 38.
‡ No. 66.
§ No. 34.
Enclosure in No. 75.
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MINES SURVEY DEPARTMENT.
In accordance with the urgent request of Governor Nathan, made in January, 1901, a party of Royal Engineers landed on the Gold Coast towards the end of the year to locate and demarcate the mining concessions of the Colony and Ashanti.
89131
• No. 42.
† No. 56.
18 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH—NOT TO