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No. 31.
VISUAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE to VICTORIA LEAGUE.
DEAR MADAM,
[Answered by No. 34.]
Downing Street, 13 July, 1908. In answer to your letter of the 11th,* various editions have been or are being prepared of the lectures and lantern slides to which you refer, such as, e.g., for West Indies, Canada, South Africa, India, &c., but, so far, the Australian and New Zealand Governments have not taken up the scheme, and, so far also, for one reason and another, there has been delay in placing the lectures and slides on sale in England. We hope this last defect will be remedied in the autumn, but at present I am unable to help you, I am sorry to say.
Yours, &c.,
C. P. LUCAS.
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he may be able to obtain a collection of pictures which will convey the best possible idea of Weihaiwei in its various aspects.
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[To all.] The letterpress which will be required in connection with the slides [1 and 2] the will probably form the subject of a communication at a later date, and
[3] your co- co-operation of your Government
in the matter will be invited, and will, no doubt, operation
be readily given.
I have, &c.,
CREWE
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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference :-
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VICTORIA LEAGUE to VISUAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE.
DEAR SIR,
No. 29.
[Answered by No. 31.]
Millbank House, 2, Wood Street, Westminster, S.W.,
11 July, 1908. My Committee would be glad to know whether the lectures and lantern slides prepared by Mr. Mackinder for use in the Eastern Colonies are now available for We have received a request other parts of the Empire, and, if so, on what terms. from one of our branches in Australia for which we think these lectures and slides might be very suitable.
The Secretary,
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SIR,
I am, &c.,
ELEANOR PERCY TAYLOR,
Secretary, Education Sub-Committee, Victoria League.
The Visual Instruction Committee,
Colonial Office,
Whitehall, S.W.
No. 30.
THE BRITISH NORTH BORNEO COMPANY to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received 14 July, 1908.)
[Copy to Mr. A. H. Fisher, 20 July, 1908. L.F.] [Answered by No. 37.]
37, Threadneedle Street, E.C., 13 July, 1908.
I AM directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, No. 24337/1908, of the 8th instant,* relative to Mr. A. Hugh Fisher's visit to North Borneo in November next in connection with the work of the Committee on Visual Instruction.
I am to say, in reply, that the Court of Directors will have much pleasure in authorising the Governor to afford Mr. Fisher all possible facilities in carrying out the object of his visit.
Mr. Fisher called here on the 9th instant, when it was suggested to him that he might confer with Major Harington, who is at home on leave, with a view to the time at his disposal in Borneo being utilised to the best advantage. Mr. Fisher concurred and arrangements for a meeting between them are in course of completion. I am further to state that the Governor will be requested to issue instructions that the photographic apparatus which Mr. Fisher will take with him is to be passed through the Customs without examination.
I am, &c.,
HARINGTON J. FORBES,
Secretary.
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No. 32,
SIR C. P. LUCAS to MR. A. H. FISHER. [See No. 43.]
SIR,
Downing Street, 14 July, 1908. As you are aware, the Crown Agents have taken a passage for you to Montreal by the "Empress of Britain," leaving this country on the 24th July.
On your arrival it is understood that you will meet Mr. Mackinder, who will discuss with you the details of your programme, and you should report at the earliest possible date what further arrangements he proposes for your projected tour, which should include, before you return to England, a visit to Newfoundland. It is assumed that you will work in Canada until October, and will then proceed to visit Hong Kong, Weihaiwei, Borneo, and the Malay Peninsula, returning to Canada before the end of the winter.
During your absence you will be entitled to subsistence allowance at the rate of 7s. 6d. a day on sea and 25s. a day on land, as well as to your actual expenses of locomotion. In this connection the Crown Agents have been requested to advance to you the sum of £50, before your departure, and you should call on Mr. E. G. Antrobus at their office to learn what arrangements will be made for the issue of such further sums as may be necessary from time to time.
You will, as before, be required to account on your return for all sums advanced to you.
I am,
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No. 33.
&c.,
C. P. LUCAS.
VISUAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE to CROWN AGENTS.
Downing Street, 14 July, 1908.
GENTLEMEN,
On behalf of the Committee on Visual Instruction, I have to inform you, with reference to my letter of the 8th instant,† that Mr. A. Hugh Fisher will probably be absent from this country for eight months from the 24th of July, the date of his departure for Montreal.
It is proposed that he should remain in Canada until October, and then visit Hong Kong, Weihaiwei, the Malay Peninsula, and Borneo, returning to Canada about the end of February.
During this time he will be entitled to a subsistence allowance of 7s. 6d. a day on sea and 25s. a day on land, in addition to his actual expenses of locomotion. You will note that the rate of subsistence has been somewhat increased.
I have to request that you will advance to him, before his departure, the sun of £50 from the Princess of Wales's Fund, and that you will arrange to make such further advances as may be necessary from time to time; all the sums so issued to be fully accounted for by Mr. Fisher on his return.
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