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4. Mr. Fisher has completed his work in India, the Eastern Colonies, Somali- land, Cyprus, Canada, and Newfoundland, and it is now proposed that after calling at Gibraltar and Malta he should proceed to Australia, leaving Naples in the "Omrah on the 21st of November, and reaching Melbourne on the 22nd of December. It is intended that he should visit each of the States of the Common- wealth of Australia, the Dominion of New Zealand, Fiji, and Papua. No definite programme has been laid down and his movements will depend largely on the local circumstances. He will probably return to this country in May or June of next
year.
[5. (To all except Fiji.) While in India and Canada Mr. Fisher was given [(to Australian States only) free passes on the railways]; [(to Commonwealth only) customs facilities whereby his valuable photographic apparatus which requires very careful handling was admitted without examination]; [(to New Zealand only) free passes on the railways as well as customs facilities whereby his valuable photo- graphic apparatus which requires very careful handling was admitted without examination]. Any similar privilege that [Your Excellency's] [your] Ministers may be good enough to grant in [Australia], [New South Wales], [Victoria], [South Australia], [Western Australia], [Queensland], [Tasmania], [New Zealand] would be very greatly valued by the Committee, whose funds are not at present adequate to cover the whole of the work which lies before them throughout the Empire, and who are most anxious that [Australia] [the Dominion] should be illustrated both by view and letterpress in the most effective manner possible.]
facility
[(Fiji only) 5. I shall be glad if you will give instructions that every pictures
may be afforded Mr. Fisher so that he may be able to obtain a collection which will convey the best possible idea of Fiji in its various aspects.
6. Mr. Fisher has with him a quantity of valuable photographic apparatus, and the Committee request that, if possible, this apparatus may be allowed to pass without examination by the Customs authorities.]
I have, &c.,
CREWE.
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No. 107.
THE ADMIRAL SUPERINTENDENT, H.M. DOCKYARD, PORTSMOUTH, to THE
VISUAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE.
(Received 26 October, 1909.)
SIR,
H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth, 25th October, 1909, WITH reference to your letter of the 23rd inst.,* enclosing prints of photo- graphs taken by Mr. A. Hugh Fisher in this Dockyard, I am directed by the Admiral Superintendent to say there is no objection to the use of those views for lantern slides by the Committee on Visual Instruction
Your remark as to the painted sketch of the building of a battleship having already been approved is concurred in.
I am, &c.,
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No. 108.
GIBRALTAR.
M. E. P. FROST,
Secretary.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received 8 November, 1909.)
(No. 129.) MY LORD,
Gibraltar, 1st November, 1909. REFERRING to your Lordship's despatch, Miscellaneous, of the 9th October last, I have the honour to report that Mr. A. Hugh Fisher arrived in Gibraltar on the 20th ultimo and was afforded all possible facilities to enable him to carry out the object of his visit.
2. I am informed that he left for Malta on the 30th ultimo.
I have, &c.,
FREDK. FORESTIER-WALKER,
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General and Governor.
SIR,
VISUAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE to THE ADMIRAL SUPER- INTENDENT, HIS MAJESTY'S DOCKYARD, PORTSMOUTH.
(Confidential.)
[Answered by No. 107.]
Downing Street, 23 October, 1909. WITH reference to Mr. Frost's letter of the 18th of September* addressed to Mr. A. Hugh Fisher, the artist employed by the Committee on Visual Instruction sitting at this office, I am instructed by my Committee to submit prints of 23 photo- graphs taken by Mr. Fisher at His Majesty's Dockyard, Portsmouth, and to enquire whether there is any objection to the use of these views for lantern slides.
2. I am to explain that in all 30 plates were exposed, but that seven negatives
which were found on development to be quite useless were destroyed.
3. The Committee have in their possession a duplicate set of prints, and, in the event of your being unable to approve the use of a photograph, the print and negative will be destroyed immediately.
4. It is understood that a painted sketch of the building of a battleship has already been approved.
5. My Committee desire to express their cordial thanks for the assistance which was so kindly given to Mr. Fisher.
I am, &c.,
(Secretary, Visual Instruction Committee.j
W. E. NOALL,
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No. 109.
MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE VISUAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE HELD AT THE COLONIAL OFFICE ON MONDAY, THE 8TH OF NOVEMBER, 1909, AT 4 O'CLOCK.
PRESENT:-
The Earl of Meath (in the Chair).
Sir Philip Hutchins.
Sir Charles Lucas.
Mr. Struthers.
Mr. Mackinder.
Mr. Noall (Secretary).
The minutest of the meeting heid on the 16th of July, having been previously circulated, were adopted.
Sir Charles Lucas reviewed the correspondence which had passed since that date.
Sir Charles Lucas proposed that Mr. Mercer should be asked to continue to serve on the Committee, and the meeting agreed.
Referring to the scheme for lectures on the United Kingdom for use in the Colonies, Mr. Mackinder reported that sets of slides had been ordered for Baluchistan and the North-West Frontier Province of India. Lectures for use in Canada and South Africa were in course of preparation.
He stated that he was in communication with Lord Grey in connection with a plan for sending out University men from this country to introduce the lectures into Canada, more particularly in the Western provinces. The slides would be purchased by the Dominion, and the Provinces would bear the expenses of the
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