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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference :-
C.O. 885
20 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO
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APPLICATIONS under Public Notice No. 55 of March 27, 1908, regarding proposed Government Survey School.
Dato,
No.
Name,
1
'Euba, G. H...
17/4/1908
School.
Standard.
Wesleyan High 2nd class College of
School.
2
Cole, J. B.
24/1/1908
Hope Institute
3
Vincent, E. S,
24/4/1908
C.M.S. Grammar
School.
+
Isaacs, S. A. O.
29/4/1908
Hope Institute
5
Mousah, S. 8.
29/4/1908
Wesleyan High
School.
6
Aiyede, E. O.
27/5/1908
Lagos Grain mar
School.
7
Glover, E. A.
6/6/1908
Hope Institute
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Solomon, E. E.
8/6/1908
0
Craig, A. O.
***
16/6/1908
Wesleyan High
School.
10
Hoskyns, R.
***
17/6/1908
Hope-Waddel! Ins-
titute.
25 October, 1908.
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SIR,
No. 2.
Preceptors.
2nd class Teachers'
Certificate.
2nd class Sanitation
Remarks.
7th Standard equi- Pupil Survey
valent.
6th Standard
2nd class College of
Preceptors.
6th Standard
2nd class College of
Preceptors.
3rd class Teachers'
Certificate.
1st class Sanitation 6th Standard
SOUTHERN NIGERIA.
Department. Pupil Survey Department.
Clerk
Survey Department.
C. A. A. B.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE ACTING GOVERNOR.
(Confidential.)
[Answered by No. 18.]
Downing Street, 8 January, 1909. In continuation of my Confidential despatch of the 31st of December,* I have the honour to transmit to you the accompanying copy of a note,† with enclosures, which has been received from the Director of Military Operations on the subject of the map of part of the Western Province of Southern Nigeria recently sent home by the Director of Surveys.
2. I have to request you to obtain from Mr. Cotton an explanation of the several errors pointed out by the Director of Military Operations, and also a revised map incorporating the additional information or distinguishing marks suggested in the memorandum which accompanied the note.
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No. 3.
I have, &c.,
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MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE COLONIAL SURVEY COMMITTEE, 2ND FEBRUARY, 1909.
PRESENT:
Colonel GRANT,
Lieutenant-Colonel
Mr. READ and
CLOSE and
Mr. BOTTOMLEY (Secretary).
I. SOUTHERN NIGERIA.
(a) State of the Survey Department.
Colonel Close read a memorandum explaining the past history of Mr. Cotton's work. He pointed out that the most serious matter was not the large sums (over
† No. 148 in Miscellaneous No. 210.
• No. 149 in Miscellaneous No. 210.
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£40,000) which had been spent during the eight years for which Mr. Cotton had been in charge, but that in return for this expenditure nothing had been produced which could be printed. The sheets last sent home had shown grave defects which Mr. Cotton had been asked to explain; but the Committee agreed that it was most desirable that the inspection of the Department, which was strongly recommended by Sir W. Egerton, should now be arranged without waiting for the consideration of Mr. Cotton's explanation. The inspecting officer should be asked to report on the Department generally, and should not be called upon to express his opinion as to the advisability of retaining Mr. Cotton in his position; but the Committee were strongly of opinion that the question of his retention should be decided once for all on the receipt of the report.
The Committee recommended that Major Hills, who had already inspected the Survey Departments in the East Africa Protectorate, Uganda, Ceylon, and the Federated Malay States, should be asked to undertake the work. It was considered that April would probably be the best time for him to leave England.
(b) Appointment of a Senior Surveyor.
The Committee agreed that, as the Acting Governor was unable to support Mr. Cotton's recommendation of Mr. Webb, Mr. Meldrum should be put forward for the post.
(c) Interim Report on the Surcey School at Lagos.
The Committee were of opinion that the inspecting officer should be asked to look into the work of the School, and that in the meantime the local candidate for the post of European Instructor and the present Native Instructor should be employed on a provisional and temporary basis.
II. EAST AFRICA PROTECTORATE,
(a) Commander Whitehouse's Survey of Lake Victoria. The Committee considered correspondence with the Admiralty as to the dis- posal of the original drawings, and recommended that they should ultimately be prèserved in this country and photographic copies made for reference in the Pro-
tectorate.
(b) Successor to Lieutenant E. W. Cox, Royal Engineers. Colonel Close mentioned that a subaltern would be available by the middle or end of April, and Mr. Read agreed that this date would be convenient.
III. CEYLON.
The Committee considered a Memorandum* by the Surveyor-General of Ceylon suggesting that arrangements should be made for Ceylon survey candidates to be instructed by Mr. Hampton, formerly of his Department, either before or after selection, and either instead of, or in addition to, a course at Southampton. The Committee were of opinion that any arrangement of this kind was unnecessary, and Colonel Grant said that he would at any time be glad to make such alterations in the instruction given at Southampton as might be considered desirable to meet the requirements of Ceylon. It was also pointed out that the result of Major Hills's inspection in Ceylon has shown that the work of the Department up to a few years ago had not been of a high order, and that, therefore, there might le some doubt whether Mr. Hampton was entirely suitable for the position suggested.
IV. FEDERATED MALAY STATES.
Colonel Close mentioned that he had received a letter from Colonel Jackson on the subject of the recruitment of survey candidates for the Federated Malay States. Colonel Jackson suggested that candidates should be required to have passed some general examination (as evidence of general education), and some technical examination before selection; that after selection and medical examination they should proceed to Southampton, and, subject to satisfactory progress there,
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• No. 142 iu Miscellaneous No. 210.
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