PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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C.O.885
1758
(No. 131.) MY LORD,
No. 3.
NEW SOUTH WALES.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
(Received 17 January, 1910.)
State Government House, Sydney, 14th December, 1909. ADVERTING to your Lordship's Miscellaneous despatch of the 18th October last, relative to the approaching visit of Mr. A. Hugh Fisher, who has been com- missioned by the Committee on Visual Education to obtain sketches, &c., for the illustration of lectures for school purposes on the British Empire, I have the honour to state that, in compliance with your Lordship's wishes in the matter, my Govern- ment will be pleased to grant free railway facilities to Mr. Fisher, and otherwise to assist him in his work while in New South Wales.
2. I have to add that the Premier's office is communicating direct with Mr. Fisher.
1774
(No. 89.) MY LORD,
I have, &c..
CHELMSFORD,
Governor.
(Copy not sent to Governor-General.)
No. 4.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE, (Received 17 January, 1910.)
Government House, Adelaide, 15th December, 1909. WITH reference to your Lordship's despatch, Miscellaneous, of the 18th October,* on the subject of the visit of Mr. A. Hugh Fisher to Australia, I have the honour to inform your Lordship that my Ministers have signified their intention of issuing a free railway pass to Mr. Fisher, and affording him all possible facilities during his stay in the State.
I have, &c.,
DAY II. BOSANQUET.
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Mr. Mackinder suggested that the lectures on India should be the first set placed before them. Sir Charles Lucas promised to see Mr. Blair, Head of the Education Department of the London County Council, on the matter.
With reference to the Festival of Empire to be held at the Crystal Palace in the summer, Sir Charles Lucas reported that he had informed Mr. Lascelles that the Committee would be willing to lend slides.
Mr. Mackinder suggested that his lectures on India should be delivered during the festival, though not necessarily by himself.
Proof copies of the lectures on India being before the Committee, Dr. Roberts urged that the title-page should be amended to emphasise the fact that the lectures were prepared for the Committee. He submitted that the reference, in the Preface, to the need for further funds might be omitted.
The Committee agreed on both points, and decided, further, that the form of the Preface should be altered to make it a "Foreword" for which the Committee would be responsible.
Sir Charles Lucas and Mr. Mackinder undertook to settle the precise wording of the "Foreword."
The Committee then considered the financial position.
It was agreed that until further funds were available, the "Canadian" and "Imperial" lectures should not be printed, nor the slides prepared.
Mr. Mackinder undertook that the cost of advertising the lectures on India should be kept as low as possible.
The Committee agreed to the proposal that Mr. Mackinder should write a letter to Mr. Fisher, to reach him at Sydney in April, instructing him to confine himself as far as possible, while in Australia, to colour work and to the purchase of photographs, and not to exceed the limit of the £500 which had been advanced to him for the expenses of his tour, exclusive of salary.
Mr. Mackinder expressed his willingness to see Lord Milner with a view to securing a grant of about £500 from the Rhodes Trust to enable the work now suspended to be continued. He submitted, however, that it would be better to endeavour to raise the full amount required to provide lectures on the whole of the Empire. The Committee concurred.
It was proposed that the Masters of the City Companies, among others, should be invited to view the slides illustrating the lectures on India, and that, if possible, the Princess of Wales might be asked to attend.
Sir Cecil Clementi Smith asked that a statement of the work done by the
Committee should be prepared for circulation.
The consideration of the steps to be taken to obtain further funds was post- poned until the next meeting, which was fixed for the middle of March.
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No. 5.
MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE VISUAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE HELD AT THE COLONIAL OFFICE ON FRIDAY, THE 28TH OF JANUARY, 1910, AT 4 O'CLOCK.
PRESENT:
Sir Cecil Clementi Smith (in the Chair).
Sir Charles Holroyd.
Sir Charles Lucas.
Mr. Mercer.
Dr. Roberts.
Dr. Heath.
Mr. Mackinder.
Mr. Noall (Secretary).
The minutest of the last meeting, having been previously circulated, were adopted.
Sir Charles Lucas enquired what steps could be taken to induce the London County Council to purchase copies of lectures and sets of slides.
Dr. Roberts expressed the opinion that the Council would be quite willing to buy, if the work of the Committee were brought to their notice.
No. 105 in Miscellaneous No. 218.
† No. 110 in Viscellaneous No. 918.
No. 6.
AUSTRALIA.
THE ACTING GOVERNOR-GENERAL to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
(Received January 31, 1910.)-、
(No. 299.) MY LORD,
Governor-General's Office, Melbourne, 23 December, 1909. REFERRING to your Lordship's despatch Miscellaneous, dated the 18th October, 1909, relative to the projected visit to the Commonwealth of Mr. A. Hugh Fisher, a member of the Painter-Etcher Society, for the purpose of obtaining sketches and photographs suitable for lantern slides in connection with the preparation of illustrated lectures on the Empire for use in the schools of the United Kingdom, I have the honour to inform your Lordship, with regard to the last paragraph of your despatch, that the Commonwealth Department of Trade and Customs has issued instructions which will prevent the slightest trouble to Mr. Fisher, so far as the requirements of that Department are concerned.
I have, &c.,
• No. 105 in Miscellaneous No. 218.
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CHELMSFORD,
Administrator.
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