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In connection with the scheme for hiring slides Sir Cecil Smith enquired whether it was the practice for schools to arrange beforehand for their lectures, as he under- stood was done in St, Paul's School. Sir John Struthers said that might be the case in private schools and in the large public schools; in Government schools there was usually a programme of geography lectures for which the lecturers had already a large quantity of illustrations, and the difficulty lay in inducing them to use the lectures and illustrations prepared by the Committee.
Sir Everard im Thurn suggested a short series of specimen lectures to be given to people interested in education, and thought that the Royal Geographical Society might be willing to give the use of a room for the purpose.
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two copies of each of the publications referred to in the accompanying list issued by the Visual Instruction Committee, and specified in the circular despatch of your Department of the 17th of March last.*
I have, &c.,
Agent-General.
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No. 111.
VISUAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE to MESSRS. GEORGE PHILIP AND SON, LIMITED.
GENTLEMEN,
[Answered by No. 112.]
Downing Street, S.W., 7 June, 1913.
I AM directed to inform you that the Visual Instruction Committee have had under their consideration the correspondence ending with the letter of the 20th of May, in which you make proposals with regard to the production of two further books of lectures on the West Indies and on Tropical Africa.
With regard to the volume on the West Indies, now in course of preparation, my Committee are prepared to make good the actual loss, if there is a loss, on an edition of 5,000 copies, up to a total sum not exceeding £50, but they are not prepared at present to enter into any engagement with regard to the contemplated volume on Tropical Africa.
Yours faithfully,
W. E. NOALL.
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No. 112.
MESSRS. GEORGE PHILIP AND SON, LIMITED, to VISUAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE.
(Received 10 June, 1913.)
DEAR SIR,
32, Fleet Street, London, E.C., 9th June, 1913. WE are obliged for your letter of the 7th instant,† and we are prepared to undertake the preparation of the volume on the West Indies on the terms mentioned in your letter. We will prepare a draft agreement embodying same and send on for your approval.
Enclosure in No. 113.
PUBLICATIONS OF THE VISUal InstructioN COMMITTEE.
I. The Voyage from India to London. II. London, the Imperial City.
The Scenery of the United Kingdom.
Historic Centres and their influence upon National Life.
V. Country Life and the Smaller Towns.
VI. The Great Towns, their Industries and Commerce. VII. The Defences of the Empire.
Lecture
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IV.
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Lecture
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III. Bengal--the Monsoons.
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IV. The United Provinces-the Mutiny.
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V. Bombay-the Marathas.
I. Madras-the Hindu Religion.
II. Burma-the Buddhist Religion.
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Lecture
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VI. Rajputana-the Feudatory States.
VII. Delhi-the Muhammadan Religion.
The North-West Frontier-the Sikhs.
Gibraltar and Malta.
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Malta to Aden.
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III.
The Indian Ocean.
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IV.
Ceylon.
V.
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The Malay Religion.
VI.
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The Chinese Stations.
Lecture I.
Australasia.
II.
III.
New South Wales, with Papua. Queensland.
IV.
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Victoria and Tasmania.
V. South Australia and Western Australia.
VI. New Zealand-South Island.
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VII. New Zealand-North Island.
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VIII. Fiji and the Western Pacific.
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SIR,
Yours faithfully
GEORGE PHILIP AND SON, LIMITED,
G. STANLEY PHILIP,
Managing Director.
No. 113.
VICTORIA.
THE AGENT-GENERAL to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received 13 June, 1913.)
[Answered by No. 120.]
Office of the Agent-General for Victoria,
Melbourne Place, Strand, London, W.C., 11th June, 1913.
I HAVE the honour to state that I should be very greatly obliged if you would be so good as to cause me to be furnished, for transmission to my Government, with
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No. 114.
MESSRS. NEWTON AND COMPANY, LTD., to THE EARL OF MEATH
MY LORD,
(VISUAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE).
(Received 13 June, 1913.)
[Answered by No. 116.]
New Lantern Slide Gallery, 37, King Street, Covent Garden,
London, W.C., 12th June, 1913.
IN confirmation of the interview which Mr. Newton had with you yesterday, we understand that your suggestion is as follows:-
It is already arranged that we should hold one complete series of all the Visual Instruction Committee's sets in immediate readiness for sale or hire, and, in addition to this, that we should hold a duplicate set of all slides which we procure from the Diagram Company and Messrs. Sanger Shepherd, so that we may the more readily complete any further sets which may be required for purchase. Your Lordship thinks that the demand for hire will be greater than can be adequately met by the
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