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have the honour to inform you that the thanks of the Visual Instruction Committee will be conveyed to Mr. R. W. Booth for the photographs supplied by him.
2.
In the meantime I am able to state that he would have no objection to the reproduction, in the book of lectures on South Africa it is proposed to issue, of the photographs of which prints were enclosed in the Secretary of State's despatch of the 13th of June last.
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of February*], [your letter of the 20th of February†], I have to transmit to you, to be laid before the High Commissioner for [the Commonwealth of Australia] [New Zealand] [the Union of South Africa], a copy of a book of lantern lectures on Canada and Newfoundland which has been prepared for the Visual Instruction Committee by Mr. A. J. Sargent, together with a separate list of the slides.‡
Yours very truly,
A. BERRIEDALE KEITH.
I have, &c.,
H. C. SLOLEY,
His Excellency
Resident Commissioner.
The Right Honourable
The Viscount Gladstone, P.C., G.C.M.G.,
High Commissioner for South Africa.
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No. 149.
COLONIAL OFFICE to INDIA OFFICE, WAR OFFICE, AND ADMIRALTY. SIR,
Downing Street, 19 September, 1913. WITH reference to the letter from this Office of the 15th of February last,* I am directed by Mr. Secretary Harcourt to transmit to you, to be laid before the [Marquess of Crewe] [Army Council] [Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty], the accompanying copy of a book of lectures on Canada and Newfoundland, which has been issued by the Visual Instruction Committee, together with a separate copy of the list of slides.†
2. Lectures on South Africa will probably be ready by the end of the a further book dealing with the West Indies being prepared.
I am, &c.,
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No. 150.
year,
and
H. W. JUST.
MR. A. B. KEITH (COLONIAL OFFICE) to MR. W. L. GRIFFITH (SECRETARY TO THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR CANADA).
DEAR MR. GRIFFITH,
Downing Street, 19 September, 1913.
WITH reference to the correspondence ending with your letter of the 9th of May. I have to transmit to you, to be laid before the High Commissioner for Canada, the accompanying copy of the book of lantern lectures on Canada and Newfound- land, prepared for the Visual Instruction Committee by Mr. A. J. Sargent, together with a separate copy of the list of slides.†
2. The Committee wish to express their thanks to yourself and to your staff for the great help given to Mr. Sargent, both in the collection of information and illustrations, and in the revision of the letterpress of the lectures.
Yours very truly,
A. BERRIEDALE KEITH.
No. 152.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF CANADA AND THE GOVERNOR OF NEWFOUNDLAND.
(Miscellaneous.)
Downing Street, 19 September, 1913.
SIR,
WITH reference to [my Miscellaneous despatch of the 20th of March last§] [your despatch. No. 63, of the 29th of April last], I have the honour to transmit to [Your Excellency] [you], to be laid before your Ministers, the accompanying copy of a book of lantern lectures on Canada and Newfoundland, which has been pre- pared for the Visual Instruction Committee of the Colonial Office, together with a separate copy of the list of slides.‡
2. The slides with which the lectures are illustrated are derived from pictures painted and photographs taken by the Committee's artist, Mr. A. Hugh Fisher, whose visit to the [Dominion] [Newfoundland] is referred to in [my predecessor's Mis- cellaneous despatch of the 9th of July, 1908,¶] [Sir W. MacGregor's despatch, No. 118, of the 14th of October, 1908,**] supplemented by photographs placed in their disposal by [the High Commissioner and the representatives of the Provincial Governments in this country, and by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company and the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada] [the Government of Newfoundland]. 3. I have to request that you will convey to your Ministers the thanks of the Committee for the many facilities which were afforded Mr. Fisher during his visit.
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No. 153.
I have, &c.,
L. HARCOURT.
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No. 151.
MR. A. B. KEITH (COLONIAL OFFICE) to CAPT. R. M. COLLINS (SECRETARY TO THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA), MR. C. W. PALLISER (SECRETARY TO THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR NEW ZEALAND), AND MR. T. S. NIGHTINGALE (SECRETARY TO THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA).
DEAR CAPTAIN COLLINS,]
DEAR MR. PALLISER,]
DEAR MR. NIGHTINGALE,]
SIR,
SOUTH AFRICA.
THE HIGH COMMISSIONER to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received 23 September, 1913.)
(No. 630.)
High Commissioner's Office, Pretoria,
WITH further reference to your despatch, Miscellaneous, of June 13th,††
September 4th, 1913. respecting certain photographs placed at the disposal of the Visual Instruction Committee, I have the honour to inform you that the Acting Resident Commissioner of the Bechuanaland Protectorate states that Mr. Ellenberger consents to the pub- lication of the photographs of which a print accompanied your despatch.
I have, &c.,
GLADSTONE,
High Commissioner.
Downing Street, 19 September, 1913.
WITH reference to [my letter of the 18th of February§] [my letter of the 18th
No. 70.
↑ Not reprinted.
Not printed; see 12461;13.
§ No. 73.
• No. 73.
† No. 74.
Not reprinted.
§ No. 88.
No. 26 i Miscellaneous No. 218.
* No. 50 in Miscellaneous No. 218.
No. 106. tt No. 115.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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TLC.O. 885
22 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC: COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO
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