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No. 6.
THE AGENT-GENERAL FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received December 17, 1902.)
Office of the Agent-General for South Australia,
1, Crosby Square, Bishopsgate Street Within,
London, E.C., December 16, 1902. SIR,
I HAVE the honour, by direction, to acknowledge the receipt of your commu- nication, dated the 11th instant,* and, in reply, to say that the Agent-General possesses a collection of lantern slides, which he lends, on application, to head- masters of schools, and others who are desirous of exhibiting them at entertain- ments, &c., in Great Britain and Ireland.
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of communications are received from head masters and head mistresses and managers of evening continuation schools and similar institutions from every part of the United Kingdom.
By these means, for the season 1900-1901, it was possible to arrange 267 lectures in various districts at a very low cost to the Government. Taking the general expenses, viz., special printing, boxes, and postage to the applicants, the cost works out for that season at about 2s. 4d. for each lecture. The only expense which the borrower is put to is the postage for the return carriage of the slides, which amounts to one shilling.
I have, &c.,
ALFRED DOBSON,
Agent-General.
I have, &c.,
EDMUND SNELL,
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No. 7.
THE AGENT-GENERAL FOR TASMANIA to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received December 17, 1902.)
(No. 3974.)
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Office of the Agent-General for Tasmania,
5, Victoria Street, Westminster,
London, S.W., December 16, 1902.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 11th instant, No. 49577/1902, with reference to the possibility and desirability of improving and widening education in the Crown Colonies and the mother country by means of lectures and lantern slides.
This system of instruction has obtained in the Tasmanian Agent-General's Office for some time past, with most encouraging results, and I am much interested in learning that you propose, if possible, to introduce something of the same kind into the schools of the mother country and Crown Colonies.
It may be mentioned that the Tasmanian lectures are given, for the most part, to pupils of night schools who have left the elementary schools, and to some who have reached manhood, and that it is the custom in many country districts for the parents of scholars to be also present at the lectures.
There can be no doubt that the system is a splendid one for giving information as to the resources and condition of the Colony.
Letters are frequently received from those who borrow slides testifying to the benefit and pleasure derived from them.
As regards schools in Tasmania there is not, so far as I am aware, any recognised system of visual instruction as to the United Kingdom and the British Empire generally, and I regret that this should be so.
Should you succeed in carrying out your proposed system of education by means of lectures and slides, I shall be very glad to have some account of the progress made in order that I may furnish the information to my Government.
The lectures with lantern slides are carried on in this Department during the winter months. The Government of Tasmania provide a number of very good slides, which are carefully formed into sets of 50 slides each, illustrating in a comprehensive manner the products, resources, and mining industry, and scenery of the country. With each set a printed pamphlet, concerning Tasmania and descriptive of the slides, is sent to assist in the giving of the lecture, together with a copy of certain regula- tions specifying the conditions on which the slides are lent. A copy of these regula- tions† is enclosed herewith, for your information.
A notice at the commencement of the season is inserted in the scholastic journals inviting applications for the loan of the sets, in response to which a large number
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THE AGENT-GENERAL FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA to COLONIAL
(A.G. No. 9886.)
SIR,
OFFICE.
(Received December 17, 1902.)
15, Victoria Street, Westminster,
London, S. W., December 16, 1902. In reply to your letter of 11th December, I have the honour to inform you that this office has at its disposal some 500, or more, lantern slides, illustrating the various phases of life in the State of Western Australia, as well as industrial pursuits. These slides are lent free of cost to any school teacher who proves his bona fides, and at the same time printed matter is sent with them of such a nature that an interesting discourse or lecture can be easily compiled, varying in its form according to the age or advancement of the pupils to whom it is to be delivered."
It has been found that this means of disseminating information about Western Australia has met with a fair measure of success.
In regard to the use of lantern slides as a means of educating the young people of Western Australia in relation to the other parts of the Empire, I can only say I
am not aware of any system in force for carrying this into effect.
Should, however, you desire more particular information concerning the methods adopted for educating children in regard to the various countries forming the British Dependencies, I shall be happy to obtain them for you.
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I have, &c.,
H. B. LEFROY,
Agent-General.
No. 9.
THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR CANADA to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received December 19, 1902.)
17, Victoria Street, London, S.W., December 17, 1902.
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trip I HAVE to acknowledge receipt of Mr. Lucas's letter of the 11th instant, and in reply beg to say that so far as my information goes I am not aware that lantern slides are used in the elementary schools in Canada.
With reference to the steps which have been taken by this Office in arranging by lectures and lantern slides to familiarise the school children in this country with the resources and conditions of life in Canada, I may say that for some years past, both under my predecessor and myself, the practice has been followed of offering the loan of sets of lantern slides of Canadian views to the schools of this country, particularly
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