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1907.

October 1

Subject.

Page.

Authorizes payments indicated to Mr. 130

A. H. Fisher as photographer-artist to the Visual Instruction Committee.

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Agrees to the proposed changes in 131

Mr. Fisher's itinerary, and places on record the results of conference on September 26 with Mr. Mackinder relative to certain details of expendi ture, &c.

CORRESPONDENCE

[4th April, 1905, to 18th November, 1907.]

VISUAL

RELATING TO

INSTRUCTION.

195

To Mr. H. J. Mac-

kinder.

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October 1

196

To India Office

October 4

Describes arrangements made for the visit of Mr. Fisher to Ceylon and India, and requests that the facilities indicated may be given.

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197

To Mr. R. L. Forbes

October 4

(the Royal Mail

Steam

Packet

Company.)

198

To Governor Sir H.

E. McCallum.

Ceylon, Miscel- laneous.

October 1

199

To the Visual In-

struction

Com-

mittee.

October 8

Conveys thanks for the promptitude and courtesy with which the request for passages for Mr. Fisher has been

met.

Notifies appointment of Mr. Fisher as artist-photographer; states arrange- ments made for his journey to, and work in, Ceylon, and requests that facilities may be given to him.

Reports settlement with Mr. Mackinder of questions of detail in connection with the appointment of the photo- grapher-artist and the issue of the "Composite" edition of lectures, and encloses copy of correspondence since July 31 explaining the situation.

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133

131

200

Mr. H. J. Mackinder

October 21

to Mr. Fisher.

Conveys instructions for his visit to India and to certain other parts of the Empire.

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201

Ditto

October 21

202

Ditto

October 22

Gives directions for the dispatch of photographs and sketches to London.

Suggests that, in view of the saving of

time on the journey to and from Rangoon, Quetta, Ootacamund, and Calicut should be visited.

136

136

203

India Office

October 24

States that the Government of India has been asked to furnish all reasonable facilities to Mr. Fisher.

136

20-4

Ditto

November 13

Suggests that the principle of following the rules made by the Local Authori- ties with regard to the taking of photographs of fortified places should be clearly laid down in connection with Mr. Fisher's work.

137

205

To India Office

206

To Mr. H. J. Mac-

kinder.

www

November 16 Acknowledges receipt of No. 2004 and states that Mr. Fisher will be warned in the sense indicated.

November 16 | Transmits copies of Nos. 204 and 205,

and requests that Mr. Fisher may be warned to comply with the local regulations in India and the Colonies in connection with sketching or photo- graphing fortifications.

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No. 1.

MINUTES OF MEETING HELD AT THE COLONIAL OFFICE,

4TH APRIL, 1905.

PRESENT:

Sir Cecil Clementi Smith (in the Chair).

Sir Philip Hutchins.

Dr. Heath.

Mr. Mackinder.

Mr. Lucas, and

Mr. Hunter, Secretary.

Certain correspondence was reported by Mr. Lucas, who then read Mr. Mackinder's Report as altered by him in consultation with Mr. Lucas.

Mr. Lucas also read parts of a draft despatch to the Eastern Colonies. Mr. Mackinder then explained the appendices to his report.

The question was raised as to, whom the ownership of the copyright should vest in. The point 'to be referred to Mr. Cox (Legal Assistant Under-Secretary, Colonial Office).

It was decided that 250 copies of Mr. Mackinder's book should be printed, and the type kept standing for the present. Mr. Mackinder to see the Crown Agents, and to arrange to select a printer.

It was agreed that print III (basis of a despatch to the British Dominions beyond the Seas) should stand over for the present.

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No. 2.

MR. LYTTELTON to THE GOVERNORS AND HIGH COMMISSIONERS.*

(Circular.)

SIR,

Downing Street, April 13, 1905. THE object of giving to the school children of the United Kingdom a better knowledge of the Colonies, and of giving to the school children of each Colony a better knowledge of the United Kingdom and of other parts of the Empire has, as you are no doubt aware, been brought into prominence by various organizations and commended itself to Mr. Chamberlain when Secretary of State for the Colonies. It is an object which has my own hearty approval.

• Of all Colonies and Protectorates, except Ceylon, the Straits Settlements, and Hong Kong.

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