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8. I have thought it well to place all this on record for the purpose of defining our aims. You will, I know, understand that my object is not to limit your discretion by the letter of any of these paragraphs but only by the spirit, with which spirit I have the pleasure of knowing that you are heartily in accord. Please accept my best wishes for the brilliant success of your mission. Yours, &c.,
H. J. MACKINDER.
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has been informed of the projected tour of Mr. A. H. Fisher, and has been asked to furnish all reasonable facilities.
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No. 204.
I have, &c.,
COLIN G. CAMPBELL.
Attached to 27529
No. 201.
MR. II. J. MACKINDER to MR. H. FISHER.
The London School of Economics and Political Science,
Clare Market, Kingsway, London, W.C.,
October 21, 1907.
DEAR FISHER,
I SEE that in the instructions* which I handed you to-day, I have omitted to place on record our arrangements for the despatch of photographis and sketches from you to me. Will you please send the negatives direct to Messrs. Newman and Guardia, from whom I am arranging to receive the developed negative and one print in each case. You will, of course, enable us to identify each plate by number referring to your lists, a duplicate of which I should like to receive from you if possible by the same post. Sketches you will, of course, address direct to me at the London School of Economics, where I would ask you also to address your letters
Yours, &c.,
to me.
H. J. MACKINDER.
SIR,
INDIA OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received November 14, 1907.)
[Answered by No. 205.]
India Office, Whitehall, London, S.W., November 13, 1907. WITH reference to my letter of the 24th ultimo,* on the subject of the prepara- tion of lantern lectures on India and the Colonies for use in the schools of the United Kingdom, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Morley to observe that it appears from the text of the instructions† issued to Mr. Fisher (which has since been received at this Office), that it might be desirable to lay down clearly the principle that in taking photographs at Aden, Bombay, or other fortified places in India, the artist must be guided by the rules made by the local authorities with regard to fortifica- tions and defence works.
I have, &o.,
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No. 205.
COLIN G. CAMPBELL.
PEPER
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Attached to 27529
No. 202.
MR. H. J. MACKINDER to MR. H. FISHER.
The London School of Economics and Political Science
(University of London),
DEAR MR. FISHER,
Clare Market, London, W.C., October 22, 1907. I AM glad to hear that you now have information with regard to the communi- cations between Madras and Rangoon, and that you expect to lose less time on your road to and from Rangoon than you anticipated. You may, therefore, gain two or three days in Southern India, and you may also perhaps be able to antedate by two or three days your journey from Calcutta northwestward.
In view of these circumstances, I would commend three places to your attention, should you find time to visit them. In the order of their importance to us they are Quetta, Ootacamund, and Calicut. As you know, I regard the first named as
specially important from an imperial point of view. We must bring home to the public here the essential facts concerning the North-West Frontier, and though Quetta may not be historically significant, yet it is at least as important from the British standpoint as Peshawar.
The Nilgiri hills present a great contrast with most of Southern India, and if you feel, therefore, that in Ceylon and at Trichinopoly you have obtained sufficient material regarding the tropical lowlands, they would probably repay us better than a visit to Calicut. Will you please annex this letter to your instructions?
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Yours, &c.,
H. J. MACKINDER.
SIR,
COLONIAL OFFICE to INDIA OFFICE.
Downing Street, November 16, 1907.
I AM directed by the Earl of Elgin to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 13th instant, on the subject of the instructions issued to Mr. A. H. Fisher. who is about to visit India to collect material for lantern slides in connection with the Princess of Wales's Visual Instruction Fund; and I am to state, for the informa- tion of Mr. Secretary Morley, that his Lordship will cause Mr. Fisher to be warned in the sense of your letter.
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SIR,
No. 206.
I am, &c.,
C. P. LUCAS.
COLONIAL OFFICE to MR. H. J. MACKINDER.
Downing Street, November 16, 1907. I AM directed by the Earl of Elgin to enelose, for your information and guidance, the accompanying copies of correspondences with the India Office on the subject of the instructions issued to Mr. A. H. Fisher, the photographer-artist selected to visit India and the Colonies to collect material for lantern slides in connection with the Princess of Wales's Visual Instruction Fund.
2. I am to state that the principle referred to by the India Office as regards the taking of photographs at fortified places under that Department would also apply in the case of fortresses in the Colonies.
3.
You will doubtless cause Mr. Fisher to be warned to be careful to comply with the local regulations in the matter, as difficulties in connection with sketching or photographing fortifications have arisen from time to time.
No. 203.
SIR,
INDIA OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received October 25, 1907.)
India Office, Whitehall, London, S.W., October 24, 1907.
I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Morley to inform you with reference to Mr. Lucas's letter of the 4th instant, No. 27529,† that the Government of India
† No. 196.
No. 200.
No. 203.
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No. 204.
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I am, &c.,
C. P. LUCAS.
Nos. 201 and 203.
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