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SIR,
No. 60.
COLONIAL OFFICE to TREASURY,
[Answered by No. 62.]
Downing Street, December 12, 1906. I AM directed by the Earl of Elgin to refer to your letter of the 2nd of August last, on the subject of the future maintenance of the work of the Scientific and Technical Department of the Imperial Institute, and to request you to inform the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury that replies have in most cases been received to Lord Elgin's circular of the 31st of July last,t a copy of which was sent to the Treasury in the letter from this Office of the 17th of August,‡ and another copy of which is now enclosed for facility of reference.
2. The following table shows the amount which each Government was asked to contribute annually, and the amount which has been actually voted or promised; and also the term for which the grant is made, when any limit has been specified. In most cases no term has been mentioned, and it may be taken that the grant is for five years. The contributions, it will be remembered, have been asked for from the 1st of October last.
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4. Bermuda, the Windward Islands, and the Seychelles have not been asked at present to increase their present small payments of £5 7s. 6d., £19, and £14 11s. respectively; which add £38 to the above fotal, making it, in round numbers, £2,600. No response has yet come from British Guiana, but the Governor reports that the Combined Court will be asked to contribute the sum of £150 when it meets in February next.
The Government of the East Africa Protectorate has proposed to contribute £50 per annum, but, in view of the condition laid down in your letter, Lord Elgin has explained to the Commissioner that this cannot be allowed. The self-governing Colony of Natal, which contributes £200 per annum to the Institute, has expressed its desire that, after the close of the present financial year, £150 out of this sum shall be applied to the maintenance of the Scientific and Technical Department.
5. In Lord Elgin's opinion the response which has been made to the invitation for funds has been prompt and liberal, and the amount promised is already so near the maximum named that he would ask the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury to give their maximum contribution of £1,500, and not to abate it in proportion to the amount by which the Colonial contributions fall short of £3,000. Being contri- buted not merely on behalf of the United Kingdom, but also on behalf of the Colonies and Protectorates which receive Parliamentary grants, it is small as compared with the Colonial contributions, and it is suggested that in any case the maximum sum might be given.
6. It is proposed that the Colonial contributions shall be paid into a special fund at the Office of the Crown Agents for the Colonies; and if the Board of Trade (to whom a copy of this letter will be sent) concur, it would seem advisable that the Imperial contribution should be paid into the same fund.
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£
Bahamas
50
50
Three years.
British Honduras
50
50
Five years.
Ceylon
350
350
Not specified.
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Cyprus
100
100
Falkland Islands
50
50
Three years.
Fiji
100
100
Five years.
Gambia
100
100
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Gold Coast
350
300
Not specified.
Hong Kong
200
200
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Jamaica
150
Malta...
50
10
Not specified.
Mauritius
150
150
Three years.
Sierra Leone...
200
200
Not specified.
Straits and Federated Malay States
450
450
Three years.
Southern Nigeria
350
350
Not specified.
Trinidad
250
100
Five years.
3. The table shows that out of £3,000 asked for, £2,560 has so far been promised; that of the groups specified in the 15th paragraph of Lord Elgin's circular, the Eastern Colonies and Protectorates have promised the full £1,000 asked for from them; that the West African Colonies and Protectorates have promised £950 out of the £1,000 asked for, the shortage of £50 being due to a contention on the part of the Gold Coast Government that, as between that Colony and Southern Nigeria, the proportion should be £300 and £400 instead of £350 and £350, an adjustment which Lord Elgin is recommending to Southern Nigeria; and that the deficit is in the third group, and is mainly due to a refusal from Jamaica to contribute, and to a grant of £100 instead of £250 from Trinidad.
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No. 61.
I am, &c.,
C. P. LUCAS.
COLONIAL OFFICE to THE BOARD OF TRADE.
[Answered by No. 63.]
Downing Street, December 12, 1906. WITH reference to the letter from this Office of the 17th of August last,* enclosing a copy of a circular to certain colonies and protectorates, on the subject of the future maintenance of the work of the Scientific and Technical Department of the Imperial Institute, I am directed by the Earl of Elgin to enclose a copy of a letter which has been addressed to the Treasury, giving a summary of the replies which have been received to the circular.
2. It will be seen that it is proposed, if the Treasury and the Board of Trade concur, to open a special fund, into which both the Colonial and the Imperial contri- butions shall be paid, at the Office of the Crown Agents for the Colonies.
3. I am to take this opportunity of acknowledging the receipt of your letter of the 20th of November, enclosing a copy of a letter from the Agent-General for Natal with regard to the annual contribution made by that Colony to the Imperial Institute, and I am to enclose a copy of a telegram from the Governor of New South Wales, and of a despatch§ from the Governor of Queensland, on the subject of the contributions of those States.
I am, &c.,
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SIR,
No. 62.
C. P. LUCAS.
TREASURY to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received December 28, 1906.) [Answered by No. 65.]
Treasury Chambers, December 28, 1906. I HAVE laid before the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury
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† No. 60.
‡ No. 54.
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ard Islands, and the Seychelles have not been asked resent small payments of £5 7s. 6d., £19, and £14 11s. o the above total, making it, in round numbers, £2,600. rom British Guiana, but the Governor reports that asked to contribute the sum of £150 when it meets
1st Africa Protectorate has proposed to contribute £50 ic condition laid down in your letter, Lord Elgin has er that this cannot be allowed. The self-governing butes £200 per annum to the Institute, has expressed of the present financial year, £150 out of this sum shall
of the Scientific and Technical Department. on the response which has been made to the invitation
d liberal, and the amount promised is already so near would ask the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury
bution of £1,500, and not to abate it in proportion to >nial contributions fall short of £3,000. Being contri- he United Kingdom, but also on behalf of the Colonics ive Parliamentary grants, it is small as compared with d it is suggested that in any case the maximum sum
he Colonial contributions shall be paid into a special n Agents for the Colonies; and if the Board of Trade
er will be sent) concur, it would seem advisable that uld be paid into the same fund.
I am, &c.,
C. P. LUCAS.
No. 61.
'FICE to THE BOARD OF TRADE.
[Answered by No. 63.]
Downing Street, December 12, 1906.
letter from this Office of the 17th of August last,* to certain colonies and protectorates, on the subject the work of the Scientific and Technical Department
n directed by the Earl of Elgin to enclose a copy of essed to the Treasury, giving a summary of the replies he circular.
is proposed, if the Treasury and the Board of Trade into which both the Colonial and the Imperial contri- ffice of the Crown Agents for the Colonies.
ortunity of acknowledging the receipt of your letter losing a copy of a letter from the Agent-General for tal contribution made by that Colony to the Imperial 1 copy of a telegram from the Governor of New South
n the Governor of Queensland, on the subject of the
I am, &c.,
C. P. LUCAS.
No. 62.
JRY to COLONIAL OFFICE.
ceived December 28, 1906.)
[Answered by No. 65.]
Treasury Chambers, December 28, 1906.
Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury
† No. 60.
‡ No. 51.
Nos. 37 and 53.
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