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Aubject.

Page.

Serial No.

From or to whom

Despatch No., &c.

Date.

1907.

Subject.

Paye.

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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The Acting High Commissioner.

March 23 Northern

Nigeria, (Rec. Apr. 20.)

115.

Forwards/minute by Mr. Scott on the subject of the proposed cadastral sur- vey of the tin mining area in Northern Nigeria and states that Mr. Scott, now on leave, could supply any further information required.

32

41

The Governor

Gold Coast, 136.

32

To the Acting Com-

missioner.

East

April 23

Africa

Remarks on Major Hills's report in

No. 27.

33

12

Sir D. Gill and others Uganda

May 7

Protec-

torate,

228.

33

Military

The Director of Opera-

tions.

East Africa Protec- torate.

April 24

States, in reply to No. 30, that copies of the map in question will be furnished without delay, and that, for the reasons stated, permission should be given to Major Smith to correspond direct with the Ordnance Survey.

33

43

To the Acting Com-Uganda,

missioner.

Telegram.

May 17

34

To the Governors,

&c.

Gold Coast,

April 24

Southern

Nigeria,

Requests that progress diagrams showing area covered by triangulation, traverse, and detail survey on various scales up to May 1, and brief summary of work

31

43A

To Treasury

East Africa

May 17

East

Africa

Protec-

of the Department during the past year may be sent home as soon as possible.

Protec-

torate.

41

Ditto

torate,

Uganda

May 18

and

Uganda

Telegram.

45

lo Mr. J. Scott

35

Military tions.

The Director of Opera-

East Africa Protec- torate.

April 25

Requests that enquiry may be maile of. 34

to the the Acting Governor

i fundamental latitude and longitude, and datum height on which the map of the Sotik and Lumbwa districts enclosed in No. 30 is based.

Northern Nigeria.

May 21

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46

The Governor

!

36

To the Acting Com-

missioner.

East Africa

April 26

Protect-

Transmits copy of No. 33, and requests that the course indicated may be followed.

35

Southern

May 4 Nigeria, (Rec. May 27.)

232.

April 12 (Rec. May 3.)

Transmite, with remarks, proposals by Major Guggisberg and Mr. Cotton for the establishment of a native survey school in West Africa, and of a letter from Major Guggisborg commenting on Mr. Cotton's proposals.

Urges that advantage should be taken of the existence of the joint Anglo- Congolese Commission to measure that portion of the arc of the 30th meridian E. which falls within the sphere of their operations; offers to contribute £1,000 towards expenses and to lend two Repsold theodolites.

Gives the Anglo-German Boundary Commission's trigonometrical point at Entebbe, and requests that Chief Surveyor may be informed.

Transmits copies of Nos. 20, 25, and 27, and asks for approval of the proposals made.

Transmite, with remarks, copy of No. 42, and requests that the proposed arrangements may be sanctioned.

Requests that he will take an early opportunity of calling on Major Close in order to supply any information he may require with regard to the proposed cadastral survey of the tin mining area in Northern Nigeria.

Furnishes, in reply to No. 34, report by the Director of Surveys on the pro- gress of survey operations.

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71

71

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orate.

Colonial Survey

Committee.

May 27

Minutes of Meeting of May 27, 1907 ...

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237

37

Ditto

East

April 26

Makes the enquiry requested in No. 35.

35

48

The Commissioner

Africa

Protect..

orate.

East Africa Protec- torate, 171.

May 6 (Roc. May 29.)

Forwards annual report of the Survey Department with covering letter and enclosures, and copy of a memoran- dum by the Commissioner of Lands.

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Telegram

38

Major E. H. Hills...

Uganda.

April 9 (Rec. Apr. 30)

Forwards Report upon the Survey of

Uganda.

35

49

To the Acting Com- Uganda,

missioner.

Telegram.

June 4

39

The Acting Com-

missioner.

East Africa Protect-

(Rec. Apr. 30) Replies to the queries in No. 37

45

50

orate.

To the High Com- Northern

missioner.

Nigeria, 287.

June 11

40

The Governor

Telegram 65.

Southern

April 11 Nigeria, (Rec. May 3.)

165.

Forwards Major Guggisberg's proposals for a native survey school in West Africa, together with a memorandum thereon by the Director of Surveys: anggests that Major Guggisberg's proposals should be adopted and submits remarks thereon.

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51

Requests that the sheets referred to in Major Hills's report on topographical work may be sent home as soon as possible.

Informs him that an estimate for the survey of the tin-mining area in Northern Nigeria cannot at present be given owing to lack of information as to a suitable scale; asks for his opinion on this point and as to the retention of Mr. Scott's services.

SO

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Telegram, 24.

The Acting Com- Uganda, (Rec. June 13) States, in reply to No. 49, that the Chief

missioner.

Surveyor requires two or three months to compute latitude and longitude before sheet lines can be fixed and sheets sent home.

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