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with the revised survey estimates, and that the Treasury should be informed that the Committee concurred generally in the views expressed by Major Hills.

2. East Africa Protectorate Appointments.

In connection with the recommendations contained in Captain Smith's letter of the 28th of January, attention was drawn to the fact that, owing to the reductions. made in the estimates, only two posts remained to be filled, viz., one for a District Surveyor and one for a Junior Staff Surveyor. The other Junior Staff Surveyor- ship would, it was assumed, be filled by one of the five candidates recommended by Captain Smith for the grade of Senior Staff Surveyor, the establishment of which was now reduced to four.

It was agreed that Mr. F. M. Lamb should be offered appointment as a Senior Staff Surveyor in the first instance, and that it should be left to Captain Smith to decide whether he should be appointed District Surveyor. The other post, it was considered, might be filled from the Ordnance Survey, and Colonel Hellard agreed to take the matter up.

3. Uganda Annual Report.

The Committee decided to defer the consideration of the report until Major Hills's Report on Uganda surveys was received.

4. Measurement of the Arc of the Meridian 30o E. (Uganda). Major Close mentioned that Sir David Gill had recommended to him the reten- tion of some of the members of the British Section of the Anglo-Congo Boundary Commission for this purpose. The cost would be £2,000, towards which Sir D. Gill had received promises of £1,000. In addition, two theodolites had been promised by the Cape Government, and the Commission already had invar wires.

It was agreed that if Sir D. Gill addressed the Colonial Office on the subject the proposal should be supported by the Committee.

5. Instruments for Instruction Purposes at Southampton. Colonel Hellard recommended the acquisition of two 3-inch theodolites, to avoid the risk of damage to more valuable instruments by inexperienced users. The cost would be about £20 each. It was agreed that Colonel Hellard should communi- cate with the Colonial Office on the subject.

6. Second Annual Report.

The arrangements in connection with the Committee's second report were discussed. As Major Hills's reports on the surveys of Ceylon and the Federated Malay States could not be expected for some months, it was agreed that the report should be confined to African work, and should be issued early in July. Attention was drawn to the necessity of a larger issue than in the case of the first report. A letter from Mr. J. F. Cunningham, Secretary to the Uganda Administration, on the subject of the record of the Anglo-Portuguese Boundary Commission, 1899 (British Central Africa) was noted for the second Annual Report.

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a copy of a letter from the Director of East Africa Protectorate Surveys covering a packet of tracings for the map of Sotik and Lumbwa.

2. As regards the last paragraph of Major Smith's letter I would venture to recommend that, in order to save delay, he should be allowed to correspond with the Director-General of the Ordnance Survey as he suggests.

I have, &c.,

F. J. JACKSON,

Acting Commissioner.

Enclosure in No. 29.

Director of Surveys Office, Nairobi, February 23, 1907.

(No. 16.) SIR,

In pursuance of the instructions contained in No. 29573 of August, 1905, I have the honour to forward tracings of the map of Sotik and Lumbwa on the 1/250,000 scale which I have recently completed.

I have the honour to request that they may be transmitted to the Colonial Office, for transmission to the Director of Military Operations and for further transmis- sion to the Director-General of the Ordnance Survey.

I have the honour to request that the hermetically sealed packet should not be opened until its arrival at its final destination.

The map consists of four tracings, each containing one colour only, viz.:--

Black, for names, graticules, &c.

Blue, for rivers.

Green, for forests.

Brown, for hill features.

The corners of each are marked, and the lengths of the sheet lines are written in pencil.

I understand that this system is the one preferred by the Director-General, Ordnance Survey; should he prefer to have in future one finished tracing contain- ing all colours on one sheet, it is of course equally easy for me to execute.

I think that an edition of 100 copies sent out here would be likely to meet all our requirements for some time.

I have the honour to suggest that in future I should be allowed to correspond direct with the Director-General, Ordnance Survey, on this subject, as the numerous steps through which the maps and letters have at present to go cause delay and also increase the possibility of loss or damage in transit.

I have, &c.,

His Majesty's Acting Commissioner

(Through the Commissioner of Lands).

-13500

G. E. SMITH, Major, R.E.,

Director of Surveys.

No. 30.

13500

No. 29.

EAST AFRICA PROTECTORATE.

THE ACTING COMMISSIONER to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

(No. 106.)

MY LORD,

(Received April 16, 1907.)

[Answered by No. 36.]

Commissioner's Office, Nairobi, March 19, 1907. I HAVE the honour to enclose herewith, for favour of transmission through the Director of Military Operations to the Director-General of the Ordnance Survey,

EAST AFRICA PROTECTORATE. COLONIAL OFFICE to THE DIRECTOR OF MILITARY OPERATIONS.

[Answered by No. 33.]

Downing Street, April 19, 1907.

The Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies presents his compliments to the Director of Military Operations and begs to transmit to him, for his information and necessary action, the accompanying copy of a despatch* which has been received from the Officer Administering the Government of the East Africa Protectorate, together with a sealed packet of tracings for the map of the Sotik and Lumbwa districts.

The Under-Secretary of State will be glad if the Director-General of the

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