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No. 99.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNORS, &c., OF CERTAIN COLONIES AND PROTECTORATES.*
SIR,
Downing Street, November 15, 1907. WITH reference to my despatch of the 22nd of March,† I have the honour to inform you that it has been found desirable to revise the arrangements made for the instruction of Colonial officials at the Ordnance Survey Office, South- ampton, during their leave of absence, and that, instead of an annual class, it has been arranged with the Director-General of the Ordnance Survey that Colonial officers shall be received for instruction at any time during the year except during the month of September, that is to say, if it cannot be arranged for an officer to begin the 30 days' course in time for it to be completed by the 31st of August, his application will be held over until the 1st of October. It should, of course, be borne in mind that officers undergoing instruction during the winter will run some risk of finding their work interfered with by the weather.
2. In other respects, the arrangements will be as before. An officer who wishes to take the course must apply in writing to the Colonial Office when he arrives on leave, and no application will, as a rule, be entertained unless a recommendation has been received from the Head of the Government under which he is serving.
3. It should be borne in mind that these facilities are intended to enable officers to increase the topographical information in regard to the Colonies and Protec- torates in which they serve, and that recommendations should be confined to those officers who are likely to be in a position to use their knowledge to advantage in this way. In particular, I may mention that members of Colonial Public Works Depart- ments will not be admitted to the course, as the Director-General of the Ordnance Survey has expressed the opinion that it is not suitable for them.
I have, &c.,
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No. 100.
SOUTHERN NIGERIA.
THE DIRECTOR OF MILITARY OPERATIONS to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received November 21, 1907.)
[Answered by L.F. transmitting copy of No. 101A.] Topographical Section, General Staff, War Office, Whitehall, S.W.,
November 20, 1907.
The Director of Military Operations presents his compliments to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, and would be glad if the following information could be obtained by cable from the Director of Surveys, Southern Nigeria:-
"(1) With reference to map 73 E., what is the mean magnetic variation in
area covered by sheet sent home by Director of Surveys? "(2.) Should pencil names on original be considered as corrections? "Cable reply."
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is mean magnetic variation in area covered by sheet sent home? Should pencil names on original be considered as corrections? Telegraph reply.-ELGIN.
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No. 101A.
SOUTHERN NIGERIA.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
(Received 3.40 p.m., 23rd November, 1907.)
TELEGRAM.
[Copy to Director of Military Operations 29 November, 1907. L.F.] Referring to your telegram, 23rd November,* magnetic variation, fourteen degrees, fifteen minutes, west.
Cannot obtain information re pencil entries.-EGERTON.
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No. 102.
SOUTHERN NIGERIA.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR. [Answered by No. 111.]
(Confidential.)
SIR,
Downing Street, November 29, 1907. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Thorburn's confidential despatch of the 9th of September,† and to transmit to you the accompanying copy of a note which has been received from the Director of Military Operations on the subject of the map of part of Southern Nigeria prepared in the Survey Department.
2. I shall be glad to be furnished with the observations of the Director of Surveys in regard to the criticisms contained in this note. The French maps which accompanied it are enclosed for the guidance of the Survey Department in their future topographical work.
3. In the event of Mr. Cotton's having left Southern Nigeria on leave of absence before the arrival of this despatch, the matter will be brought to his notice in England.
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No. 101.
SOUTHERN NIGERIA.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR. (Sent 5.50 p.m., November 22, 1907.)
TELEGRAM.
[Answered by No. 101a.]
Referring to your confidential despatch of 9th September,‡ map 73 E. What
• This despatch, mulatis mutandis, was sent to Gambia, Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Northern Nigeria, Southern Nigeria, Somaliland, Uganda, East Africa Protectorate, Nyasaland Protectorate, British Guiana, Ceylon, and the Federated Malay States.
† See No. 26.
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(No. 484.) MY LORD,
No. 103.
EAST AFRICA PROTECTORATE.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
(Received December 14, 1907.) [Answered by No. 106.]
Governor's Office, Nairobi, November 18, 1907.
I HAVE the honour to transmit herewith, for your Lordship's information, a copy of a letter I have recently received from the Director of Surveys.
2. From this your Lordship will see that although an increased number of field surveyors was sanctioned in the current Estimates, the original Estimate of the Survey Department for Transport was, through some oversight, reduced to quite an inadequate amount with the result that the vote is already exhausted.
3. The Treasurer, Mr. Bowring, whom I have consulted in the matter informs me that, owing to the General Manager of the Uganda Railway having intimated that his estimated revenue may be short by some £15,000, it is quite possible that
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