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For some five years the Committee have been engaged on the preparation and distribution of lectures on the United Kingdom, illustrated by lantern slides, for use in the Colonies.
In May of last year a fund was raised at the instance of H.R.H. the Princess of Wales, which was placed at the disposal of the Committee to enable them to proceed with 'the converse of the scheme, that is to say, with the preparation of lantern lectures on the Colonies for use in this country.
An artist, Mr. A. Hugh Fisher, was selected to visit the various Colonies and Dependencies for the purpose of obtaining material for slides.
He has recently returned from a tour through India, and will start very shortly for Canada and the East.
He will probably leave Canada for Singapore about the middle of October, and after a short stay will visit Borneo.
The Committee would be glad if all possible facilities could be given to Mr. Fisher while in the Company's territory, and if he could be put into communication with the officials who would be most able to advise and assist him.
Mr. Fisher will take with him a quantity of valuable photographic apparatus, which will require careful handling, and the Committee would be greatly obliged if instructions could be given for it to be passed through the Customs without examination.
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CANADA.
I am,
C. P. LUCAS.
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have secured by private subscription a sum of nearly £4,000. This amount has been placed in the hands of our Committee.
The preparation of the lectures has been entrusted to Mr. H. J. Mackinder, and we have obtained the services of Mr. A. Hugh Fisher, an artist who is also a photo- grapher, to gather material for the slides.
Mr. Fisher has already completed one tour, through India, Ceylon, Somaliland, Aden, and Cyprus, and will start on his second trip towards the end of this month.
It is proposed that he should remain in Canada till the middle of October, then, during the Canadian winter, visit Singapore and the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Hong Kong and Weihaiwei, and recross Canada in the early spring.
We should be very glad, if you have no objection, to include Sarawak in his programme, and I feel sure that if you will kindly agree to this, you will give him every assistance while he is in your territory. It would, for instance, be a great boon if the valuable photographic apparatus which he will take with him, and which will require very careful handling, could be allowed to pass in without examination. I may mention that I am, personally, deeply interested in this scheme, and very anxious to bring it to a successful issue.
Yours, &c.,
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No. 28.
C. P. LUCAS.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNORS.
(1. Hong Kong)
(2. Straits Settlements.)
(Miscellaneous.)
(3. Weihaiwei.)
SIR,
Downing Street, 10 July, 1908.
ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC-
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THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL, (Miscellaneous.)
MY LORD,
Downing Street, 9 July, 1908.
I HAVE the honour to transmit to you the accompanying copy of a letter which has been addressed to the High Commissioner for Canada on the subject of the visit of an artist, Mr. A. Hugh Fisher, on behalf of the Committee on Visual Instruction sitting at this Office, in order that, should you see fit to give him any assistance and encouragement, or to commend him to the officers of your Govern- ment, you may be aware of the scope and object of his work.
I have, &c.,
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SARAWAK.
SIR C. P. LUCAS to RAJAH SIR CHARLES BROOKE.
DEAR SIR CHARLES BROOKE,
[Answered by No. 45.]
CREWE.
Downing Street, 10 July, 1908.
I VENTURE to bring to your Highness's notice a work which has been carried on at this Office for several years past, and which, it is hoped, will prove of great educational value.
In 1902, Mr. Chamberlain, then Secretary of State for the Colonies, appointed a Committee on Visual Instruction, of which I have been a member from the begin- ning, with the object of providing series of high-class lantern lectures on the United Kingdom for use in the schools throughout the Empire.
The Committee has now nearly completed its work in this direction, and has directed its attention to the converse of this scheme, the preparation of similar lectures on the Colonies for use in the schools of this country. The underlying idea, as you will perceive, is the dissemination of reliable information regarding the Empire throughout its various parts.
The necessary funds for starting the scheme have been provided, at the instance of H.R.H. the Princess of Wales, by Lady Dudley and a committee of ladies who
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I HAVE the honour to invite your attention to the [1 and 2 9th paragraph of Mr. Lyttelton's despatch, No. 8, of the 28th of April, 1905*] [3 7th paragraph of
103,
Mr. Lyttelton's circular despatch of the 13th of April, 1905,†] in which allusion is made to the question of the preparation of illustrated lectures on the Colonies for use in the schools of the United Kingdom. I am glad to be in a position to state that the difficulty as regards the provision of funds for the necessary initial expenditure has been, in the main, overcome.
At the instance of H.R.H. the Princess of Wales, Lady Dudley and a committee of ladies have secured by private subscription a sum of nearly £4,000. This amount has been placed at the disposal of the Committee on Visual Instruction, sitting at this office, for the purpose of enabling them to proceed with this side of the scheme. The work of preparing the lectures has been entrusted to Mr. H. J. Mackinder, and the committee have obtained the services of Mr. A. Hugh Fisher, a member of the Painter-Etcher Society, to visit India and the Colonies for the purpose of obtain- ing sketches and photographs suitable for lantern slides.
Mr. Fisher has recently returned from his first tour, which embraced India, Ceylon, Somaliland, Aden, and Cyprus, and will sail for Canada on the 24th of July. It is intended that he should leave Canada about the middle of October and visit Singapore and the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Hong Kong, and Weihaiwe before recrossing Canada at the end of the winter season.
[To 1 and 2 only.] I shall be glad if you will give instructions that every facility may be afforded to him, so that, having regard to the time which
Hong Kong, in
he may be able to obtain a collection of pictures which will convey the best possible idea of the Colony in its various aspects.
it may be found possible for him to spend the Straits Settlements,
It would be of great assistance to the artist if he could be put into communica- tion on his arrival with the Head of the Education Department, whose advice would be specially valuable.
[To s only.] I shall be glad if, on his arrival, you will give him every facility, so that, having regard to the length of his stay, which will probably be very short,
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† No. 2 in Miscellaneous No. 188.
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