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No. 42.
MR. A. S. CHAMBERLAIN to THE VISUAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE.
[See No. 44.]
The London School of Economics and Political Science,
Clare Market, Kingsway, London, W.C.,
18 August, 1908. DEAR MR. NOALL,
WOULD you please be good enough to show to Sir Charles Lucas the enclosed copies of a letter from the India Office to Mr. Mackinder and my reply? My estimate of £35 is based on figures obtained from the accounts in connection with the Indian edition, and allows for a margin of a few shillings.
(J. and P. 2736.)
SIR,
Believe me, &c.,
Enclosure 1 in No. 42.
A. S. CHAMBERLAIN.
India Office, Whitehall, London, S.W., 13 August, 1908. WгTH reference to the correspondence ending with your letter of the 3rd June, 1907, I am directed to state that a request has been received for the supply to the Government of the North-West Frontier Province of a copy of the series of lectures, and of a complete set of the lantern slides which have been prepared to illustrate the Indian edition of your lectures on the United Kingdom.
I am to request that you will be good enough to inform me whether it is now possible to comply with this request, and if so, what would be the cost of the extra set of slides now required.
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I was cordially received by His Excellency Earl Grey at Government House, and through the letters which you had kindly sent to the Minister of the Interior I was able to get official help towards transport facilities, which culminated in my obtaining free passes from the three chief railway companies as well as from the Government line. These passes, according to custom, expire on 31st December, but I am told it is probable further facilities will be granted on my communicating from Vancouver in February next.
Upon leaving the Dominion capital, I travelled by steamer along the Ottawa River and Lachine Rapids to Montreal and thence by rail to Toronto and Winnipeg.
From Winnipeg I travelled west as far as Glacier, in British Columbia, by the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and have returned to Winnipeg by the more northerly route of the Canadian Northern Railway.
I hope to meet Mr. Mackinder again before I leave Winnipeg to receive any further instructions from him, but my programme, as at present arranged, is to visit the fruit district of the Niagara Peninsula, get autumn scenes generally in the east, and visit Newfoundland before going again west to Vancouver.
About middle of October, as assumed in your letter, I expect to proceed to Hong Kong, Weihaiwei, the Malay Peninsula, and Borneo, returning to Canada about the third week in February for winter scenes in the Dominion, and springtime subjects, such as orchard blossom.
Believe me, &c.,
Sir Chas. Prestwood Lucas, C.M.G., &c., &c.
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No. 44.
A. HUGH FISHER.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
I am, &c.,
COLIN G. CAMPBELL.
H. J. Mackinder, Esq.
Enclosure 2 in No. 42.
(J. and P. 2736.)
SIR
I am, &c.,
A. GODLEY.
The London School of Economics and Political Science,
Clare Market, London, W.C.,
19 August, 1908.
In reply to your letter of the 13th instant, the number of which I quote above, I have to say that it is possible to supply to the Government of the North-West Frontier Province a copy of the Indian edition of the Lantern Lectures on the United Kingdom, prepared by Mr. Mackinder, and a complete set of the lantern slides. The cost would be £35.
SIR,
INDIA OFFICE to MR. A. S. CHAMBERLAIN. (Received in Colonial Office, 23 September, 1908.) [Answered by No. 46.]
India Office, Whitehall, London, S.W.,
19th September, 1908.
WITH reference to your letter of the 19th August, I am directed by the Secretary of State for India in Council to request that you will be good enough to arrange for the supply to this Office, for transmission to the Agent to the Governor- General and Chief Commissioner, North-Western Frontier Province, of a copy of the Indian edition of Mr. Mackinder's lectures on the United Kingdom, and a complete set of the lantern slides at a cost of £35.
It is requested that, as on the previous occasion, the slides may be delivered at the India Store Depôt, Belvedere Road, Lambeth, ready packed for shipment, and addressed to the Agent to the Governor-General and Chief Commissioner, North- West Frontier Province, Peshawar.
I am, &c.,
A. S. CHAMBERLAIN, Private Secretary to H. J. Mackinder.
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DEAR SIR CHAarles,
No. 43.
MR. A. H. FISHER to SIR C. P. LUCAS.
(Received September 21, 1908.)
Royal Alexandra Hotel, Winnipeg, Manitoba,
7 September, 1908.
As requested in your letter of 14th July,* I now beg to report as follows with regard to my present tour:-
On arriving at Quebec by the "Empress of Britain," July 30, I journeyed viâ Montreal to Ottawa, where I met Mr. Mackinder, who discussed with me my programme in Canada.
• No. 32.
No. 45.
SARAWAK.
RAJAH SIR CHARLES BROOKE to SIR C. P. LUCAS. (Received 22 September, 1908.)
Chesterton House, Cirencester,
September 21, 1908.
DEAR SIR CHAS. LUCAS,
I HAVE received your letter, dated 10th July, 1908,† and would [have] replied sooner, but have been in the hands of the doctor since my arrival in the beginning of the month.
I have not the smallest objection to Sarawak being included in the programme of photos, and I will promise that the gentleman who brings and uses the photo-
† No. 27.
• Enclosure 2 in No. 42.
The Under Secretary of State for India, India Office, S.W.
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