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to inform you that his Lordship approves of your meeting from Somaliland funds the cost of the enlargements of the photographs referred to, and of your arranging for the transmission of the photographs when completed to Somaliland.

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glad that

you should receive all possible facilities for carrying out the duty which has been entrusted to you; he hopes that this letter may conduce to that end.

I am, &c.,

H. BERTRAM COX.

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I am, &c.,

H. W. JUST.

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No. 104.

No. 101. GIBRALTAR.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR. [Answered by No. 108.]

(Miscellaneous.)

Downing Street, 9 October, 1909. SIR,

WITH reference to Sir F. Forestier-Walker's despatch, No. 34, of the 26th of February, 1908,* I have the honour to inform you that it was not found possible for Mr. A. Hugh Fisher, the artist employed by the Visual Instruction Committee, to visit Gibraltar on his return from India last year.

He will, however, leave this country on the 15th of October for Australia, in the "Orsova," reaching Gibraltar on the 20th of October, and I shall be glad if, on his arrival, the facilities which were promised in the despatch under reference could be afforded to him.

Mr. Fisher will remain in Gibraltar for a few days, and will then proceed to Malta.

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No. 102. MALTA.

I have, &c.,

CREWE.

SIR,

VISUAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE to MR. A. H. FISHER.

Downing Street, 12 October, 1909. THE Crown Agents for the Colonies have taken passages for you to Gibraltar by the "Orsova," leaving London on the 15th of October, and to Melbourne by the "Omrah," leaving Naples on the 21st of November, and you have been furnished with a return passage to this country.

You will remain some days at Gibraltar and will visit Malta before your departure from Naples.

Starting from Melbourne you will visit all the States of the Australian Common- wealth, New Zealand, Fiji, and Papua, returning about May or June of next year.

It has not been found practicable to lay down any definite programme, and your movements will be guided largely by the advice of the people to whom you have been given letters of introduction.

During your absence you will be entitled to a subsistence allowance at the rate of 7s. 6d. a day on sea and 25s. a day on land, as well as to your actual expenses of locomotion

In this connection the Crown Agents have advanced to you the sum of £500, and you will, as before, be required to account for this sum on your return.

am, &c.,

W. E. NOALL,

Secretary, Visual Instruction Committee.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR. (Miscellaneous.)

Downing Street, 9 October, 1909. SIR,

WITH reference to Sir H. F. Grant's despatch, No. 56, of the 23rd of March, 1908, I have the honour to inform you that it was not found possible for Mr. A. Hugh Fisher, the artist employed by the Visual Instruction Committee, to visit Malta on his return from India last year.

He will, however, leave this country for Australia in the "Orsova," reaching Gibraltar on the 20th of October, and after remaining there a few days will proceed to Malta.

The exact date on which Mr. Fisher will reach Malta is not definitely known, but I shall be glad if, on his arrival, the facilities which were promised in the despatch under reference could be afforded to him.

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No. 103.

I have, &c.,

CREWE.

COLONIAL OFFICE to MR. A. H. FISHER.

Downing Street, 12 October, 1909.

SIR,

I AM directed by the Earl of Crewe to state, for the information of those to whom you may desire to present this letter, that you are engaged in work on behalf of the Visual Instruction Committee in connection with a scheme of lantern lectures for giving to the children of the United Kingdom a better knowledge of the Empire. You will leave this country on the 15th of October and will visit Gibraltar, Malta, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, and Papua.

The Secretary of State is interested in the scheme, and would therefore be

† No. 8.

• No. 4.

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No. 105.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL AND

(Commonwealth of Australia.)

(New South Wales.)

(Victoria.)

(South Australia.)

(Western Australia.)

(Miscellaneous.)

MY LORD, SIR,

GOVERNORS.

(Queensland.)

(Tasmania.)

(New Zealand.) (Fiji.)

Downing Street, 18 October, 1909.

I HAVE the honour to invite [Your Excellency's] [your] attention to the 7th paragraph of 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 Empire for use in the schools of the United Kingdom.

2. Most of the money required for the necessary initial expenditure has been secured, at the instance of Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, by Lady Dudley and a committee of ladies, who raised by private subscription a sum nearly amounting to £4,000. This sum was placed at the disposal of the Committee on Visual Instruction, sitting at this Office, to enable them to proceed with the scheme.

3. The preparation of 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 obtaining sketches and photographs suitable for lantern slides.

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