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21 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH—NOT TO

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has attended the use of the lantern lectures on the United Kingdom during the year 1909.

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No. 14.

I have, &c.,

CREWE.

THE RHODES TRUST to COLONIAL OFFICE.

(Received 14 May, 1910.)

[Answered by No. 16.]

The Rhodes Trust, Seymour House, Waterloo Place,

London, S. W., 13th May, 1910.

SIR,

I AM directed to inform you that the Rhodes Trustees resolved at their last meeting, in response to a memorandum, dated March, 1910,* received by Lord Rosebery from Lord Crewe, to make a grant of £500 to the Visual Instruction Committee of the Colonial Office towards the preparation of lectures illustrated by lantern slides on South Africa for use in the Schools of the United Kingdom, India, and the Colonies. Please say to whom the cheque is to be made payable.

I have, &c.,

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(No. 69.)

MY LORD,

No. 15.

FIJI.

D. MAVOR,

For the Secretary.

THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

(Received 17 May, 1910.)

[Answered by No. 20.]

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Government House, Suva, Fiji, 7th April, 1910.

Miscellaneous," of 18th WITH reference to your Lordship's despatch, October, 1909,† I have the honour to report that Mr. A. Hugh Fisher arrived in this Colony on the 15th March last, and left for Sydney on the 30th of the same month.

2. After spending two days in taking views in the neighbourhood of Suva, Mr. Fisher visited Navua. From there he proceeded, in company with Mr. Spence, the Commissioner for Namosi, through the Namosi Province, returning to Suva by way of the Waidina and Rewa Rivers. This trip, which occupied about a week, afforded Mr. Fisher an opportunity of obtaining views of native life and condi- tions, and also of typical Fijian scenery; and also of seeing the operations carried on by the Vancouver-Fiji Sugar Company at Navua, and the Colonial Sugar Refining Company at Nausori. On his return to Suva it was intended to despatch him in the Government vessel "Ranadi to visit the coconut plantations on the island of Taviuni. Unfortunately the hurricane which occurred on the 25th March delayed Mr. Fisher's return to Suva, and rendered it impossible for him to visit Taviuni. He has therefore been unable to obtain any views representative of the coconut industry, but I will endeavour to arrange for a selection of photographs to be forwarded to the Colonial Office, which it is hoped will serve the purpose of illustrations of this important local industry.

I have, &c.,

EVERARD IM THURN.

• Not printed.

↑ No. 105 in Miscellaneous No. 218.

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SIR,

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No. 16.

VISUAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE to THE RHODES TRUST.

Downing Street, 21 May, 1910. ON behalf of the Committee of Visual Instruction, I have to express most grateful thanks to the Rhodes Trustees for the generous grant of £500, which, as you intimate in your letter of the 13th of May, they have been good enough to make towards a work which we are convinced is of much importance and permanent value.

My Committee greatly appreciate this substantial assistance, which will go far towards enabling them to bring their work to a successful issue.

It is duly noted that the grant should be applied to the preparation of lectures on South Africa.

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I am, &c.,

MEATH,

(Chairman, Visual Instruction Committee).

No. 17.

THE VISUAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE to THE GROCERS' COMPANY.† SIR,

Downing Street, 25 May, 1910. On behalf of the Visual Instruction Committee, which sits at the Colonial Office, and whose work consists in the preparation of lectures, illustrated by lantern slides, on all parts of the British Empire, I venture to enclose a memorandum on the constitution of the Committee, its work, and its financial position, and to ask that it may receive the favourable attention of the

Company.

It is estimated that a further sum of about £3,000 is required in order to enable the Committee to complete their survey of the whole Empire on uniform lines, and with an adequate measure of literary and artistic skill, and towards this sum the Mercers' Company have been good enough to make a grant of 100 guineas. It is hoped that others of the City Companies may, in view of the value and importance of the scheme, see fit also to make contributions.

I am, &c.,

MEATH,

(Chairman, Visual Instruction Committee).

Enclosure in No. 17.

MEMORANDUM ON THE WORK OF THE VISUAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE OF THE COLONIAL OFFICE.

During Mr. Chamberlain's tenure of office as Secretary of State for the Colonies various organizations in this country drew attention to the great need for promoting a sympathetic understanding throughout the Empire by giving to the people of the United Kingdom and of the Colonies a more vivid and accurate knowledge than they possess of the geography, the social life, and the economic possibilities of the different parts of the Empire. The subject commended itself to Mr. Chamberlain, as it has done to succeeding Secretaries of State, and in 1902 he appointed a repre- sentative Committee, which included educational experts, to consider the means of carrying out a suggestion made by Professor M. E. Sadler, at that time Director of Special Enquiries at the Board of Education, for providing, on uniform lines, lectures of the highest standard, illustrated by lantern slides of the best quality, for use in the schools of the United Kingdom, India, and the Colonies.

• No. 14.

Identic letters were addressed on the same day to the Drapers', Fishmongers', Merchant Paylors', Goldsmiths', Cloth workers', Leathersellers', Haberdashers', Salters', Ironmongers', Vintnera" and Skinners' Companies, and, on 4th June, to the Spectacle Makers' ('ompany, the latter being signed for the Chairman by Sir C. P. Lucas.

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