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can hold our hands till we hear from Messrs. Philip. I have asked him, whenever it is possible, to strike out the "M.P." after Mr. Mackinder's name.

21 November, 1910.

C. P. L.

15200

DEAR SIR,

No. 62.

MESSRS. GEO. PHILIP & SON, LTD., to SIR C. LUCAS. (Received 22 November, 1910.)

The London Geographical Institute, 32, Fleet Street,

London, E.C., 21st November, 1910. CONFIRMING my interview* with you of this morning, we will at once proceed with a specially bound copy for presentation to Her Majesty the Queen. As soon as this is ready, I will at once send it to you.

I understand that review copies are to be held back for the present, and that you leave it to us to let you know when we think the best time for sending them out. As regards omitting the letters "M.P." after Mr. Mackinder's name, I find that the whole of the paper covers are already printed, but in the cloth bound copies it will be possible to make the alteration on the cover.

To alter the title page would involve a considerable amount of expense, and I understand that you do not consider the matter of such importance as to make this obligatory.

Believe me, &c.,

GEORGE PHILIP & SON, LIMITED,

G. STANLEY PHILIP,

Managing Director.

The proposals are:-

(1) That you should be relieved of further responsibility in connexion with

the lectures.

(2) That Mr. Sargent should be at once authorised to undertake the prepara- tion of the three sets of lectures on (a) the Imperial Stations, (b) Canada, and (c) Australasia, subject, so long as no delay is incurred, to your revision and expert advice.

(3) That Mr. Sargent should be paid a fee of £100 for authorship. (4) That Mr. Sargent should receive, in addition to the fee of £100, two- thirds of the royalties on the sale of the text of the lectures on the Imperial Stations, Canada, and Australasia, for five years, up to a maximum of £200.

(5) That you should receive half the royalties on the sale of the text of the lectures on India during the next five years, up to a maximum of £100, and half the royalties on the sale of the slides of the whole of the four courses (that is to say-India, the Imperial stations, Canada, and Australasia) during the next five years.

In every case the period of five years is to be taken as beginning on the 18th of November, 1910, and after its expiration the whole question, if necessary, will be reconsidered.

The arrangement with Mr. Sargent will be subject to the understanding that his completed drafts of the three courses of lectures shall be delivered in succession at intervals of not more than four months. The fee of £100 will be paid to him in three equal instalments, one on the completion of each set of lectures.

Will you kindly send me a formal letter saying whether you accept the proposals so far as they concern you personally?

I am communicating direct with Mr. Sargent.

Sir Charles Lucas.

15200

No. 63.

36499

Yours sincerely,

C. P. LUCAS.

MY DEAR Lucas,

PROFESSOR DUNSTAN to SIR C. LUCAS.

(Received 26 November, 1910.)

[Insurered by No. 67.]

Imperial Institute, London, S.W., November 26, 1910. I AM desired by the Education Committee of the Victoria League to ask whether the League can be presented with a set of the slides of the Colonies and India which were prepared at the instance of the Visual Instruction Committee? If so, it would be a very great help in the lecturing work which the League has undertaken throughout the country. The poor financial circumstances of the League make it out of the question to purchase the slides; and Lady Jersey wishes me to say that she had a letter from the Queen in which Her Majesty states that a set of these slides will be presented to the League.

Yours, &c.,

No. 65.

MR. H. J. MACKINDER, M.P., to SIR C. LUCAS.

MY DEAR LUCAS,

Central Station Hotel, Glasgow, 28 November, 1910. I GLADLY accept the terms of arrangement between myself and the Visual Instruction Committee which are contained in your letter of the 26th November.* Many thanks for the trouble you and the Committee have taken in the matter.

Yours sincerely,

36499

No. 66.

H. J. MACKINDER.

36499

No. 64.

WYNDHAM R. DUNSTAN.

SIR C. LUCAS to MR. H. J. MACKINDER, M.P.

MY DEAR MACKINDER,

[Answered by No. 65.]

Downing Street, 26 November, 1910.

I AM writing this letter to set before you formally the proposals for the future conduct of the work of the Visual Instruction Committee in relation to the Queen's Fund, which embody the recommendations of the Sub-Committee appointed to settle what would be an equitable arrangement as between yourself and the General Committee, and which the latter have endorsed.

• See No. GI.

DEAR SIR,

SIR C. LUCAS to MR. A. J. SARGENT.

[Austered by No. 68.]

Downing Street, 28 November, 1910. WITH reference to our interview on the 22nd of November, I have to offer you, on behalf of the Visual Instruction Committee of the Colonial Office, the following terms for the preparation of three sets of lantern lectures-not less than six and not more than eight in each case:—

(1) You will undertake at once the preparation of three sets of lectures on (a) the Imperial stations, (b) Canada and Newfoundland, and (c) Australasia, subject, so long as no delay is incurred, to the revision and the expert advice of Mr. II. J. Mackinder.

(2) You will be paid a fee of £100 for authorship.

(3) You will receive, in addition to the fee of £100, two-thirds of the royalties on the sale of the text of the three sets of lectures, for five years from the 18th of November, 1910, up to a maximum of £200. Should

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