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ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH--NOT TO
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such editions being required, we shall be pleased to produce them at the Committee's expense.
We are, &c.,
W. E. Noall, Esq.,
Secretary,
G. STANLEY PHILIP,
Managing Director.
Visual Instruction Committee,
Colonial Office, Downing Street, S.W.
No. 73.
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MESSRS. GEO. PHILIP & SON, LIMITED, to VISUAL INSTRUCTION
COMMITTEE.
(Received 23 December, 1910.)
[Answered by No. 82.]
The London Geographical Institute, 32, Fleet Street,
DEAR SIR,
London, E.C., 23 December, 1910. WITH reference to the question of the series of pictures illustrating Colonial life and scenery, about which we spoke at our recent interview, I am sending here- with some pictures of a similar kind, which have been produced in Germany, and which, although dealing entirely with the life and conditions of German Colonies, are purchased by English teachers because nothing of the kind can be obtained in this country. These pictures are, we believe, produced with the assistance of, and under the direct control of, the German Colonial Office. It will be noticed that they are specially designed to illustrate conversational lessons, such as are employed in all elementary schools For this purpose, it is essential that they should be composite pictures, each illustrating a number of typical details grouped together, such as no single photograph could possibly provide.
Such a series of pictures would, we believe, fulfil a purpose quite different from that of a set of slides. It would supplement them and crystallise in permanent form for class use valuable information about the Empire.
We have recently been approached by one of the most important Educational Committees in the country to know whether we would undertake the preparation of a series of about twelve Colonial pictures upon the lines indicated, and it has occurred to us that possibly your Committee might be willing to co-operate in the preparation of such a series. The information collected for the lantern slides would form a unique basis, and properly produced, they would, we believe, form a valuable com- plement to the scheme of visual instruction designed by your Committee.
Should this suggestion commend itself as worthy of further consideration, we shall be glad to have an opportunity of setting forth our views in greater detail.
Believe me, &c.,
W. E. Noall, Esq.,
Secretary.
15200
G. STANLEY PHILIP,
Managing Director.
Visual Instruction Committee,
Colonial Office, Downing Street, S.W.
No. 74.
MESSRS. NEWTON & CO. to THE VISUAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE.
DEAR SIR,
(Received 3 January, 1911.)
[Arkameledged 5 January, 1911.]
3, Fleet Street, Temple Bar, London, 3rd January, 1911. WE beg to enclose herewith certificate of registration of the 40 photographs we have copyrighted on behalf of the Visual Instruction Committee, and are also sending with it the numbers of the slides in the eight sets
W. E. Noall, Esq.,
Colonial Office,
London, S.W.
Yours, &c.,
NEWTON & CO.
15200
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No. 75.
THE QUEEN'S PRIVATE SECRETARY to THE VISUAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE.
DEAR LORD Meath,
(Received 4 January, 1911.)
Buckingham Palace, 4 January, 1911. I HAVE received the Queen's commands to request you to be so good as to convey Her Majesty's thanks to the Committee on Visual Instruction for the copy of the Handbook on India, which they have been kind enough to send for Her Majesty's acceptance.
The Queen is very grateful to the Committee for sending her such an interesting volume.
The Earl of Meath, K.P.
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No. 76.
I am, &c.,
NOTICE FOR THE PRESS.
E. W. WALLINGTON.
The Visual Instruction Committee appointed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies has issued the first book of a series of lantern lectures on the Colonies and India, for which a special fund was raised by a committee of ladies presided over by Lady Dudley and under the patronage of Her Majesty the Queen, then Princess of Wales.
The present book consists of eight lectures on India, written for the Committee by Mr. H. J. Mackinder, and is illustrated by 480 lantern slides.
The slides, together with the book in its form for teaching purposes, may be hought from Messrs. Newton and Company, 3, Fleet Street, E.C., from whom par- ticulars can be obtained on application. A cheap illustrated edition of the book is being published by Messrs. George Philip and Son, 32, Fleet Street, E.C.
The Committee are making arrangements for sets of lectures on Canada, Aus- tralasia, and the British possessions in the Mediterranean and further East, other than India, for all of which they have the material in hand, including the illustra- tions taken or collected on the spot by Mr. Hugh Fisher, an artist sent out for the purpose.
9 January, 1911.
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No. 77.
MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE VISUAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE HELD AT THE COLONIAL OFFICE ON FRIDAY, THE 3RD OF FEBRUARY, 1911, AT 4 O'CLOCK.
PRESENT:
Sir John Struthers (in the Chair).“
Sir Charles Lucas.
Sir Charles Holroyd.
Mr. Sadler.
Mr. Mercer.
Mr. Mackinder.
Mr. Noall (Secretary).
The minutes of the last meeting, having been previously circulated, were
adopted.
The correspondence was reviewed.
The Committee were informed that Professor Dunstan had asked that a set of slides might be presented to the Victoria League, and that some of Mr. Fisher's paintings might eventually be exhibited at the Imperial Institute. Sir Charles Lucas had replied that the finances of the Committee would not now allow of the
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