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21 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC-
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obligation to him for the indispensable help and guidance which he has con- stantly given to their work from its first inception to the present time; and to express the hope that they may continue to have the benefit of his co-opera- tion as an unofficial member of the Committee.
No. 136.
INDIA OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE, (Received 28 September, 1911.)
[Answered by No. 137.]
India Office, Whitehall, London, S. W., 28 September, 1911. WITH reference to the correspondence ending with Sir Charles Lucas's letter, No. 20445/10, dated the 3rd February last,* regarding the lectures on India pre- pared for the Visual Instruction Committee, I am directed by the Secretary of State for India to forward the accompanying copy of a demi-official letter, dated the 7th instant, from the Government of India, and to request that with Mr. Secretary Harcourt's concurrence 12 copies of the publication referred to may be supplied to this Office, and the cost debited to Indian revenues.
The Marquess of Crewe would be greatly obliged if he could be furnished with particulars of any photographs or illustrations that may be available in connection with the lantern lectures. At the same time his Lordship would be glad to learn if the Committee have undertaken the preparation of any lantern slides illustrating the recent Coronation celebrations.
I have, &c.,
DịO, No. 514, Education.
DEAR SIR HERBERT RISLEY,
Enclosure in No. 136.
LIONEL ABRAHAMS.
Department of Education, Simla,
the 7th September, 1911.
I AM desired to reply to your letter (J. and P.), No. 376, dated the 7th March last, and to send you a copy of a letter regarding visual instruction generally and specially dealing with the subjects of lantern slides and portraits of their Majesties which was issued to local Governments on the 9th of June last.
2. The letter which has been issued is mainly calculated to elicit information. If local Governments desire help, it would be useful to be able to send them some detailed information regarding suitable sets of slides. We should be very much obliged if we could have a dozen copies of the publication "Lantern Lectures on India," which go with Mr. Mackinder's eight lectures (and of which you sent one copy), and, if possible, any photographs of illustrations showing the subject matter of the slides. Perhaps, if local Governments heard more about the sets in question, they would like to purchase them for general use.
3. We should also be much obliged if any detailed information could be given regarding slides dealing with the recent Coronation celebrations, as it is thought that this and the forthcoming Durbar will form very suitable subjects for visual instruction in schools. I am to add that coloured slides are considered preferable in this country.
To Sir H. H. Risley, K.C.I.E., C.S.I.,
Secretary, Judicial and Public Department, India Office, Whitehall, London.
I am, &c.,
(No. 784-793.)
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SIR,
Department of Education, Simla, the 9th June, 1911. I AM directed to address you regarding the encouragement of the Imperial idea in educational institutions through the means of visual instruction.
2. In the Home Department letter, No. 1030-37, dated the 14th December, 1907, the Government of India intimated the despatch of sets of slides intended to promote the growth of a knowledge among the school children of the Empire of the conditions of countries other than their own.
With the permission of [the Governor in Council] [the Lieutenant-Governor in Council] [the Lieutenant-Governor] they would be glad to receive information regarding the use which has been made of these slides and the success attending the experiment, how far the slides have been found suitable for (a) vernacular and (b) English schools, and what type of lantern has been found best for their demon- stration.
3. Should the supply of new slides be desirable, I am to suggest that any new sets supplied for colleges and for English schools might with advantage be specially calculated to encourage a knowledge of the British Empire, e.g., they might contain slides dealing with the British Isles, with the Colonies, with the Army and the Navy, with Indian scenes and subjects, and with the forthcoming Coronation and the Imperial Durbar. The Government of India would be glad to be favoured with [the opinion of] [His Excellency in Council] [His Honour in Council] [His Honour] [your opinion] upon these suggestions.
4. The Governor-General in Council considers it desirable that every school in the Indian Empire should possess some portrait or likeness of their Majesties the King and Queen, to be placed in the most conspicuous position in the school, it being clearly understood that portraits of their Majesties should not be distributed to schools where there is the least likelihood of their being exposed to insult or dis- figurement through sentiments of disloyalty or otherwise. I am to request that information may be furnished regarding the arrangements which at present exist for supplying such portraits in various kinds and classes of schools, and at what cost. It would, no doubt, be possible to provide for the supply of portraits at special rates for large quantities, and I am to ask what numbers would be required for the province of [Madras] [Bombay, &c., &c.] should a distribution be decided upon.
I have, &c.,
H. SHARP,
Joint Secretary to the Government of India.
To the Secretary to the Government of Madras, Education Department.
To the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, Education Department.
To the Secretary to the Government of Bengal, General (Education) Department.
To the Secretary to the Government of the United Provinces,
"Education Department.
To the Secretary to the Government of the Punjab,
Home (Education) Department.
To the Secretary to the Government of Burma,
Education Department.
To the Chief Secretary to the Government of
Eastern Bengal and Assam,
Education Department.
To the Honourable the Chief Commissioner of the
Central Provinces.
To the Chief Commissioner of Coorg.
To the Honourable the Chief Commissioner and Agent
to the Governor-General in the North-West Frontier Province.
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No. 137.
COLONIAL OFFICE to INDIA OFFICE.
Downing Street, 5 October, 1911. I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Harcourt to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 28th of September,* and to enclose 12 copies of the popular illustrated edition of the lectures on India prepared for the Visual Instruction Committee, together with the publisher's bill for their cost. Twelve copies of the lecturer's edition of the book are also enclosed.
The letterpress in the two editions is identical, and at the end of the popular edition there is a full list of the slides, many of which are illustrated in the book.
I am to add, for the information the Marquess of Crewe, that the Committee have in hand three further sets of lectures on the Mediterranean and Eastern Colonies, on Australasia, and on British North America. They hope also to issue a series on South Africa, but they cannot at present give exact dates for the publica- tion of the different series.
The Committee have not undertaken any special slides dealing with the Coro- nation, but such slides could easily be prepared and inserted in the lectures on the United Kingdom which are in use in India, and which already have slides of the previous Coronation. Vide page 23 of the accompanying book.
The Visual Instruction Committee would be very pleased to try and facilitate in every way possible the wishes of the Government of India.
I am, &c.,
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am to express regret for the delay which has occurred in communicating to you the decision of the Committee.
&e.,
I am,
W. E. NOALL,
Secretary, Visual Instruction Committee.
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No. 140.
EDUCATION OFFICER, LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL, to VISUAL
INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE.
(Received 14 October, 1911.)
[Answered by No. 141.]
Education Offices, Victoria Embankment, W.C.,
DEAR SIR,
13th October, 1911. I AM directed to inform you that it has become necessary for the Committee concerned to consider again as to the supply to schools of suitable school pictures illustrative of Colonial scenery. The Committee have, however, postponed the further consideration of this matter and have instructed me to enquire as to the present position of the question, which formed the subject of recent correspondence with the Visual Instruction Committee of the Colonial Office.
Perhaps you will be so good as to let me know how soon a definite reply may be expected to the Council's communications, both in regard to school pictures and lantern slides.
Yours faithfully,
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No. 138.
VISUAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE to MESSRS. NEWTON AND COMPANY.
GENTLEMEN,
Downing Street, S.W., 6 October, 1911.
I AM directed to inform you that the Visual Instruction Committee have decided that the sale of the slides illustrating their lectures shall no longer be restricted to complete lecture sets, but that selected slides may be sold in quantities of not less than two dozen.
I am,
&c., W. E. NOALL, Secretary, Visual Instruction Committee.
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No. 139.
VISUAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE to THE EDUCATION OFFICER, LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL.
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No. 141.
B. M. ALLEN,
Deputy Education Officer.
SIR,
VISUAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE to EDUCATION OFFICER, LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL.
[Answered by No. 142.]
Downing Street, 17 October, 1911.
I HAVE to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 13th of October* on the subject of the supply of school pictures illustrative of Colonial scenery, and to inform you in reply that the negotiations between the Visual Instruction Committee and the selected firm of publishers have been broken off at a very advanced stage. It is hoped, however, that an arrangement will soon be reached with another firm.
I am, &c.,
W. E. NOALL,
Secretary, Visual Instruction Committee..
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No. 142.
SIR,
[Answered by No. 142.]
Downing Street, S.W., 13 October, 1911.
Visual Instruction.
I AM desired by Sir Everard im Thurn to inform you, with reference to his interview with Mr. B. M. Allen, that the Visual Instruction Committee, regrets that it does not feel justified in permitting the slides illustrating the lectures on India to be copied on payment of royalty.
The Committee have arranged, however, that a special reduced price shall be quoted to an education authority ordering a number of sets at one time, that plain sets with maps only in colour shall be issued at £26 a set or £3 5s. for each lecture, and that separate slides shall be available for purchase in quantities of not less than two dozen.
No. 136.
EDUCATION OFFICER, LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL, to VISUAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
(Received 27 October, 1911.)
[Answered by No. 148.]
Education Offices, Victoria Embankment, W.C., DEAR SIR,
26th October, 1911. I HAVE to inform you that the Books and Apparatus Sub-Committee, at their meeting on Tuesday last, received your letters of the 13th and 17th instant,† with reference to lantern slides and pictures illustrative of Colonial scenery.
I am now directed by the Committee to inform you that they are considering as to the selection of new subjects for reward cards issued to children attending elementary schools maintained by the Council, and they would be glad to know
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