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No. 32.
COLONIAL OFFICE to INDIA OFFICE.
SIR,
Downing Street, 6 June, 1912. WITH reference to the letter from this Office of the 5th of October last,* on the subject of the lectures prepared by the Visual Instruction Committee, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Harcourt to transmit to you to be laid before the Mar- The Sea quess of Crewe, the accompanying copy of a book of lectures entitled " Road to the East," which has now been issued by the Committee. The lectures deal with the possessions in the Mediterranean, and in the East, other than India, and particulars of the cost of the slides illustrating them will be found on page iv of the book.
I am, &c.,
H. J. READ,
for the Under-Secretary of State.
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2. It has not been considered necessary to prepare special editions of this book adapted to the needs of the different Colonies, and if it was desired to make use of the lectures no expenditure would be incurred beyond the actual cost of purchase of slides and of copies of the book. The prices at which the slides are sold are given on page
iv, and I would invite your attention to the fact that slides illustrating single lectures or parts of lectures may be purchased separately.
[To 5 and 6 only: A few of the slides in the second and third lectures are dupli- cates of those in the first lecture of the Mauritius edition of the lectures on the United Kingdom, and a reduction would be made from the cost if it were preferred not to purchase them. The views of Mauritius and the Seychelles are derived almost entirely from the photographs transmitted in Sir C. Boyle's despatch, No. 32, of the 26th of January, 1906.*]
[To 7, 8, and 9 only: A few of the slides in the second lecture are duplicates of those in the first lecture of the Eastern Colonies edition of the lectures on the United Kingdom, and a reduction would be made from the cost if it were preferred not to purchase them.]
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No. 33.
I have, &c.,
L. HARCOURT:
SIR,
COLONIAL OFFICE to WAR OFFICE.
[Answered by No. 48.]
Downing Street, 6 June, 1912. I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Harcourt to transmit to you, to be laid before the Army Council, the accompanying copy of a book of lectures entitled "The Sea Road to the East" which has been issued by the Visual Instruction Committee.
2. The aim of the Committee is to provide on uniform lines illustrated lectures on the whole of the Empire for use both in this country and in the oversea Dominions. Lectures on the United Kingdom and on India have already been issued, and the slides which accompany those lectures have been purchased by the War Office.
3. The next set of lectures will deal with Australasia, and further sets dealing with the Union of South Africa and Canada are being prepared.
I am, &c.,
H. J. READ,
for the Under-Secretary of State.
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No. 35.
TRADES COMMISSIONER FOR THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA to VISUAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE.
Trades Commissioner's Department,
Union Government of South Africa, DEAR SIR,
90, Cannon Street, E.C., 12th June, 1912. WITH further reference to my letter of the 3rd instant, in regard to the photographs of South Africa required by the Visual Instruction Committee, I have now received the enclosed list of photos required by Mr. Sargent, and also a list of the photographs which he has selected from my office collection. I have written to the Publicity Department of the South African Railways by this week's mail, asking them to forward the photographs required by Mr. Sargent, and as soon as a reply is received I will communicate with you.
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No. 34.
I am, &c.,
C. DU P. CHIAPPINI,
Trades Commissioner.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference :-
MC.O. 885
22 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC-↑
COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO
SIR,
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNORS, &c.
(1. Gibraltar.)
(2. Malta.)
(3. Cyprus.)
(4. Somaliland.)
(5. Mauritius.)
(Miscellaneous.)
(6. Seychelles.)
(7. Ceylon.)
(8. Straits Settlements.)
(9. long Kong)
(10. Weihaiwei.)
Downing Street [6] [7] June, 1912.
WITH reference to [1 to 4: Lord Elgin's Miscellaneous despatch of the 18th of February, 1908†] [5 and 6: Mr. Lyttelton's Circular despatch of the 13th of April, 1905][7: Lord Elgin's Miscellaneous despatch of the 4th of October, 1907§] [8 to 10: my predecessor's Miscellaneous despatch of the 10th of July, 1908||}, on the subject of the preparation of lantern lectures on the self-governing Dominions and Colonics for use in the schools of the various parts of the Empire, I have the honour to transmit to you, for your information, a copy of a book of lectures entitled "The Sea Road to the East," which has now been issued by the Visual Instruction Com- mittee of this Office. You will observe that [1: Gibraltar is dealt with in the [first¶] of the six lectures.
No. 137 in Miscellaneous No. 249. No. 2 in Miscellaneous No. 188.
No. 28 in Miscellaneous No. 218.
↑ No. 3 in Miscellaneous No. 218.
No. 198 in Miscellaneous No. 188.
The necessary alterations were made for each Colony, &c.
W. E. Noall, Esq.,
Secretary, Visual Instruction Committee.
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No. 36.
THE VISUAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE to THE QUEEN'S PRIVATE
DEAR MR. Wallington,
SECRETARY.
[Answered by No. 37.]
Downing Street, S.W., 14 June, 1912.
I AM desired by the members of the Visual Instruction Committee to. send you this book,‡ and to ask you to submit it to the Queen for Her Majesty's gracious acceptance, as we are so deeply indebted for the warm interest which Her Majesty has always taken in our work.
The Queen may be interested to learn that the Committee expect to issue soon a book of lectures on Australasia. This will be followed at intervals by lectures on British North America and on South Africa, and the last of these, it is hoped, will be ready early next year.
No. 64 in Miscellaneous No. 188.
↑ Not printed.
‡ Book of lectures entitled "Sea Road to the East."
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