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3. It has been found that the type of photograph most suitable for the Com- mittee's purpose is the artistic photograph by the competent amateur which brings out some definite point of interest, such as those which have from time to time accompanied your despatches. Clear prints are well adapted to the making of lantern slides if the original negatives are not available. A short description of each photograph would be of great assistance to the writer of the lectures.

4. You will observe, on reference to the accompanying specimen book of lectures, that illustrations are given of a few of the slides, and while it will be assumed that permission is given to reproduce all photographs as lantern slides, it is suggested that a note should be made of any case in which the owner of a photograph is not willing that it should be used as a book illustration.

5. The Committee would be glad, too, to be supplied with two or three colour sketches, or, failing sketches, with careful directions for colouring some of the photographs.

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If, as I fear, we shall not be able to undertake them without some contribution towards the cost of production, we will submit proposals on that basis for con- sideration by your Committee at their next meeting.

If you would care to have particulars of our proposals before we finally reply to the Colonial Office letter, I shall be very pleased to let you have them.

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No. 102.

Believe me, &c..

G. STANLEY PHILIP.

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No. 100.

I have, &c.,

L. HARCOURT.

SIR C. P. LUCAS to MR. G. S. PHILIP. [Answered by No. 101.]

We

65, St. George's Square, S.W., DEAR MR. PHILIP,

2 May, 1913. AFTER leaving you this morning I met Sir Everard im Thurn, to whom, with myself, the Visual Instruction Committee have entrusted the management of their business in the intervals between the meetings of the Committee. The next meeting will be early in June. We are strongly of opinion that the West Indian book should not be held back. We consider that every addition to the series gives a better chance of sale to the whole, and I had thought that that was very much your own view. also think that the West Indian book and slides are likely to have a sale, Mr. Aspinall being a very bright writer and a thorough master of the subject. Accordingly, we are not prepared to delay publication of the book, and I hope your Directors and yourself will find yourselves able to coincide in that view, and to agree to publish on the same terms as hitherto. We have no wish at all to look for other publishers, if it can possibly be avoided, and think that such a course would be very detrimental to our scheme.

If

you, on full consideration, are not prepared to publish the book on the same terms as the others, then I think you should state on what terms you would under- take the publication, and send the letter in in time for the Committee to consider it at their next meeting. The West Indian lectures will not be written probably for two or three months, so the matter is not pressing. None of my colleagues or myself wish to involve

you in loss, but we consider that we are acting in the interests of all in trying to press on the whole work, and we have felt that we would be better able to call public attention to it when it is nearer completion.

If

you like I can call on you again before you answer the Colonial Office letter.

SIR,

WAR OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received 6 May, 1913.)

War Office, London, S.W., 5th May, 1913.

I AM Commanded to express the thanks of the Council for Sir Hartmann Just's letter, No. 19039, of 15th February,* covering a copy of a book of lantern lectures entitled "Australasia."

Arrangements have been made by which copies of this book shall be placed in the libraries of transports.

The Council will be glad to receive in due course copies of any further books that may be issued by the Visual Instruction Committee.

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No. 103.

I

am, &c.,

R. H. BRADE.

SIR C. P. LUCAS to MR. G. S. PHILIP.

for

DEAR MR. PHILIPS,

65, St. George's Square, S.W.. 6th May, 1913. THANK for your letter. I think I need not trouble

you until they are embodied in your letter to the Colonial Office, but, as I said, I am quite you your proposals prepared to call and provisionally discuss any point with you if you think it would facilitate matters.

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Yours, &c.,

C. P. LUCAS.

13178

No. 101.

Believe me, &c.,

C. P. LUCAS.

MR. G. S. PHILIP to SIR C. P. LUCAS.

(Received 6 May, 1913.) [Answered by No. 103.]

30, Fleet Street,

London, E.C., May 5th, 1913.

DEAR SIR CHARLES LUCAS,

I AM much obliged for your letter,* and will again discuss with my Directors

the question of publishing the other two volumes.

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• No. 100.

No. 104.

BERMUDA.

COLONIAL OFFICE to THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.

THE Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies presents his compliments to the Colonial Secretary, Bermuda, and with reference to Mr. Secretary Harcourt's Miscellaneous despatch of the 25th of Aprilf begs to inform him that the Visual Instruction Committee wish to obtain, in particular, photographs of the following subjects:-(1) The Narrows; (2) Hamilton; (3) Hamilton Hotel; (4) Government House; (5) Lilies; (6) St. George; (7) Grassy Bay; (8) The Dockyard (three or four views); (9) The Bell of the Shannon; (10) Bermudians.

Downing Street,

6th May, 1913.

• No. 70.

† No. 101.

‡ No. 97.

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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference :-

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22 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

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