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7. The Publishers undertake the delivery of the copies required to be delivered to certain Public Libraries.

8. This Agreement shall remain in force for a term of five years from the date of publication of the said work and at or after the expiration of that period it may be determined by six months' previous notice in writing by either party and on the determination of this Agreement unless determined by the Publishers the Committee shall purchase from the Publishers all unsold copies of the said work at a discount of 33 per cent. from the published price. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Crown Agents hereunto set their hands and the Publishers have caused their Common Seal to be hereunto affixed the day and year first above written.

Signed by one of the Crown Agents for

the Colonies in the presence of

The Common Seal of George Philip and Son Limited was hereunto affixed in the

of presence

G. STANLEY PHILIP GEORGE PHILIP

Directors.

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and would be invaluable not only in making known the more famous places, but also in opening up those parts of the country which do not fall into the conventional routes organised by tourist agencies, railway companies, and others so contributing to the widest and most complete knowledge within the period of a limited visit.

For this work I should be very pleased to place my services to the disposal of the Committee and of the High Commissioners. I shall be very pleased to place before the Committee proof of my qualification as a lecturer in the form of testi- monials or by a lecture to be prepared and given before them and others, and proof of an acquaintance with the general topography of England such as few now possess. I suggest that the fitting course would be to appoint me, on approval of my capacity, as the Committee's Official Lecturer and organiser of lectures in the United Kingdom, leaving the necessary arrangements as to fees and cost to be settled between the High Commissioners and myself, though as the suggestion I make should be of service to the Dominions it seems to me that the expense is one which they might properly assume responsibility for.

I am making a similar suggestion to the various High Commissioners, informing them of my application to your Committee, and I hope the suggestion is one which will commend itself to the favourable consideration of all concerned.

I beg to remain,

Yours faithfully,

A. H. ANDERSON.

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference :-

MC.O. 885

22 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDONT

ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC.N COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH—NOT TO

36499/10

No. 146.

MR. A. H. ANDERSON to VISUAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE.

DEAR SIR,

(Received 22 August, 1913.)

[Answered by Nos. 147 and 163.]

15, Ryde Vale Road, Bedford Hill, S.W.,

August 21st, 1913.

I HAVE learned with very much interest of the work done by your Committee, and particularly of that side of it by which the beauties and the daily life of the United Kingdom are to be made known to those who live in the Colonies and Depen- dencies. For a period of six years I have been one of the editors of the publications of the Homeland Association for the Encouragement of Touring in Great Britain, and in that capacity have edited many, and written a number, of the Homeland Handbooks, Homeland Handy Guides, Homeland Reference Books, and of the other publications by which that Association seeks to make known to Englishmen and to Colonial, American and other foreign visitors the natural beauties and the historical and literary associations of the United Kingdom.

I have, necessarily, a wide, close, and personal acquaintance with many of the more famous towns and parts of English scenery, as with others not perhaps generally so well-known, yet almost equally deserving of attention. By pen and voice I have done much to proclaim the many beauties of England, in newspapers, magazines, by books and by lectures, and you can understand, therefore, my interest in the fine work your Committee is doing.

It occurs to me, however, that in this as in many other Government undertakings, there are incidental possibilities almost as important as the direct work, which, it may be, the Committee is precluded from undertaking, but which may quite well be done by others in conjunction with the Committee, and I trust I may be permitted to make the following suggestion.

The Committee has prepared a set of slides illustrating the United Kingdom, primarily for use in the Colonies and Dependencies, though now, of course, by the arrangements for lending them, they can be used in England. It has, for long, occurred to me that Colonial-born visitors to England do not know how to spend their time here to the best advantage. Of a few world-famed places they know, of many others equally beautiful or interesting and easily to be visited they do not know. In the course of a generation the teaching you are providing in the Colonial schools will do much to remedy this. For a generation the trouble remains. Here is my suggestion. It is that the High Commissioner of each Dominion should make use of one or other of the various Colonial premises in London for weekly or periodical lectures making known the charms of England for the benefit of visitors from their Colonies on arrival in London. These lectures would open the eyes of the visitors to the possibilities, would be a practical guide as to order and disposition of the tour,

36499/10

No. 147.

VISUAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE to MR. A. H. ANDERSON. DEAR SIR,

Downing Street, S. W., 3 September, 1913.

I AM directed to inform you that your letter of the 21st of August* will be laid before my Committee at their next meeting, which, however, may not be held for some time.

The subject is rather outside my Committee's province, and I am to suggest that you might do well to communicate with the Royal Colonial Institute and the Victoria League, as well as with the High Commissioners.

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No. 148.

SOUTH AFRICA.

I am, &c.,

W. E. NOALL (Secretary, Visual Instruction Committee).

THE HIGH COMMISSIONER to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received 13th September, 1913.)

(No. 606.)

SIR,

WITH reference to your despatch, Miscellaneous, of June 13th,† I have the honour to transmit to you, for your information, a copy of a despatch from the Resident Commissioner of Basutoland on the subject of the supply of Basutoland photographs for the use of the Visual Instruction Committee.

I have, &c.,

High Commissioner's Office, Pretoria, August 25th, 1913.

MY LORD,

33480

Enclosure in No. 148.

GLADSTONE,

High Commissioner.

Resident Commissioner's Office, Maseru,

WITH reference to Your Excellency's despatch, No. 133, of the 8th instant, I

August 13th, 1913.

† No. 115.

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