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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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C.O. 885

23 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO

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No. 12. ZANZIBAR.

THE ACTING BRITISH AGENT AND CONSUL-GENERAL to THE

(Miscellaneous.)

SIR,

SECRETARY OF STATE.

(Received 18th February, 1914.) [Answered by No. 13.]

Zanzibar, 21st January, 1914. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch Miscellaneous of the 17th October,* transmitting copy of a Circular despatch relative to the work of the Visual Instruction Committee, and requesting to be furnished with views illustrating the typical scenery and the different aspects of native life in Zanzibar.

2. In reply I have the honour to forward herewith a series of photographs on the subject desired, which have been purchased by the Zanzibar Government, together with a footnotet which I have compiled on the history, inhabitants, and industries of this Protectorate.

3. I would venture to point out, however, that the Royal Geographical Society possesses probably the finest collection in the world of photos. of all parts of Africa and that it would, I think, willingly lend them for purposes of instruction.

I have, &c.,

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G. B. BEAK,

In the temporary absence of Mr. John H. Sinclair.

No. 13. ZANZIBAR.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE ACTING BRITISH AGENT AND

(Miscellaneous.)

CONSUL-GENERAL.

[Answered by No. 18.]

SIR,

Downing Street, 27th February, 1914. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch Miscellaneous of the 21st of January, and to convey to you the thanks of the Visual Instruction Committee for the photographs which accompanied your despatch and for the foot- note which you have been good enough to compile on the history,.inhabitants, and industries of Zanzibar.

2. The Committee observe that all these views are the work of a professional photographer, but in view of the third paragraph of my despatch Miscellaneous of the 17th of October last* they assume that they will be at liberty to reproduce any of the photographs as lantern slides or as book illustrations.

I have, &c.,

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No. 14.

L. HARCOURT.

MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE VISUAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE HELD AT THE COLONIAL OFFICE AT 3.30 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY, THE 4TH OF MARCH, 1914.

PRESENT:-

SIR CECIL CLEMENTI SMITH (in the Chair).

SIR EVERARD IM THURN?

MR. KEITH.

MR. MERCER.

MR. NOALL (Secretary).

The minutes of the last meeting, having been previously circulated, were adopted.

The correspondence was reviewed.

No. 151 in Miscellaneous No. 276. • Not printed.

No. 162 in Miscellaneous No. 276.

: No. 12.

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A letter was read from Miss A. E. Evans, who had already delivered a series of the Committee's lectures at Reading, asking that her name might be mentioned when copies of the memorandum on the work of the Committee were sent to educa- tional authorities, and inquiring whether a grant could be made, or slides lent without charge, to enable the Workers' Educational Association of Reading to arrange a course of lectures. It was decided that Miss Evans should be informed that the Committee could not take the responsibility for giving her name as a lecturer, and that there were no funds from which to make a grant.

The Committee were informed that during the half year ending on the 31st of December, 1913, Messrs. George Philip and Son had sold 1,100 copies of the books and that the sum of £1 12s. had been received as the Committee's share of the royalties.

With regard to the book on South Africa, it was mentioned that attention had been called in the "Standard of Empire" to certain small errors which had since heen corrected. A letter was read, in which Messrs. Philip quoted a communication from the Principal of the Municipal Technical Institute, Belfast, who expressed disappointment at the small number of illustrations in the book on South Africa, and He commended at the prices of the book and slides and the charge for hiring. the manner in which the book had been written.

Mr. Newton, in a letter to the Secretary, had enclosed a statement of the numbers of slides sold and hired during the period from the 1st of July, 1913, and had sub- mitted that in his view the figures were most encouraging. The royalties due to the The Com- Committee on the sales amounted to £32 10s. and on the hirings to £5. mittee directed that Mr. Newton should be informed of their appreciation of his efforts on behalf of their scheme, and of their satisfaction at the results.

Sir Everard im Thurn proposed and the Committee agreed that the Secretary's allowance should be continued to the end of the year.

The Committee then considered the question of bringing their work to the notice of the public and the schools in the Dominions and Colonies.

Sir Cecil Clementi Smith proposed that another circular despatch should be sent to the Governors asking them to forward copies of the memorandum to schools and other bodies, and desiring their good offices on behalf of the scheme. Mr. Keith sug- gested a personal letter, and Sir Everard im Thurn undertook that the Sub-Com- inittee should deal with the matter.

It was suggested that steps should be taken to interest Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson in the work.

Mr. Mercer said that the Colonial Clubs in Canada might make use of the lec- tures and thought that the Committee should communicate with them through their headquarters. It was agreed, further, to approach the great Missionary Societies, such as the Basel, the Church of England, the Church of Scotland, and the Wesleyan Missions.

It was reported that the proofs of Mr. Aspinall's lectures on the West Indies were being revised. The question of a title for these lectures was reserved.

The Committee were informed that Mr. A. Wyatt Tilby had begun the prepara- tion of lectures on Tropical Africa and that photographs were being collected.

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(No. 48.)

SIR,

No. 15.

NYASALAND.

THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received 17th March, 1914.)

Government House, Zomba, Nyasaland Protectorate,

11th February, 1914.

WITH reference to your despatch, Miscellaneous, of the 17th of October, 1913,†

I have the honour to inform you that I am making a collection of photographs and

* Not printed. No. 154 in Miscellaneous No. 276.