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SIR,

(No. 810.)

No. 43.

EAST AFRICA PROTECTORATE.

THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

(Received 19th October, 1914.)

[Answered by No. 48.]

Government House, Nairobi, British East Africa,

5th September, 1914.

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Miscellaneous despatch of the 17th of October last,* on the subject of the issue of lantern lectures by the Visual Instruction Committee, and to express my regret at the delay in replying thereto.

2. Mr. Hinde's collection of photographs, slides, and negatives is in England, so that he is unable to assist the Committee in the matter until his return. Mr. McGregor Ross's negatives are also in England, but, if the Committee care to under- take the reproduction of views from lantern slides, a certain number, about 150, can be lent to them by his brother. If the Committee will address a request for a selection of Mr. Ross's lantern slides to

G. A. Ross, Esq., LL.B.,

The Public Trustee Office,

London, W.C.,

they will be forwarded at once.

3. Mr. Stordy is increasing his collection of photographs and will shortly be in a position to inform me of the number available for the Committee.

2003

(No. 994.)

SIR,

No. 45.

GOLD COAST.

THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received 14th January, 1915.) [Answered by No. 46.]

Government House, Accra,

21st December, 1914.

WITH reference to your despatch, Miscellaneous, of the 17th October, 1913,* I have the honour to forward, herewith, a collection of photographs which has been made for the use of the Visual Instruction Committee.

2. I regret the long delay which has occurred in getting this collection together, and I fear that the photographs now sent are not all of a very satisfac- tory type. Better photographs will later be available, but the most competent local amateur photographers either have their specimens locked away in England, or require them for illustrations in books which they are about to publish and are reluctant to part with them prematurely.

3. I have failed to obtain any coloured sketches

4. I hope to supplement the present collection ere long by a further instal- ment which has been promised by Mr. Oman, the Director of Education, but I forward those already available in order to avoid continued delay.

I have, &c.,

HUGH CLIFFORD.

40343

I have, &c.,

H. CONWAY BELFIELD,

Governor.

2003

No. 46.

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference :-

mim C.O. 885

23 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

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

43296

No. 44.

UGANDA.

THE ACTING GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received 6th November, 1914.)

(No. 424.) SIR.

[Answered by No. 47.]

Government House, Uganda, 6th October, 1914.

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, Miscella- neous, of the 17th October, 1913,* and to transmit, for the use of the Visual Instruc- tion Committee, such photographs as I have been able to secure of views in this Protectorate, in accordance with the accompanying list.†

2. I regret that the photographs sent are not more representative of the country, but there is considerable difficulty in getting prints of other than local interest. I had arranged to get some coloured sketches, but unfortunately Captain II. du B. O'Neill, who was to undertake the work, fell ill and was invalided home.

3 A few of the photographic reproductions in the Botanical. Forestry, and Scientific Department Report for the year ended the 31st March, 1913, might be suitable for lantern slides if required.

I have, &c..

II. R. WALLIS,

Acting Governor.

*No. 154 in Miscellaneous No. 270.

! Not printed.

SIR,

GOLD COAST.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR. (Miscellaneous.)

Downing Street, 5th February, 1915.

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 994, of the 21st of December, 1914,† and to convey to you the thanks of the Visual Instruction Committee for the collection of photographs which you have been good enough to forward for their use.

2. Most of these photographs are well suited for a lantern lecture, in parti- cular those of scenery and native types, as well as the series illustrating the cocoa industry.

3. The Committee hope to use one or two of the views of Seccondee printed by the Government Press, Accra, but in general it has been found that a slide copied from a book-illustration printed from a process block is not very satis- factory, because of the magnification on the lantern screen of the minute dots of which the picture is composed.

4. Mr. Oman no doubt appreciates, from an educational point of view, the nature of the subjects which would enable the writer of the lectures to give as complete an account as possible of the most important aspects of life on the Gold Coast-its towns, its industries, peoples, and products-and the Committee await with interest the supplementary collection which he is preparing.

5. I may add that Mr. Wells-Bladen, who is now in this country, has provided several views of Accra, and that Captain Mackesy, R.E., has supplied some photo- graphs taken in the Northern Territories.

I have, &c.,

* No. 154 in Miscellaneous No. 276.

• Xo. 45.

L. HARCOURT.