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(b) Bug- gested

series of lantern

slides.

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for very careful and efficient organization from some central office.

3 To begin with, it would be sufficient to form collections of lantern-slides to illustrate lectures as under :-

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(a) Lectures on the Empire, exclusive of the

United Kingdom.

3 lectures on Canada and Newfoundland.

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the West Indies.

Australia.

New Zealand.

India and Burma.

Ceylon.

Hong Kong with some

views of China.

the Straits Settlements, &c.

Egypt.

the Mediterranean (Cyprus,

Malta, and Gibraltar).

West Africa.

Cape Colony and Natal.

the Transvaal, Orange River

Colony, and Rhodesia.

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British East Africa, in-

metal tape cluding Uganda.

[20 lectures.]

(b) Lectures on the Mother Country.

2 lectures on London.

Country life in Great

o astiast Britain, illustrating vil-

ng the demoqui lage life, agriculture, animals, trees and flowers, famous country houses and gardens. the sen, sea ports, and the fleet, with sketch of

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naval" history and of

great sen fights.

the army, with pictures of

decisive battles.

the English cathedrals,

and other specimens of Hartational architecture.

** schools and universities, "aigal flustrating the system aid of education in all grades. Sakuradi walya 'and manufactures. Söötknd ́; scenery, historic ~·towns, national hertes,& Wales'; “ditto. "Ireland ;"ditto,

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For each lecture it would proosay be suffi cient to provide, on an average, 50 slides. The and attention grow weary if the number of slides is very great and the lecture consequently first- long. An hour's lecture, with about 50 rate pictures, would probably have the best results.

If this view and estimate were accepted it would-be necessary to prepare 2,000 different slides.

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4. The first essential would be to get the beat (c) Collec-

tion and possible collection of slides. This would be no

colouring easy matter. There is not yet in existence any of the adequate collection of lantern slides illustrating slides. life in different parts of the Empire. By careful search and choice from various collec- tions a beginning might be made, but it would. need to be supplemented by special effort. The plan of sending out a photographer with an artist in colour, in order to make a special- collection of suitable slides by photography and water-colour sketching on the spot, might be the best method in some cases, but it is probable that it would be found sufficient as a rulé to communicate with the best photographers in different parts of the Empire, and to collect from them negatives of suitable pictures. Each i slide ought to be coloured, and, in order to secure accurate and artistic excellence in this part of the work, it would be necessary to find in each Colony some competent artist who would see the negatives before they were sent from the Colony, and prepare small sketches indicating the right scale of colour for each slide, These hints in water-colour should then be accurately followed in London, where the slides would be prepared. The collection of an adequate series of slides would be a very difficult matter. A paper of information would have to be drawn up, based, of course, on advice from those familiar with the Colony in question, as to the points which should be aimed at in making the collection of negatives, ie, what aspects of Colonial life should be treated, what typical pieces of scenery should be represented, &c. It would probably be possible in some cases to find some lady or gentleman, skilled in the use of water-colours, who would be willing to help forward the plan by supplying colour schemes for the guidance of the manufacturers of the slides in London

3. When the collections of slides had been (d) Pre- made, it would be necessary to find experience paration lecturers, in each case knowing the Colony or lectures.

part of the Empire to be described, who would, undertake to prepare two lectures in illustratilis of each set of fifty slides. One lecture woma be suitable for use in schools or for de audiences of young people (or for adults pow ing Vat the Füchinents of education), while"

kare" would be "intended" for audiëndësin sith "gatherings of working!

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