§ Captain CLIVEasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will Undertake to loan the records, including gramophone records, of West African natives at the Colonial Office to the British West African Association for exhibition at Shepherd's Bush?
Mr. HARCOURTThe records in question were collected in the interests of linguistic and anthropological science, and are deposited with the Royal Anthropological Institution, where they are accessible to students. I am not prepared to sanction their loan for exhibition purposes.
§ Captain CLIVEasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will support the proposal for establishing a permanent exhibition and information bureau of West African subjects to which the various West African Colonies may contribute?
Mr. HARCOURTI have received no definite proposals on this subject, but I am of opinion that the requirements of the West African Colonies in this respect are already met by the Imperial Institute and the Commercial Intelligence Branch of the Board of Trade.