A set of Lantern Slides has been prepared in connection with this book, and is sold on behalf of the Committee by Messrs. Newton & Co., 37, King Street, Covent Garden, W.C. (late of 3, Fleet Street, E.C.), from whom copies of this book can be obtained. The complete set of 489 Slides may be had for £39. The Slides to accompany the several Lectures will be sold at the following prices: First Lecture, £4 3_s._; Second Lecture, £5 5_s._; Third Lecture, £4 12_s._; Fourth Lecture, £5 9_s._; Fifth Lecture, £4 13_s._ 6_d._; Sixth Lecture, £5 12_s._ 6_d._; Seventh Lecture, £5 5_s._; Eighth Lecture, £5 4_s._ The Slides will also be sold in sets in which the maps alone will be coloured. The prices in this case will be--for the complete set of 489 Slides, £25 10_s._; First Lecture, £2 17_s._; Second Lecture, £3 6_s._ 6_d._; Third Lecture, £3 5_s._; Fourth Lecture, £3 10_s._; Fifth Lecture, £3 7_s._ 6_d._; Sixth Lecture, £3 7_s._ 6_d._; Seventh Lecture, £3 7_s._ 6_d._; Eighth Lecture, £3 5_s._ The Slides sold on behalf of the Committee may now be purchased separately in batches of not less than two dozen. The Slides in this Series are Copyright. PREFACE These Lectures, like the last series, have been written for the Visual Instruction Committee of the Colonial Office by Mr. A. J. Sargent, and have been revised at the offices of the High Commissioners for the Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand. The lecture on the Pacific has been revised by Sir Everard im Thurn. The slides are derived from pictures painted and photographs taken by Mr. A. Hugh Fisher on behalf of the Committee, supplemented by photographs supplied from various sources. The Committee wish to acknowledge the great help which they have received from the High Commissioners and Agents-General and their staffs in the matter of slides, and in addition their acknowledgments are due to, among others, the Honourable Victor Nelson Hood, the Agricultural Departments of Queensland and Western Australia, the Secretary to the Commissioner for Queensland Railways, and the Government Geologist of Western Australia. MEATH. _November, 1912._ PUBLICATIONS OF THE VISUAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE A. Seven Lectures on the United Kingdom. By Mr. H. J. MACKINDER. In the following Editions issued on behalf of the Committee by Messrs. Waterlow & Sons, Ltd.:-- =1. Eastern Colonies Edition, Sept., 1905.= In use in Ceylon, the Straits Settlements, and Hong Kong. =2. Mauritius Edition, June, 1906.= In use in Mauritius. =3. West African Edition, Sept., 1906.= In use in Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast, and Southern Nigeria. =4. West India Edition, Sept., 1906.= In use in Trinidad, British Guiana, and Jamaica. =5. Indian Edition, March, 1907.= In use in the following Provinces:--Madras, Bombay, Bengal, the United Provinces, the Punjab, Burma, Eastern Bengal and Assam, the Central Provinces, the North West Province, and British Baluchistan.