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Explains his position in relation to the problems facing the company and calls for its voluntary liquidation and reconstruction. Printed.

Robert Davies Roberts extends an invitation for a meeting on 21 May 1908 concerning the London Pageant of 1909 organised by the London University Extension Board. The meeting will discuss the suggestion of the Historical Committee of the London Pageant (1909) to arrange historical lectures in various boroughs of London on the history of the city and its relation to the history of the nation. The meeting will also address the opportunities the University of London offers through its University Extension Scheme. Municipal authorities, mayors of all boroughs and members of the Extension of University Teaching were also invited. Mentions H.J. Mackinder, Lord Avebury, Lord Milner, Lord Shuttleworth, Lord Bishop of Stepney, Canon Barnett.

Promotes the ‘Masque of Learning’ and details a list of prices for school and college groups. Signed by C.E Ainslie, R.J. Mackenzie, John Marshall, George Smith, Elizabeth Stevenson, W.J. Watson.

Asks for the support of the recipient society and its members for the success of the ‘Masque of Learning’, which would contribute to the extension of Collegiate Residence, a desirable development of university life. Encloses a sketch programme [not extant] which indicates the scope and interest of the Masque, among which the history, present and future of the University of Edinburgh. Signed by Frank caird, W.R. Hardie, A.F. Giles, W.W. Taylor, J.E. Henderson, Charles Scott Moncrieff and A. Ernest Warr.

Announces the foundation of the Imperial College Past and Present Students Union. Requests donations for the furnishing and equipment of the Union Building which is to be erected and the provision of an ‘Athletic Ground’.

Anon.

'3862' endorsed bottom left corner.

'ND Phot'

'3853' endorsed bottom left corner.

Report to the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust by Patrick Geddes.

Scale: 1 inch to 41.66 feet

'Published under the direction of W. C. S. Ingles [... ] Surveyor General, Ceylon'

Annotated in manuscript in pencil, parts shaded in coloured pencil (red, blue).
Annotated in top left corner in manuscript in pencil by Patrick Geddes referring to 'Dev[elopmen]t of [... ] Docks and Canal Basins' and to 'Reclamation of Lowlands and Swamps'.

Scale: 1 inch to 16 chains

'Published under the direction of W. C. S. Ingles [... ] Surveyor General,
Ceylon'

Roads, contours of terrain and flood levels marked in different colours.

Scale: 1 inch to 16 chains

Six photographs of plans of Dublin's new town plan, mounted on one sheet.

• 'No. 3 Railway Plan'; 22.6 x 17.2 cm
• 'No. 4 Zone Plan'; 22.5 x 17.1 cm
• 'No. 7 Detail of Central Area'; 16.1 x 21.5 cm
• 'No 8 [diagrams of] 'Waterways, Road System, Existing Parks, and Proposed Parks'; 21.7 x 15.9 cm
• 'No. 11 Suburban Housing Four Types of Houses for the New Areas and Three Examples of Site Planning'; 1.7 x 16 cm
• 'No. 12 Perspective of remodelled Central Area' [and]' The Power Citadel at the Mouth of the Harbour'; 16.1 x 20.2 cm

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Three photographs of plans of Dublin's new town plan, mounted on one sheet.

• 'Birds Eye View of Dublin Looking North. Showing the principal alterations, new avenues, streets, & buildings in relation to such of the existing features of the city as it is desirable to retain or open [ ... ]'; 24 x 16.6 cm
• 'Birds Eye View of Dublin Looking South. Showing the principal alterations, new avenues, streets, & buildings in relation to such of the existing features of the city as it is desirable to retain or open ...'; 24 x 16.7 cm
• 'Plan of the Sackville Street Area destroyed during the Disturbances, April 1916'; 'Issued by the Hibernian Fire & General Insurance Co Ltd.'; [c. 1916]; 19.3 x 21.6 cm