Excerpt from Journal of the Royal Colonial Institute, Vol. 40: Session 1908-1909; Part IV., March 1909
It was also announced that Donations to the Library of books, maps, &c., had been received from the various Governments of the Colonies and India, Societies, and public bodies both in the United Kingdom and the Colonies, and from Fellows of the Institute and others. The Institute has also acquired two volumes of original drawings in sepia and pencil of views of Table Bay, Cape Town, St. Helena, Ceylon, the Straits of Malacca, Montreal, &c., drawn during the years 1784 and 1825 to 1840 respectively.
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