THE DESCRIPTIVE ATLAS
Sir-As Mr. Nestor now writes, he telephoned to me following the publication of my previous letter to you to express his opinions on the problem, of the atlas. Among other things he told me that the estimated cost of completion of the originally planned atlas was £65,000 spread over ten years. I fear that I remained at the end of our conversation in considerable doubt as to the basis of this estimate, and the authority on which it rests. Mr. Nestor would, I think, be performing a public service if he explained these things to us, Mr. Nestor also ‘expresses his enthusiasm for the proper preservation of our National Archives. The neglect of these archives and the perils to which they are still exposed are indeed deplorable. Any Government could at small
cost win the gratitude of scholars here and abroad by remedying its predecessors’ negligence in the matter. I cannot see, however, why the completion of a worthy atlas and the provision of an adequate archives organisation should be regarded as alternatives. It would appear to me that New Zealand could affard hoth af these civilised activities.
F. L. W.
WOOD
Professor of fistory, Victoria University College.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 772, 7 May 1954, Page 5
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