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Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada] on the necessity for encouragement of the shipbuilding industry in Canada, particularly the construction of warships in Canadian shipyards.

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Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Secretary to the Board of Admiralty [Sir (William) Graham Greene] on the public and secret memoranda for Canada concerning the Canadian emergency contribution of 3 Dreadnoughts to the Royal Navy. [Carbon].

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Draft Admiralty memorandum on the naval defence of the Empire for presentation to the Canadian Parliament. [Printed].

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Admiralty memorandum with prints of the correspondence between WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty and Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada, on the naval defence of the Empire, including Canada's contribution. [Printed].

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Admiralty memorandum with prints of the correspondence between WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty and Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada, on the naval defence of the Empire, particularly the Canadian emergency contribution to the Royal Navy. [Printed].

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Extract from speech by Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada] to the Canadian House of Commons on the Canadian Naval Aid Bill. [Printed].

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Secret memorandum on the general naval situation relating to Britain and Germany, prepared by the Admiralty for the information of Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada]. [White Paper, published August 1914].

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Letter from Sir Richard M'Bride, Prime Minister of British Columbia [Canada] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the Canadian contribution to the Royal Navy.

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Correspondence between WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] and Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada] on Imperial naval defence, proposing the formation of an Imperial Squadron of five ships: three Canadian ships with the capital ships New Zealand and Malaya [later part of Malaysia]. [Printed for circulation to the Cabinet].

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Memorandum from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Cabinet, on the Canadian gift of three ships for the Royal Navy. Includes appendix on British naval requirements for 1915. [Printed].

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Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to [Sir Francis Hopwood, Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty, later 1st Lord Southborough] on the Canadian contribution of 3 battleships to the Royal Navy, described as the "key to the Anglo-German naval situation". [Carbon copy].

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Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], to [? Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada], on the shipbuilding programme and the provision of Canadian ships to help in the defence of the Empire. [Carbon].

Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, October 1942.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; the Chiefs of Staff; Lieutenant-Colonel Ian Jacob [Military Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet].Subjects covered by the minutes include:...

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Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to James Masterton Smith [Private Secretary to WSC] on difficulties with Canada's contribution of battleships to the Royal Navy. [Carbon].

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Documents on the Canadian contribution of three Dreadnoughts to the Royal Navy, including extracts from speeches, letters and statements by WSC and Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada]. [Printed for circulation to the Cabinet, Jan 1914].

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Letter from Lewis Harcourt, Colonial Office, to WSC, protesting about the Admiralty communicating directly with the Canadian Government though the High Commission in London, on the storage of fuel at Halifax, Nova Scotia, stating that such communications should go through the Colonial Office.

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Minute from the Secretary, Admiralty, to the Private Office to the First Lord [WSC], commenting on letter from Lewis Harcourt, Colonial Office, protesting about the Admiralty's direct negotiation with the Government of Canada over oil storage facilities, rather than working through the Colonial Office.