Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the future building programme for destroyers, light cruisers and submarines. [Carbon].

Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the decision of the Committee of Imperial Defence that Britain should maintain a fleet in the Mediterranean capable of meeting the next strongest power excluding France. [Carbon].

Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], on the need to provide for a powerful fleet for foreign service, in addition to the Home Fleet. [Carbon].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 3rd Sea Lord [Rear-Admiral Archibald Moore], on the report from [? Captain William Boyle, later 12th Lord Cork and Orrery], British Naval Attache at Rome [Italy], on an increase in the Italian naval programme of four battleships of the "Queen Elizabeth" type, and the implications for British battleships. [Carbon].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] with a forecast for the Battle Fleet of 1920. [Carbon copy].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 2nd Sea Lord [Vice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe], with a forecast for the Battle Fleet of 1920. [Carbon copy].

Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], with a comparison of British and German naval expenditure and construction, 1908-15. [Carbon copy, with hand-written annotations by WSC].

Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], on retaining 60 per cent superiority over Germany in Dreadnoughts. [Carbon].

Statement by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the naval estimates for 1914-15, particularly the 16.996 million pounds for new construction and armament. [Carbon copy, with manuscript annotations by WSC and others].

Statistics on changes on military and naval expenditure in Britain, France, Russia, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary and Japan, 1904-1913. [Carbon].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 1st Sea Lord [Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman], 2nd Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] and 3rd Sea Lord [Vice- Admiral Charles Briggs], on destroyer design. [Carbon copy].

Memorandum by Vice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe [? 2nd Sea Lord], on his reasons for preferring seven, or if possible, eight "Super Active" cruisers, with extensive annotations by Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher, criticising the "Super Active" design: "What on earth is the use of a vessel that can neither fight nor run away, nor able to reconnoitre nor able to accompany submarines".

Prints and technical drawings of proposed 25-knot battleships with internal combustion engines, and of 29,000 and 27,500 tons displacement.

Letter from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, to Herbert Asquith, Prime Minister [later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] on approval by King George V of changes to constitution and composition of the Board of Admiralty, and the appointment of Sir Francis Hopwood [later 1st Lord Southborough] as Additional Civil Lord, and his intention to make the changes as quickly as possible [incomplete typescript draft, with ms annotations by WSC].

Letter from J L Garvin, Pall Mall Gazette, to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, enclosing paper, "Cromwell and the Navy", giving a summary of the Commonwealth's Naval achievements.

Letter from Archibald Hurd, Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London, to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, thanks for sending copy of his "masterly memorandum", and praising him on the appointment of the Additional Civil Lord, Sir Francis Hopwood [later 1st Lord Southborough].

Letter from Sir Francis Hopwood [later 1st Lord Southborough], (Reform Club, London) to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, recommending delaying publication of his War Staff proposals until after the German elections, as they would certainly be distorted and used for election purposes.

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.

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.

Cutting from "The Times", statement by WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on changes to the Board of Admiralty and the creation of the Admiralty War Staff.

Letter from Arthur Balfour (Whittingehame, Prestonkirk [East Lothian, Scotland]), to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, thanks for sending copy of paper on creation of Naval War Staff, stating that it would be a great advance in War organisation, also on home defence, stating that the advent of the submarine had modified Britain's needs, rejecting the idea of separate flotillas.

Submission from Captain J Rynes, Admiralty Yacht, to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, with proposed list of names for eight new light cruisers "Arethusa" class.

Minute by Sir James Marshall, Director of Dockyard Work, Admiralty, on employment of Apprentices and Boys in HM Dockyards.

Minute from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, to Prince Louis of Battenberg, [later 1st Lord Milford Haven], 1st Sea Lord, invitation to breakfast with Eleutherios Venizelos, Prime Minister of Greece, and David Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, to discuss the "dangerous possibilities between Greece and Turkey", with note of Battenberg's reply, accepting.