Telegram from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 2nd Sea Lord [Vice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe] on naval policy in the Mediterranean; includes proposed telegram and actual telegram to the Vice-Admiral aboard King Edward VII on blockading the coast around the mouth of the river Drin [Albania]. [Carbon].

Letter from Thomas Macnamara [Financial Secretary to the Admiralty] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] with a report on his visit to the naval base on Haulbowline Island [County Cork, Ireland].

Report on the Strategical Exercises of the 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron, by Rear-Admiral David Beatty [Commander, 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron]. [Duplicate typescript signed by Beatty and initialled by WSC].

Admiralty Secret War Orders for the Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean [Admiral Sir Archibald Berkeley Milne] on concerted action by France and Britain in the Mediterranean in a war against the Triple Alliance [Germany, Austria and Italy]. [Typescript copy].

Letter from Prince Louis of Battenberg [1st Sea Lord, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on saving of oil in First Fleet flotillas. He also proposes to transfer the Admiralty steam barge from Portsmouth [Hampshire] to the Thames, where it could be used by members of the Board of Admiralty for visits to naval establishments on the river; also on proposals to open the Order of the Bath to officers of self-governing Dominions and Colonies.

Letter from Prince Louis of Battenberg [1st Sea Lord, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on a request from the Greek Government for a Rear-Admiral and staff of active service officers to replace the retired officers who had been lent to Greece. Battenberg also comments on the visit of the President of France to Britain, and on retirements from the Flag List.

Letter from Sir Francis Hopwood [Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty, later 1st Lord Southborough] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] reporting his meeting with Sir Marcus Samuel [later 1st Lord Bearsted] and other Directors of the Shell Oil Company, on the Navy's oil supply and the importance of oil storage facilities.

Letter from Sir Francis Hopwood [Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty, later 1st Lord Southborough] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on oil supply negotiations.

Letter from Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, Senior Officer and President, International Commission administering the town of Scutari [Shkoder, Albania], to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the political and military situation in the area. [Hand-written, with typed transcript].

Letter from Rear-Admiral Herbert King-Hall, Commander- in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope [South Africa] to WSC, on the defenceless state of St Helena.

Letter from Prince Louis of Battenberg [1st Sea Lord, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on the recent naval manoeuvres.

Letter from Admiral Sir Reginald Custance (Half Moon Street, Piccadilly [London]) to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the recent naval manoeuvres.

Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to Admiral Sir George Callaghan [Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet] on the forthcoming naval manoeuvres. [Hand-written draft, signed by WSC].

Letter from Admiral Sir Reginald Custance to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], on the recent naval manoeuvres.

Admiralty Mediterranean Fleet War Orders No.1. [Typescript copy].

Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the defence of trade. [Incomplete typescript, initialled by WSC].

Letter from Admiral Sir Reginald Custance to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the defence of trade.

Letter from Lewis Harcourt [Secretary of State for the Colonies] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on Canada's emergency contribution of three Dreadnoughts to the Royal Navy.

Letter from [WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] sending a memorandum [not present] on British trade protection in time of war. [Carbon].

Minute from [WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] on trade protection, particularly the policy of arming merchant steamers. [Carbon].

Letter from 1st Lord Haldane [Lord Chancellor, former Secretary of State for War] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] reporting his meeting with Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada] on the naval question.

Letter from John Norton-Griffiths (Chateau Frontenac, Quebec [Canada]) to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] reporting on the naval situation in Canada; includes note from Edward Marsh [Private Secretary to WSC]. [Copy at CHAR 13/20/147].