Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [Chairman, Royal Commission on Oil Fuel] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the need to make a contract with Henri Deterding [Director, Shell Oil Company] to secure the use of Shell oil tankers in time of war. [See CHAR 13/21/17 for typescript copy].

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the work of the Royal Commission on Fuel and Engines, advising him to read the report of the technical and scientific committee on blending and mixing of oils; Fisher also mentions the proposed installation of improved engines for battleships and attacks critics who "cast a stone at the Dreadnought type". [See CHAR 13/21/20-21 for typescript copy].

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the work of the Royal Commission on Fuel and Engines. Fisher also comments on submarines, strongly advising WSC not to go for steam power and pointing out that he could build at least 20 big submarines for one Dreadnought. [See CHAR 13/21/28 for typescript copy].

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the Navy Estimates, stating that if he were 1st Sea Lord he would guarantee a saving of 4 million pounds for 1914-15 and adding that the Estimates should be the job of the 1st Sea Lord rather than the First Lord. [See CHAR 13/21/29 for typescript copy].

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the evidence of 1st Lord Cowdray [earlier Weetman Pearson] to the Royal Commission on Fuel and Engines on supplying the Navy with oil. [See CHAR 13/21/31 for typescript copy].

Address by Rear-Admiral Reginald Bacon [Managing Director of the Coventry Ordnance Works] to the [Institute of Naval Architects] on battleship design, sent to WSC by Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher with covering note. [Typescript copy; see CHAR 13/21/105 for original note].

Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to an unidentified correspondent on awarding contracts for naval gunnery systems, particularly the cases of Arthur Pollen and Commander Frederic Dreyer. [Carbon].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Naval Secretary [Rear-Admiral Dudley de Chair] on the appointment of Vice-Admiral Robert Lowry as Admiral Commanding in Scotland. [Typescript copy].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] on the need for training in handling of light cruiser squadrons. [Carbon copy].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] on proposals for cruiser distribution. [Carbon copy].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven], on cruiser deployment, particularly the war station of HMS Dartmouth in the China Squadron. [Carbon copy].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] on cruiser deployment and the status of Commander-in-Chief at the East Indies and the Cape. [Carbon copy].

Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the defence of the south coast ports. [Carbon copy].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary] on Admiralty plans to sign a contract with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, and on possible funding from India to provide the 2 million pounds required to develop the oilfields in Persia [Iran]. [Carbon copy].

Minute from [? WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty] entitled "Notes on Submarines". [Carbon copy].

Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on Conservative Party views on the shipbuilding programme [Carbon copy].

Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to an unidentified [? South African] correspondent, on South Africa's contribution to Imperial Naval Defence. [Carbon copy].

Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to Vice-Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly [Commander, 3rd Battle Squadron], on East Coast defences. [Carbon copy].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 3rd Sea Lord [Rear-Admiral Archibald Moore] on the Admiralty decision to take over eight destroyers under construction in private yards, and on the increased number of light cruisers being built. [Carbon copy].

Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the Naval Estimates. [Carbon copy].

Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Treasury, on the purchase of an additional 125,000 tons of oil, which had been approved by the Cabinet in July. [Carbon].

Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to Vice-Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, appointing him to the Admiralty War Staff to prepare plans for East Coast defence. [Carbon].

Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to [Admiral Sir William May] asking him to act as Umpire-in-Chief for the Grand Manoeuvres. WSC states that he does not feel that it would be necessary for May to go to sea, as the area was too wide to be covered by a single ship, and suggests that he attend at the Admiralty, with a staff of Umpires and Assistants of his choice. [Carbon copy].

Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to an unidentified correspondent on Air Expenditure. [Carbon copy].