Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to [? John Seely, Secretary of State for War, later 1st Lord Mottistone] on the importance to the Admiralty of the Orkney and Shetland Territorials, and his disappointment that the War Office was proposing to disband these Units. [Carbon copy].

Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to an unidentified correspondent, on his visit to the French fleet at Toulon [France] aboard HMS Hussar. WSC comments that he was much impressed by the concern shown by the French for the comfort of the petty officers and men, in which they were superior to Britain; he recommends the captain of the Hussar, Lieutenant Neston Diggle, for promotion. [Carbon copy].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Secretary of the Admiralty [Sir (William) Graham Greene] and Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty [Sir Francis Hopwood, later 1st Lord Southborough] on the offer [from Malaya, later Malaysia, to provide a battleship for the Royal Navy]. [Carbon].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Chief of the War Staff, Admiralty [Admiral Sir Henry Jackson] on a paper by Vice-Admiral Lewis Bayly [Commander, 3rd Battle Squadron], "A Time Table of a Nightmare" on East Coast defence against a "Bolt from the Blue" raid by Germany. [Carbon copy].

Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on hospital accommodation at the Harwich Naval Base [Essex], proposing to extend the hospital accommodation at the Boy's Training Establishment, HMS Ganges, at Shotley [Suffolk], across the Stour Estuary. [Carbon copy].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to Vice-Admiral Lewis Bayly [Commander, 3rd Battle Squadron], on his paper on East Coast defence, "Time Table of a Nightmare". WSC particularly mentions Bayly's view that it would be a disadvantage to land near a big town, and his reasons for discounting a landing in the vicinity of Dundee [Angus, Scotland]; WSC gives his reasons why an attack on Dundee would be possible. [Carbon copy].

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

Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on east coast defence, particularly the Admiralty proposal that they should take over coastal defence batteries north of Sheerness [Kent] and coast watching on the Sheerness- Shetland line [Scotland] from the War Office. Carbon copy.

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

Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to [John Seely, Secretary of State for War, later 1st Lord Mottistone], on Home Defence, suggesting that the war garrisons of the great southern fortresses be moved to the east coast, pointing out that they had been based in the south when France was the danger, and that the strategic front had changed. [Carbon copy].

Minute by [WSC] on factors affecting port defences, including the increase in the calibre of battleship guns and the thickness of battleship armour, the change in the strategic front from the south coast to the east, and the likelihood of raids from Germany; WSC also comments on the disposition of shore batteries and the dangers of over-reliance on shore defences and sets out proposals for specific east coast ports. [Carbon copy].

Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to an unidentified correspondent regretting that he could not intervene in the case of an officer passed over for promotion, stating that the rule forbidding officers to use personal influence to advance promotion was absolute: "The process of selection is quite impersonal and I take very little part in it". [Carbon copy].

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].

Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to [1st Sea Lord Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] on the visit of the President of France to Britain. WSC also comments on progress with revising the active lists of captains and flag officers, and asks for firing exercises to be arranged for him to witness. [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 east coast defence. [Carbon copy].

Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to James Allen [Minister of Defence, New Zealand], on the naval defence of New Zealand. [Carbon copy].

Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to [? Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher], on a paper by Captain [? William Reginald] Hall against large submarines and steam submarines. [Carbon copy].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] and the 2nd Sea Lord [Vice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe], on the development of a proper staff system in the Royal Navy. [Carbon copy].

Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to [Henri Deterding, Director, Shell Oil Company], on the Navy's oil supply, and the difficulty of transacting Government business during August, criticising the "scattering of authorities" and the "consequent temporary arrest in the power to transact ordinary administrative business".

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Naval Secretary, Admiralty [Rear-Admiral Dudley de Chair] on his intention to mark the development of the Naval Air Service by further promotion of flying officers. WSC suggests that all Lieutenants commanding squadrons be given the seniority to wear the half-stripe of an 8-year Lieutenant, and that two of the more senior flying officers should be promoted to Commander. [Carbon copy].

Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to an unidentified correspondent [? Geoffrey Dawson, Editor of the Times], regretting that the word "permanent" was omitted in the Times report of his reference to the "permanent unity of Ireland". WSC also comments on out of date articles being published in the Times on warship design. [Carbon copy].