Memorandum by the Admiralty on fuel for the Fleet. It includes statements on: economy in fuel consumption; fuel expended by different classes of ships; particulars of fuel consumption; number of steaming days; aggregate expenditure on fuel; comparisons of consumption in typical squadrons. [Printed].

Admiralty memorandum on Vote 9: Maintenance, on the increase in the cost of ammunition. [Printed; with annotations.].

Memorandum by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] reviewing the number of ships in commission. [Printed for circulation to the Cabinet].

Memorandum on "Mr Borden and the Naval Holiday" giving an extract from a speech by Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada], 19 January 1914, quoting statements by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] between 1912 and 1913, offering to stop warship production if Germany did likewise. [Printed].

Memorandum by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on naval requirements for 1914-1915; includes reprint of memorandum from 1912. [Printed for circulation to the Cabinet].

Memorandum by Vice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe [2nd Sea Lord] on manning numbers for naval personnel, particularly as compared to Germany; includes covering note by WSC. [Printed, annotated "not circulated"].

Admiralty memorandum on the requirements of officers for 1920, containing minutes by WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, and Vice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, 2nd Sea Lord, Aug-Sept 1913.

Admiralty memorandum listing British and German Dreadnought battleships in June 1917. [Printed].

Telegram from C. in C., East Indies, Port Said, to Admiralty, on possible location of German oil store for submarines [typescript copy].

Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to Vice-Admiral John De Robeck, hoping that he would not be discouraged by the recall of HMS "Queen Elizabeth". Stating that the two Monitors that were being sent out could go anywhere, and were the last word in bombarding vessels. "I am determined to support you and the army in every way to the end of your task and I am quit sure that the result will amply repay the sacrifices and anxieties" [typescript copy].

Telegram from French Ministry of Marine, Paris to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, thanks for praise of Rear-Admiral Guepratte. Stating that because of the increase of the French Fleet in the Dardanelles they were putting the French forces under Vice-Admiral Nicol, promoted from today, and therefore junior to the British Vice Admiral John De Robeck [typescript copy].

Telegram from Vice-Admiral John De Robeck to Admiralty, reporting loss of HMS "Goliath", attacked by Destroyers and sunk by two torpedoes [typescript copy].

Telegram from Vice-Admiral John De Robeck to Admiralty, on possibility of decisive naval action in the Dardanelles, stating that he had never contemplated taking such action without first obtaining Admiralty sanction [typescript copy].

Telegram from Vice-Admiral John De Robeck to Admiralty, on activities of the submarine E.14 in the Dardanelles, commending the Captain, Lt-Cdr Edward Boyle, with Admiralty note that the King had approved the award of the Victoria Cross to Boyle, and the DSC to Lt E G Stanley and Acting Lt R W Lawrence [typescript copy].

Telegram from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Dardanelles, to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, praising the work of his brother Jack [John S Churchill], and commenting that he could be proud of the Naval Division as a whole "The Navy have spared no effort to help us and without them we could neither have landed or maintained ourselves [typescript copy].

Telegram from Vice-Admiral John De Robeck, Dardanelles, to Admiralty, reporting that the safety of the Army depended largely on covering ships, which were constantly under fire and taking damage. Also on collaboration with the French squadron [typescript copy].

Telegram from Vice-Admiral John De Robeck, Dardanelles, to Admiralty, reporting sighting of enemy submarine by British submarine B.11, on patrol off Smyrna [typescript copy].

Telegram from Admiralty to Vice-Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee, HMS Invincible", St Vincent, stating that he last paragraph of his telegram of 6 Jan, [objecting to being called upon to justify his actions in three telegrams] was improper, and should not be repeated. Stating that the Board of Admiralty would await his written report and despatches before reaching a conclusion [typescript copy].

Telegram from Malcolm Robertson, British Embassy, Rio de Janiero, Brazil to Foreign Office, on confiscation of wireless equipment of German ships in Brazilian ports [typescript copy].

Telegram from San Francisco to Admiralty, reporting rumours that the German cruiser "Dresden" was coming to San Francisco, or was "somehow in communication with the City" [typescript copy].

Telegram from San Francisco to Admiralty, on search for German cruiser "Dresden".

Minute from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to the First Sea Lord, Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, on concern that the Royal Navy had no ship superior to the German cruiser, "Dresden" on the Pacific coast of North America [typescript copy].