The volume (24" x 18") is titled 'The Book of Silence for the Deaf, to be presented to H.M. the Queen on Commonwealth Day 1961'. It contains several 100 leaves, of which 156 bear signatures. Each leaf has space for 50 signatures on either side; few are filled completely, and some have only been used on part of one side. There are a total of around 8,000 signatures. At the front are several pages for Commonwealth countries, headed by their national arms and usually with the Prime Minister's signature. These include India (Nehru), Ceylon (Mrs Bandaranaike), Australia (Menzies), Canada (Diefenbaker), Malaya (Tunku Abdul Rahman), Pakistan (Ayub Khan), Nigeria (Sir Abubakr Tafawa Balewa) and Southern Rhodesia (Welensky). British cities, county boroughs and boroughs that feature in the volume include London, Fulham, Birmingham, Brighton, Cardiff, Derby, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Portsmouth and Chelsea. Firms and organisations include the Victoria League, Coventry Citizens' Guild for Deaf Children, Coventry British Legion, Aiton & Co., Celanese, Royal Exchange Assurance, Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, A.T.V., Fellowship of the Services, Legion of Frontiersmen, Association of Belgian ex-Servicemen, Handley's Ltd, James Howell & Co., Marshall & Snelgrove, T.W.W., National Council of Women, Leeds, G.K.N. Castle Works, Cardiff, and the East Midlands Electricity Board, Leicester. Most entries are headed by leading figures, such as mayors, chairmen and M.P.s, the remaining entries consisting of ordinary contributors.