Letter from 5th Lord Rosebery (38 Berkeley Square, [London]) to WSC on the government's South African policy.

Letter from Sir Francis Hopwood [later Lord Southborough] (Barbon Manor, Kirkby Lonsdale, [Yorkshire]) to WSC on the dispute with Sir Robert Bond [Prime Minister of Newfoundland, later part of Canada], the conduct of the governmnent of Natal [South Africa], and the agreement by King Edward VII to accept the Cullinan Diamond.

Letter from Fitzroy Stewart (10 Egerton Gardens, [London]) to WSC congratulating him on his speech on his proposed constitution for the Transvaal [South Africa] and asking him to sign a photograph of himself.

Letter from Francis J Donner (Transvaal Estates and Development Company Limited, Threadneedle House, 28-31 Bishopsgate Street Within, London) congratulating him on his speech on his proposed constitution for the Transvaal [South Africa] and predicting that prosperity will soon return to that region.

Letter from Sir Francis Hopwood [later Lord Southborough] (Reform Club, [London]) to WSC congratulating him [on his speech on his proposed constitution for the Transvaal, South Africa].

Letter from Lord James of Hereford (Breamore, Salisbury, [Wiltshire]) to WSC praising his speech on his proposed constitution for the Transvaal [South Africa].

Letter from the 9th Duke of Marlborough ("Sunny") (Blenheim Palace) to WSC praising the form of his speech on his proposed constitution for the Transvaal [South Africa] but giving detailed criticisms of the proposals. Also discusses the chairmanship of the commission on shipping freights.

Letter from Daniel Thomas, honorary general secretary of the South Islington Liberal and Radical Association (15 Lonsdale Square, [London]) to WSC transmitting the Association's resolution calling on the government to repatriate Chinese labourers from South Africa.

Letter from WSC (Colonial Office) to Daniel Thomas, honorary general secretary of the South Islington Liberal and Radical Association (15 Lonsdale Square, [London]), denying that the government's policy on Chinese labour in South Africa has been dilatory. Copy in the hand of Annette Anning.

Letter from Sir Albert Rollit (Claridge's Hotel, [London]) to WSC (12 Bolton Street) enclosing newspaper cuttings on his declining the invitation to be the Conservative candidate for South Islington [London] [see CHAR 2/2/61], and explaining that one of the main reasons for this was the previous government's policy on Chinese labour in South Africa. Asks to introduce his nephew to WSC.

Letter from J Moore Bayley (47 Temple Row, Birmingham) approving the South African constitution and asserting that the stance of Arthur Balfour [later Lord Balfour] on the fiscal question has shaken the confidence of ordinary voters, and that Joseph Chamberlain's political career is over. Reports the poor state of the local Conservative party.

Letter from Sir Felix Schuster (31 Collingham Road, South Kensington, [London]) to [Sir Francis] Hopwood [later, Lord Southborough] [Permanent Under-Secretary for Colonies] on the bad effects which would follow a reduction in the production of gold in South Africa. Congratulates Hopwood on his recent appointment.

Letter from Charles Lane Sansom (Volunteer Headquarters, Johannesburg, [South Africa]) to Lady Katharine Lyttelton reporting his dismissal from the local civil service and expressing the wish to obtain an inspectorship under the Local Government Board or an inspectorship of reformatories. Describes how English civil servants in South Africa are being replaced by Boers and how Lord Selborne is unable to prevent this. Sent with CHAR 2/38/13.

Letter from Harry C Grimwade (14 Westhall Road, Bath, [Somerset]) to WSC enclosing a report of the speech of William Joynson-Hicks [later Lord Brentford] on Chinese labour in South Africa [see CHAR 2/38/37a] and offering to publish WSC's reply. Annotated by WSC, 20 Apr [1908: "Thanked - but hardly worth refutation"].

Cutting: part of a speech in Bath [Somerset] [by William Joynson-Hicks, later Lord Brentford] attacking Government policy on Chinese labour in South Africa. Sent with CHAR 2/38/37 2 papers.

Letter from WSC (Board of Trade) to Lord Crewe criticising Lord Selborne's plan for a commission to protect native interests in South Africa but asserting that Selborne is nevertheless the best man to negotiate on the issue with the South African leaders. Gives advice on how a settlement of the native question can be got through Parliament. Typescript copy.

Memorandum by WSC (Board of Trade) to Lord Crewe on Lord Selborne's telegram about the placing of the native protectorates in South Africa under the Federal Parliament. Typescript.

Letter from F Oswald Mouler (Woodview, Ipswich, [Suffolk]; notepaper of the Royal Mail Steamship Etruria) to [WSC] accusing him of being a traitor [to the British colonists in South Africa].

Cutting from the Daily Express: extracts from a letter from a British official in the Standard Bank in Cape Colony [later part of South Africa] complaining of the British Government's betrayal of the British colonists in South Africa and naming WSC in this connection. Probably sent with CHAR 2/35/14.

Cutting on the work of the Closer Union Society, which aims to bring about closer links between the South African states and within the Empire as a whole. Sent with CHAR 2/36/18.

Letter from Lord Crewe (Crewe Hall, [Cheshire]) to WSC on safeguards for the native protectorates under any act of South African confederation. Thinks that the matter should be discussed with Lord Selborne, whom he describes as "a dangerous plenipotentiary" and "obstinate", and the native deputations.

Letter from Sir Richard Solomon, Agent General for the Transvaal [South Africa] (72 Victoria Street, Westminster, [London]) to WSC regretting that he is to leave the Colonial Office but congratulating him on his entry into the Cabinet as President of the Board of Trade. Thinks WSC will be able to deal with any attacks from his opponent in North-West Manchester [William Joynson-Hicks] on Chinese labour in South Africa.

Letter from the 8th Duke of Marlborough, Colonial Office, to WSC, on postponement of Boer War compensation payments.

Letter from R. Malcolm, R. Sutherland, F.W. Cooper and J. Nelson to WSC, on complaining about the postponement of Boer War compensation payments to British subjects "our late enemy have been paid in full, so have the coolies and Kaffiers, why not us Britishers?".