Letter from Abe Bailey (Yewhurst, East Grinstead, Sussex) to WSC on Chinese labour in South Africa.

Letter from Abe Bailey (P O Box 50, Johannesburg, [South Africa]) to WSC asserting that financial panic could spread throughout South Africa if Chinese labour were abolished. Refers to Jan Smuts' "greasy loyalty" and predicts that WSC will become Prime Minister.

Letter from Annette Anning (Midland Hotel, Manchester) to [F Bryant] stating that WSC is unable to address a meeting at Wellington [Somerset] and giving his views on Chinese labour. Copy.

Letter from Robert Outhwaite (375 Hagley Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham) to WSC thanking him for his letter of support during the West Birmingham campaign and expressing satisfaction that WSC is to represent the colonies in the House of Commons. Claims that his (Outhwaite's) campaign against Chinese labour showed him that "the Colonial Office had become a rallying point for corruptionists posing as 'Imperialists.'".

Letter from Lindsay Hirsch (L Hirsch & Co, Warnford Court, Throgmorton Street, London) to WSC on the depreciation of the South African market.

Letter from William Clegg (Whirlow Green, Sheffield, [Yorkshire]) to WSC praising his performance as Under- Secretary of State for the Colonies, in particular his speech on [martial law in] Natal, [South Africa], but criticising the Lord Chancellor's policy on the appointment of JPs and the government's attitude to the Trades Disputes Bill.

Letter from Sir Alfred Turner (Woodside, Hailsham, Sussex) to WSC praising his speech of the previous night [on the conciliation of South Africa].

Letter from Josiah Wedgwood (House of Commons) to WSC congratulating him on his speech on his proposed constitution for the Transvaal [South Africa] and giving advice on the composition of the upper house there.

Telegram from J Hawksley (Commercial Sale Rooms, [?London]) to WSC (12 Bolton Street) congratulating him [on his speech on his proposed constitution for the Transvaal, South Africa].

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.

Cutting from The Friend [Orange River Colony, later Orange Free State, South Africa]: abandonment by the Witwatersrand Native Labour Association of its libel action against WSC.

Page from the Sunday Herald (Johannesburg): marked article on the role of Lord Selborne, High Commissioner of South Africa, in the dispute between WSC and the Witwatersrand Native Labour Association.

Cuttings from The Friend [Orange River Colony, later Orange Free State, South Africa]: resignation of Mr Hichens, the former Colonial Treasurer, supposedly over the national railway policy of the Transvaal and its implications for relations between the South African colonies.

Cutting from [The Friend] [Orange River Colony, later Orange Free State, South Africa]: criticism by General Christian de Wet of General Louis Botha's decision to attend the Colonial Conference.

Pages from the Transvaal Leader: proceedings of the annual Congress of the Association of Chambers of Commerce of South Africa in Pretoria, with marked passage on the detrimental effect of customs duties on white workers.