Letter from WSC (Board of Trade) to Lord Morley [earlier John Morley denying that the Budget has adversely affected security prices but suggesting that the House of Lords' rejection of it will probably have a bad economic effect. Justifies the Budget by contrasting the substantial growth over the last ten years in national wealth as indicated by the income tax and estate duty figures and the slow rise in wages over the same period. Signed and annotated typescript.

Memorandum by Sir George Murray [Permanent Secretary to the Treasury] on the devotion of funds from the Fixed Debt Charge to the reduction of the National Debt. Typescript.

Memorandum by Sir George Murray [Permanent Secretary to the Treasury] on the National Debt and the Sinking Fund. Annotated typescript.

Letter from John Churchill (10 Talbot Square, Hyde Park, [London]) to WSC reporting that the new German government will proceed with its increased armaments programme but will find it difficult to introduce new taxes. Reports that the trading in the City [of London] is very bad.

Cutting from the "Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury" on the forthcoming discussion at the conference of the Royal Economic Society on railway nationalisation and the financial relations of Great Britain and Ireland.

Cutting from the Times reporting German statements about the German war economy, the dismissal of Sir John French [later Lord French and Lord Ypres], British naval construction, negotiations on the economic relations between Germany and Austria-Hungary, and German casualty figures.

Return to a House of Commons order for revised estimates of revenue and expenditure for the year 1915-16.

Extract from John Stuart Mill's "Principles of Political Economy" on the ability of economies to recover from the damage inflicted by war and other disasters. Typescript.

Note on the National Expenditure Committee by WSC Typescript, with ms annotations.

Notes by WSC on defects in financial control, with his recommended remedies.

Note by WSC on National expenditure, 1895-1902.

Letter from Arthur Balfour [later Lord Balfour] to WSC, on national expenditure, particularly the character, composition and terms of reference of Select Committee on the National Expenditure.

Letter from Postal Telegraph Clerks Association to WSC, asking if it would be possible for them to give evidence to Committee on National Expenditure [annotated by WSC].

Letter from Sir Austen Chamberlain, Treasury, to WSC, commenting on WSC's notes on the National expenditure [carbon].

Letter from Sir Austen Chamberlain, Postmaster-General to WSC, commenting on WSC's memorandum on the National Expenditure Committee.

Letter from Sir Thomas Elliott, Board of Agriculture, to WSC, on findings of Committee on National Expenditure, and WSC's memorandum, particularly on method of presentation of accounts, and on question of "grants in aid".

Letter from J. Moore Bailey to WSC, on national expenditure and army reform.

Letter from Charles Ritchie [later Lord Ritchie], Chancellor of the Exchequer, to WSC, on debate on the Finance Bill, and opposition to Chamberlain's scheme for Imperial preference.

Pamphlet The Budget of 1901 and British Trade, published by the United Empire Trade League.

Letter from WSC to George Renwick, agreeing to address meeting on Tyneside, provided he was given the freedom to deal with the Army question and the state of public expenditure [copy].

Letter from Sir George Murray (Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, [London]) to WSC on the disadvantages of a separate exchequer for Ireland.

Letter from A N Templeton (Apollo Chambers, Bombay, [India]) to WSC (105 Mount Street) on Indian currency policy.

Transcripts of interview between WSC and Edwin Hill for the Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] broadcast on the Hart Schaffner and Marx Trumpeters radio programme, 10 March, on subjects including WSC's road accident, superstition, the future chances of war, the world depression, the importance of co-operation between the English-speaking peoples and the strength of the monarchy; also includes list of preparatory questions.

Letter from Rene Leon (Hotel Mayflower, Washington) to WSC, on the economic situation in the United States and WSC's possible influence to improve it.