Notes on the economic benefits of the construction of units for the distillation of oil from coal.

Memorandum advocating innovation and the application of scientific knowledge to agriculture and industry.

Letter from the private secretary of Sir Henry Strakosch (Princes House, 95 Gresham Street, London) to Violet Pearman returning CHAR 2/178/29-36.

Letter from Sir John Lister Kaye (Guards Club, Brook Street, London) to WSC approving his letter to the "Weekly Despatch" on the need for Liberals and Conservatives to unite against Socialism and stressing the need to prevent the nationalisation of the coal industry and the introduction of a large publicly funded housebuilding programme.

Speech notes for WSC's statement on the coal subsidy, the crisis in the coal industry, the alternative risk of a strike, and hopes of a settlement.Typescript speaking notes laid out in "psalm style", annotated by WSC, and manuscript notes [?in the hand of Edward Marsh, Private Secretary to WSC].

Letter from Lord Knollys [Private Secretary to King George V] (Buckingham Palace) to WSC congratulating him on behalf of the King for the carrying of the second reading of the Coal Mines Bill, which the King hopes will be passed in the present parliamentary session. Signed manuscript.

Letter from Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton] (Swinton Park, Masham, Yorkshire) to WSC stating that he has promised [Stanley Baldwin] to postpone a decision on his (Cunliffe-Lister's) resignation, but adding that the increasing political prominence of the coal industry will make his position very difficult.

Memorandum by the Mining Association of Great Britain, opposing the Trades Disputes Bill [printed, 2 copies].

Notes on the consideration of measures in 1892-95 to limit the working day in the mining industry to 8 hours.

Report on the large ground rents and royalties received by landowners as a result of the development of the coalfield in the Rhondda Valley [Glamorgan, Wales]. Annotated typescript.

Notes by Crompton Llewelyn Davies on duties on minerals and on a call at the annual conference of the Scottish miners for the taxation of coal royalties received by landowners.

Notes [by Crompton Llewelyn Davies] on the burden of royalties on the mining industry.

Notes [by Crompton Llewelyn Davies] showing that wages of the entire stoke-hole crew of the "Lusitania" for two Atlantic crossings amount to less than the royalties received by the landowner for the coal consumed on the voyages.

Notes [by Crompton Llewelyn Davies] on evidence taken before the Royal Commission on Mining Royalties of 1893 showing that royalties led to the depression of wages and the closing of collieries.

Memorandum on the royalties paid on coal and iron ore in Durham and the North Riding of Yorkshire. Typescript.

Notes on the reduction of tea duty and sugar duty and the miners' eight hour day as much surer means of improving the condition of workers than a protective duty.

Letter from Sir Harry Goschen (Durrington House, Harlow, Essex) to WSC on: the displeasure over the coal settlement [the granting of a subsidy to the industry and the setting up of a Royal Commission], which will probably die down; the speeches by Stanley Baldwin and WSC on the matter; WSC's speech in defence of the Gold Standard.

Letter from WSC (Treasury Chambers) to Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton] stating that he does not understand or agree with Cunliffe-Lister's reasons for offering his resignation and arguing that as long as his interest in an industry is known and declared there is no reason why he should not take part in Cabinet decisions affecting it. Copy in a secretary's hand.

Letter from Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton] (Board of Trade) to WSC stating that he has been unable to accept WSC's argument and he still feels [that his personal connection with the coal industry means that he should not deal with that industry as a minister and should therefore resign].

Letter from A Herbert Hart, chairman of the Southall-Norwood Urban District Council Maternity, Infant and Child Welfare Centre (Kilworth Lodge, 55 South Road, Southall, Middlesex) to WSC arguing that the Government should promote the extraction of oil and gas from coal as a means of tackling the unemployment problem in the coal producing areas.