Letter from Lord Crewe (Colonial Office) to WSC announcing that he has appointed Colonel Sir Percy Girouard [as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the East Africa Protectorate] to tackle the poor economic situation there.

Letter from Colonel John Seely [later Lord Mottistone] to G Wallace Carter [general secretary of the Free Trade Union] raising objections to Carter's suggestion that a summary of each day's parliamentary debates should be cabled to all the Dominions free of charge. Typescript copy. Sent with CHAR 2/46/43.

Letter from G Wallace Carter [general secretary of the Free Trade Union] (8 Victoria Street, Westminster, London) to Colonel John Seely [later Lord Mottistone] (Colonial Office) answering Seely's objections to Carter's suggestion that a summary of each day's parliamentary debates should be cabled to all the Dominions free of charge. Typescript copy. Sent with CHAR 2/46/43.

Letter from [Colonel John Seely, later Lord Mottistone] (Downing Street) to G Wallace Carter [general secretary of the Free Trade League) making further comments on Carter's suggestion that a summary of each day's parliamentary debates should be cabled to all the Dominions free of charge. Typescript copy. Sent with CHAR 2/46/43.

Letter from Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (House of Commons) to WSC on the forthcoming vote and debate on colonial trade and the collapse of the government's proposals for reform of the army.

Letter from John Seely [later 1st Lord Mottistone] (Villa Adria, Langenschwalbach, Germany) to WSC expressing the hope that WSC will not allow Arthur Balfour [later Lord Balfour] to put off the colonial vote and approving WSC's resolution on the new scheme of army reform. Mentions his horse rides through the mountains of the area and the fact that the local people think he is a spy.

Letter from F G Stokes (6 Sandwell Mansions, West Hampstead, [London]; notepaper of the Grand Axen-Fels Hotel, Vierwaldstattersee, [Switzerland]) to WSC discussing the effect on bread prices of the abolition of the Corn Laws and attacking the idea of a self-sufficient British Empire.

Letter from Charles Trevelyan (Cambo, Northumberland) to WSC discussing what should be the Liberal approach to devolution for Ireland, Scotland and Wales, reform of the House of Lords, the alternative to Protection, colonial policy and other issues.

Letter from Moreton Frewen (Inver Lodge, Maam Cross, [County Galway, Ireland]) to WSC praising WSC's latest speech on Ireland, which he believes will split the Unionists, and expressing support for Joseph Chamberlain's policy of Imperial Federation.

Letter from 2nd Lord Tweedmouth (? Castle, Kelso, [Roxburghshire, Scotland]) to WSC on WSC's Scottish tour. Believes the Government has recently become stronger and refers to the Dogger Bank convention, the Scottish Church quarrel, a redistribution bill reducing Irish representation and the summoning of a new Colonial Conference.

Letter from WSC (Salisbury Hall, St Albans, [Hertfordshire]) to [F G Stokes] pointing out that Free Trade has not prevented the growth of the British Empire or made the people less war-like, although at home the contentment produced by cheap food has weakened the impulse towards social reform. Copy in the hand of WSC.

Letter from Herbert Samuel (88 Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, [London]) to WSC soliciting his support for an association advocating the reform of abuses in the Congo Free State [later the Belgian Congo, then Zaire, then the Democratic Republic of the Congo]. Signed typescript.

Letter from G N Astle, a member of the North-West Manchester Liberal Federation (26 Carmon Street, Manchester) to WSC (House of Commons) asking for his views on Chinese labour in South Africa. Annotated in shorthand.

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.

Cutting from John Bull: cartoon on colonial affairs entitled "the ghost of Banquo (Joseph Chamberlain) at the feast", also featuring WSC and Sir Henry Campbell- Bannerman.

Letter from R Millman Mackay (30 Greencroft Gardens, West Hampstead, [London]) to WSC (105 Mount Street) enclosing a copy of a letter by Mackay containing a proposal for improving commercial communication between different parts of the Empire. [See CHAR 2/22/37] Signed typescript. Annotated: "Mr Churchill will consider the proposal".

Letter from R Millman Mackay (30 Greencroft Gardens, West Hampstead, [London]) to newspaper editors suggesting that all leading newspapers in the Empire should issue commercial supplements to be circulated throughout the Empire. Typescript Sent with CHAR 2/22/36.

Letter from Joseph Chamberlain (40 Princes Gardens [London]) to WSC, thanking him for his letter and saying that he thought there was going to be a question in Parliament that day, on WSC's forthcoming motion [against Imperial Preference]. Chamberlain also refers to a request in WSC's letter [to use his influence to secure a decision by Parliament on Imperial Preference] explaining that he did not see any reason to interfere in the matter.

Letter from Austin Taylor (House of Commons) to WSC suggesting a change to the wording of WSC's forthcoming motion in the House of Commons against imperial preference. Annotated in shorthand.

Letter from Walter Runciman [later Lord Runciman] (House of Commons) to WSC congratulating him on his speech on his motion in the House of Commons against imperial preference.

Letter from Cornelia, Lady Wimborne (Wimborne House, Arlington Street, [London]) to WSC congratulating him on his speech on his motion in the House of Commons against imperial preference.

Letter from J Moore Bayley (47 Temple Row, Birmingham) to WSC congratulating him on his speech on his motion in the House of Commons against imperial preference. Annotated in shorthand.

Letter from [Lewis Harcourt] (14 Berkeley Square, [London]) to WSC congratulating him on his speech on his motion in the House of Commons against imperial preference.