Letter from Lord Stradbroke (RMS 'Osterley' off Portugal) to WSC congratulating him on his appointment as Secretary of State for Colonies, referring to the views of Lord Milner [earlier Sir Alfred Milner] on the state governorships in Australia and asking whether WSC would like to receive his private views on affairs in general to supplement the official reports.

Letter from [WSC] to W H Himbury of the British Cotton Growers Association expressing pleasure at the success of the Northern Nigerian Railway [Africa] and referring to his continued interest in the promotion of cotton growing within the British Empire. Typescript copy.

Letter from Sir Courtenay Ilbert, chairman of the Society of Comparative Legislation (1 Elm Court, Temple, London) to WSC explaining that the council of the Society comprises representatives of the Dominions and other parts of the Empire who are interested in strengthening imperial unity, and asking if WSC will allow his name to be added to the council. Annotated: "yes".

Pamphlet explaining the aims and listing the leading members of the Society of Comparative Legislation.

Letter from [WSC] to the Maharaja of Alwar [India] on: the imminent acceptance by the people in Mesopotamia [later Iraq] of Emir Feisal; the efforts to secure a better recognition of the status of Indians in the British colonies and the particular difficulties this poses in South Africa; the defeat of the miners in the coal strike and the improving economic prospects for Britain; the good qualities of the Viceroy of India [Lord Reading, earlier Sir Rufus Isaacs]. Typescript copy.

Part of a letter from [WSC ] to [David Lloyd George] on the arrangements for the Imperial Conference and the circumstances under which Lloyd George or WSC should attend. Typescript copy. The beginning of this document is missing.

List of the consultative committee and special contributors to the proposed history of the Cape to Cairo railway and river route. Sent with CHAR 2/116/123-124.

Letter from (War Office) to [WSC] enclosing and summarising a pamphlet by Moreton Frewen [see CHAR 2/114/46] putting forward the idea, prompted by Frewen's visit to north-western Canada and the ideas of John Quincy Adams (6th President of the United States) and others, of "association" as a means of increasing the revenue yield from the Empire.

"The structure of Empire finance", pamphlet by Moreton Frewen putting forward the idea, prompted by Frewen's visit to north-western Canada and the ideas of John Quincy Adams (6th President of the United States) and others, of "association" as a means of increasing the revenue yield from the Empire. Forms the preface to a proposed book based on a series of articles by Frewen for the Daily Telegraph. Sent with CHAR 2/114/42-45.

Report of the inaugural meeting of the Empire Resources Committee.

Letter from Austen Chamberlain (11 Downing Street) to WSC suggesting Martin Archer-Shee and Sir John Baird [later 1st Lord Stonehaven] as colonial governors.

Letter from Jan Smuts (House of Assembly, Cape Town, [South Africa]) to WSC commenting on the unsettled state of British politics, noting the support for David Lloyd George in Conservative circles, and arguing that the British Empire is not holding its own "in the industrial war which is going to settle our fate".

Empire Industries News Service no. 167: the policy of the Empire Industries Association.

Empire Industries News Service no. 170: safeguarding and revenue: customs report; imperial preference and imports.

Memorandum [by a committee of Conservative MPs] indicating the practical objections to the scheme of Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Sir Max Aitken] for encouraging the movement of Free Trade within the Empire. Sent with CHAR 2/173/31.

Pamphlet: "The key to Empire trade" by Harold Pooley, director of the British Empire Producers' Organisation.

Introduction by General Jan Smuts to the history of the Cape to Cairo railway and river route [Africa]. Sent with CHAR 2/124B/121.

Letter from 3rd Lord Stradbroke (State Government House, Melbourne, [Australia]) to WSC thanking him for his help as Secretary of State for the Colonies, commiserating with him on his illness, wondering whether the letter he wrote to WSC about the Roman Catholic movement was deliberately not sent on to him, and stressing that it should be made clear that only products of the Empire will be used in the Empire Exhibition of 1924 to restore confidence in Australia.

Introductory note to the history of the Cape to Cairo railway and river route [Africa]. Draft written in WSC's name by C W Hobley and sent with CHAR 2/124B/129 for WSC's approval.

Notes from [Edward Marsh] to [WSC] asking whether WSC is prepared to write anything for Leo Weinthal's history of the Cape to Cairo railway and river route [Africa] and whether he agrees to let Weinthal publish a passage from "My African Journey" and reproduce his pictures of Egypt. Annotated by WSC that he will not write anything and that he agrees to the publication of the passage but not to the reproduction of the pictures.

Letter from D C Robertson to [WSC] proposing that unemployment should be relieved by the provision of Government money to set up a school for the training of tradesmen and to facilitate emigration of "our surplus population" to the colonies. Refers to Japan's need to expand and expresses opposition to Protection. Copy sent with CHAR 2/132/32.