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

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 WSC (War Office) to [David Lloyd George] agreeing to become [Secretary of State for Colonies] on condition that he be given the means and the power to deal with the difficult situation in the Middle East, and enclosing detailed notes on the arrangements which he deems necessary [see CHAR 2/114/3-4]. Copy in the hand of Edward Marsh.

Letter from [WSC] (War Office) to [David Lloyd George] on preparations for his journey to the Middle East, Sir James Stevenson helping WSC on colonial affairs as a peer in the House of Lords, and the Duke of Sutherland being the formal representative of the Colonial Office in the House of Lords. Typescript copy.

Letter from W H Himbury, general manager of the British Cotton Growing Association (333-350, The Royal Exchange, Manchester) to WSC expressing delight that WSC could become Colonial Secretary because as Under-Secretary he had done much to promote cotton growing and other industries, for instance by being responsible for the construction of the Northern Nigerian Railway [Africa].

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 (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 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.

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.

Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Pretoria, South Africa, to WSC, on South Africa. Stating "if we could incorporate these Boers into the Empire, we should be doing a vast deal more for the future of our race and language, than by assimilating a million Johannesburg Jews. They have first class natural ability, and their brains, having lain fallow for about 200 years, will, like virgin soil produce magnificent crops".

Memorandum from H D White, Secretary, Cape Peninsula Council, Dominion Party of South Africa (411-412 Exchange Building, 28 St George's Street, Cape Town) to WSC, on British Nationality within the Union of South Africa, and South Africans' fears that changes could be made in their status, being made "Union nationals" instead of "British subjects". Significant passages marked. Covering letter at CHAR 2/235/7.

Letter from [?] S C Thomas (Cumberland Hotel, Marble Arch [London]) to WSC, regretting that they won't have time to meet, and describing his interview with the Secretary of State for the Colonies [Malcolm MacDonald] about the sugar industry in Barbados, and the plan to introduce worldwide sugar quotas.

Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Villiers (Folly Court, Wokingham [Berkshire]) to WSC, on the stupidity of supporting Abyssinia [later Ethiopia]. He describes the failure of a project of his own in Abyssinia, the weakness of the Emperor Ras Tafari, the lack of civilization in Abyssinia, and the need to support Italy in civilizing the country, which should be kicked out of the League of Nations. Manuscript.