Letter from J H Oldham (5 Cawdor Road, Fallowfield, [Manchester]) to WSC congratulating him on his speech on his motion in the House of Commons against imperial preference.

Letter from Austin Taylor (179 Ashley Gardens, London) to WSC congratulating him on his speech on his motion in the House of Commons against imperial preference.

Letter from Sir Douglas Straight (Pall Mall Gazette, Newton Street, Holborn, [London]) to WSC asking him to agree to be photographed for publication in the Pall Mall Gazette and congratulating him on his speech on his motion in the House of Commons against imperial preference. 1 card.

Letter from Moberly Bell (22 Park Crescent, Portland Place, [London]) to WSC on the number of seats needed by the Liberals to gain a majority after the next General Election. Denies that any proposal can ruin the British Empire or British trade and prophesies the electoral and political future up to 1912. 2 papers.

Letter from WSC (105 Mount Street) to Joseph Chamberlain on WSC's forthcoming motion in the House of Commons against imperial preference. Copy in the hand of Annette Anning. Wrongly dated.

Letter from Sir Vincent Caillard (National Bank of Egypt, London Agency, 4 & 5 King William Street, London) to WSC congratulating him on his appointment as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies and predicting that WSC will become a keen imperialist and might even come to favour preferential trade with the colonies. Carbon typescript.

Letter from Sir Edward Grey [later Lord Grey of Fallodon] (3 Whitehall Court, [London]) to WSC reporting that he and others are keen that Walter Runciman [later Lord Runciman] should get a government post that will give him scope, but it has been decided that the Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office should sit in the House of Lords. Thinks colonial affairs "will be Joseph Chamberlain's point of attack.".

Letter from Robert Outhwaite (375 Hagley Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham) to WSC thanking him for his letter of support during the West Birmingham campaign and expressing satisfaction that WSC is to represent the colonies in the House of Commons. Claims that his (Outhwaite's) campaign against Chinese labour showed him that "the Colonial Office had become a rallying point for corruptionists posing as 'Imperialists.'".

Letter from Captain C H Elgee (The Residency, Ibadan, Lagos, [Nigeria], West Africa) to WSC congratulating him on his speech in the House of Commons on "the native black".

Letter from Francis J Donner (Transvaal Estates and Development Company Limited, Threadneedle House, 28-31 Bishopsgate Street Within, London) congratulating him on his speech on his proposed constitution for the Transvaal [South Africa] and predicting that prosperity will soon return to that region.

Letter from Hamar Greenwood (Whitby, Ontario, Canada) to WSC describing his tour of Canada and the good reception given by Canadians to WSC's letter assuring them that the change of government in Britain will bring about no fundamental change in imperial policy. Encloses related newspaper cuttings [See CHAR 2/27/34].

Cuttings from The Toronto World and The Toronto Globe on Hamar Greenwood's return to his native town of Whitby, [Ontario, Canada] and WSC's letter to him assuring Canadians that the change of government in Britain will bring about no fundamental changes in imperial policy. 7 papers. Originally sent with CHAR 2/27/33.

Strength of local land forces of British Dominions beyond the seas (exclusive of India) for the year ended 31st December 1905. Prepared by the General Staff, War Office. Printed. 22p.

Letter the editor of the The Observer (125 Strand, London) to WSC (105 Mount Street) enclosing a press report of a passage in his speech in Leeds [Yorkshire] on Free Trade within the Empire and asking for clarification. Carbon typescript with cutting affixed.

Letter from WSC (Colonial Office) to the editor of The Observer expanding on his reported statement about Free Trade within the Empire. 2 copies, both in the hand of Annette Anning, one with minor amendments by WSC.

Annotated newspaper cuttings: speeches by Arthur Balfour [later Lord Balfour] and WSC on colonial contributions to imperial defence costs; speech by Arthur Balfour in favour of tariff reform; speech on local legislative affairs by the premier of South Australia; Anglo-Australian trade figures; disruption of a meeting in Cambridge being addressed by James Kier Hardy. Originally sent with CHAR 2/29/43. 6 papers.

Letter from Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Chateau de Thorenc, Cannes, [France]) to WSC reporting that he has sent a private telegram to [Sir Wilfrid] Laurier, who is reportedly to attend the Colonial Conference. Describes his life in Cannes and notes that discussion in the House of Commons of the conduct of [Sir Alexander] Swettenham [Governor of Jamaica] was avoided.

Letter from J G Maxwell (Calcutta, [India]) to Arthur Davidson [Assistant Private Secretary to King Edward VII] reporting on the problems revealed during the inspection of army garrisons in Hong Kong, the Straits Settlements [Singapore and parts of Malaysia], Canton [China], Johore [Malaysia] and Burma [later Myanmar]. Manuscript copy. Sent with CHAR 2/30/28.

Letter from J Moore Bayley (47 Temple Row, Birmingham) to WSC congratulating him [on his appointment as a Privy Councillor] and praising his speech against imperial preference at the Colonial Conference.

Letter from T W Killick (Townfield House, Altrincham, [Cheshire]) to WSC informing him that the executive committee of the Free Trade League have resolved to keep working and asking whether he would consider addressing a meeting in the Free Trade Hall on colonial preference.

Letter from WSC to Ernest Fletcher, on free trade, rejecting the idea of protection for goods from the Empire copy in hand of A. Anning.

Letter from Sir Edward Hamilton to WSC, opposing preferential trade conditions for the Colonies, which would lead to higher taxation at home.

Letter from Sidwell Shotton to WSC, on Joseph Chamberlain's policy of preferential tariffs for the Colonies.

Letter from Arthur Balfour [later Lord Balfour] to WSC on Free Trade, particularly Joseph Chamberlain's desire for a duty on food stuffs as an instrument for fiscal union with the Colonies.

Letter from Ivor Guest [later Lord Ashby St Ledgeds and Lord Wimborne] (2nd baron, 1st Viscount)] to WSC, on Chamberlain's scheme for Imperial preference, and on the general political situation.