Janus: The Papers of Leopold Amery

Churchill/AMEL 2 contains:
1	Correspondence year files
2	Special correspondence
3	Miscellaneous correspondence
4	Private and personal correspondence with Governors General, State Governors and Colonial Governors
5	Private and personal correspondence
6	"Job Hunters"

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The Papers of Leopold Amery

Title	Private and personal correspondence with Governors General, State Governors and Colonial Governors
Reference	AMEL 2/4
Covering Dates	1905–1929 (The vast majority of folios date from 1924-29.)
Extent and Medium	10 archive boxes

Content and context

This series covers LSA's personal correspondence as Secretary of State for the Colonies, as opposed to the official Colonial Office material in the public and political papers. The correspondence covers a wide range of subjects relating to the colonies and governors' duties, including: the political and economic state of the colonies; colonial development; colonial officials; trade; communications with the home Government; LSA's reorganization of the Colonial Office; the tours of the Empire by LSA and various members of the Royal Family; the Imperial Conference of 1926; the Hilton Young Commission on East African Closer Union; elections; immigration.

Further information

See also the British Documents at the End of the Empire Project, (Institute of Commonwealth Studies, http://www.sas.ac.uk/commonwealthstudies/british.htm.)

See also AMEL 1/4 for LSA's official Colonial Office papers and AMEL 10 for photographs of the Empire Tour.

Index Terms

Colonial Countries

Colonialism

Colonial Office

Churchill/AMEL 2/4 contains:

Australia. Correspondence with 1st Lord Forster, Governor-General and with Stanley Bruce, Prime Minister, on subjects including: finding a successor to 3rd Lord Stradbroke [as Governor of Victoria]; communications between Governors and the Colonial Office; the proposed abandonment of the Australian naval construction programme; the Geneva Protocol and the risks of Britain signing a Security Pact with France, Belgium and Germany, without the other Dominion Governments; Forster's successor; the importance of the Governor General's wife; the appointment of Richard Casey as [Liaison officer between the Australian Government and the Foreign Office]; LSA's projected Empire Tour; reorganization of the Colonial Office; the abandonment of a proposed Constitutional Conference for the Dominions; keeping Sir Matthew Nathan, Governor of Queensland, in his post; the political crisis in Egypt (December 1924); the Singapore naval base; food tariffs. Other correspondents include: [Joseph] Austen Chamberlain [Foreign Secretary] on Bruce's suggestion of having high-ranking representatives of the Dominion Governments in London and on the Geneva Protocol; Sir Samuel Hoare, Secretary of State for Air [later 1st Lord Templewood] on Bruce's suggestion; [John] Aubrey Edgcumbe, Private Secretary to LSA.
1 file.

Dec 1924-Mar 1926

Australia. Correspondence, mainly with 1st Lord Stonehaven, Governor General [earlier John Baird] and also with Stanley Bruce, Prime Minister, on subjects including: the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York [later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth] to Australia; the Imperial Conference, particularly resolutions on the position and functions of Governors General and State Governors; communications between the British and Dominion Governments; the hostile attitude of the Australian Labour Party; the Governorship of Queensland; immigration; 'White Australia'; Trade Unionism, industrial legislation and the need for reform; Government House, Melbourne; the Country Party; railway and wireless development; the move of the Federal Capital to Canberra; conditions in Tasmania; the Empire Marketing Commission; the appointment of a British Liaison Officer; Communists in the Labour Party; the Australian General Election. Other correspondents include: [John] Aubrey Edgcumbe [Private Secretary to LSA] on Stonehaven's income (2).
4 files.

Jun 1925-Dec 1926

Australia. Correspondence, mainly with 1st Lord Stonehaven, Governor General [earlier John Baird] and also with Stanley Bruce, Prime Minister, on subjects including: Australian Elections; the British General Election in 1929 and LSA's blame of Winston Churchill [Chancellor of the Exchequer] for the Conservative Party's defeat; the work of [William] Bankes Amery [Representative of the British Government in Australia under the Empire Settlement Act]; the state of the Australian Parliament; the British Economic Mission to Australia; the Australian dried fruit industry; tariffs; industrial relations, particularly with the waterside workers; Stonehaven's impressions of Western Australia, particularly land development; communications between the British and Australian Governments through the Governor-General, particularly relating to honours; the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York [later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth] to Australia; appointing a British High Commissioner; LSA's Empire Tour; the situation in China. Other correspondents include: 1st Lord Stamfordham [Private Secretary to King George V, earlier Arthur Bigge] on Stonehaven's finances; [John] Aubrey Edgcumbe [Private Secretary to LSA].
3 files.

Jan 1927-Oct 1929

Canada. Correspondence with 1st Lord Byng, Governor General and with [William] Mackenzie King, Prime Minister and also Arthur Meighen [Prime Minister, July-September 1926] on subjects including: the publication of the correspondence concerning King's resignation; the Canadian Federal Election in 1926 and Byng's view of King's actions in forcing an election; the tasks for Byng's successor and choosing between Sir Samuel Hoare [later 1st Lord Templewood], 2nd Lord Cromer [earlier Lord Errington], 2nd Lord Linlithgow [earlier Lord Hopetoun], John Buchan [later 1st Lord Tweedsmuir], 7th Lord Londonderry [earlier Lord Castlereagh] and 1st Lord Willingdon [earlier Freeman Freeman-Thomas]; the Pacific Cable Board; reorganization of the Colonial Office, with a separate Secretary of State for the Dominions; developing trade between Canada and the West Indies; the Geneva Protocol; communication between the British and Dominion Governments and the example of Richard Casey's new position as Liaison officer between the Australian Government and the Foreign Office. Other correspondents include: Peter Larkin, Canadian High Commissioner in London, on the correspondence on King's resignation (3); Geoffrey Fry [Private Secretary to Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister]; [James] Ramsay MacDonald [Leader of the Labour Party] on postponing his visit to Canada while the Canadian Federal Election was in progress (3); John Wheatley on his proposed visit to Canada (2); Arthur Henderson on his visit to Canada.
2 files.

Dec 1924-Sep 1926

Canada. Correspondence with 1st Lord Willingdon [earlier Freeman Freeman-Thomas], Governor General and with [William] Mackenzie King, Prime Minister, on subjects including: the British General Election, 1929; immigration; the tour of Canada by Stanley Baldwin [Prime Minister]; LSA's visit on his Empire Tour; whether the Canadian High Commissioner should attend informal weekly meetings with LSA at the Dominions Office. Other correspondents include: 1st Lord Birkenhead [Secretary of State for India, earlier F E Smith] on the impropriety of Willingdon giving a speech on India; Lord Richard Nevill; Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Secretary of State for War; Philip Cunliffe-Lister, President of the Board of Trade [earlier Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton] on British trade representation in Canada; Lucien Pacaud, Secretary to the Canadian High Commissioner (3); Henry Lygon (2).
2 files.

Jun 1926-Dec 1929

New Zealand. Correspondence with Sir Charles Fergusson, Governor General and with William Massey (Prime Minister, 1912-24) and Joseph Coates (Prime Minister, 1925-28) on subjects including: Coates's defeat in the 1928 Election; Fergusson's expenses; LSA's visit during his Empire Tour; the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York [later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth]; the New Hebrides [later Vanuatu] Commission; communications between the Dominions Office and Governors General and between the British and Dominion Governments; the 1926 Imperial Conference; representation of the Dominions in Britain and the example of Richard Casey's new position as Liaison officer between the Australian Government and the Foreign Office; the Empire Marketing Commission; the death of William Massey and the resulting political situation; reorganization of the Colonial Office. Other correspondents include: Arthur Samuel [Minister for Department of Overseas Trade, later 1st Lord Mancroft] on the success of the British section of the Dunedin Exhibition; Richard Casey; 1st Lord Jellicoe [former Governor General] on the death of William Massey (2); [Stanley Baldwin], Prime Minister, sending an official message on Massey's death; King George V sending a message on Massey's death.
2 files.

Dec 1924-Jun 1929

South Africa. Correspondence with 1st Lord Athlone, Governor General and with General James Hertzog, Prime Minister, on subjects including: the Imperial Conference, 1926, particularly changes to the status of Governors General with the creation of High Commissioners and the impression made by Hertzog; the South African flag; transferring Swaziland to South Africa; communications between the British and Dominion Governments; 1st Lord Byng, Governor General of Canada and his refusal to dissolve the Canadian Parliament; the monopoly held by the Shipping Combine; relations between South Africa and India; Empire foreign policy following the Locarno Treaty; a misleading impression of the South African political scene given to King George V by Sir Charles Crewe; the visit to South Africa by the Prince of Wales [later King Edward VIII and Edward, Duke of Windsor]; the Colour Bar Bill; the Geneva Protocol; reorganization of the Colonial Office and the creation of a separate Dominions Office; negotiations with the United States over the South West African Mandate. Other correspondents include: Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Secretary of State for War; Jan Smuts; Arthur Samuel [Minister for Department of Overseas Trade, later 1st Lord Mancroft] on subjects including the difficulty of producing British cars for the South African market (3); Sir [John] Carruthers Beattie, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Capetown; Sir [Joseph] Austen Chamberlain [Foreign Secretary]; 1st Lord Stamfordham [Private Secretary to King George V, earlier Arthur Bigge] on Sir Charles Crewe; Fredrik Beyers; [George] Nevile Bland, Private Secretary to Sir Eyre Crowe [Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs].
4 files.

Nov 1924-Dec 1926

South Africa. Correspondence with 1st Lord Athlone, Governor General and with General James Hertzog, Prime Minister, on subjects including: the British General Election, 1929; the cost of development in Swaziland; finding new administrators for the Protectorates of Swaziland, Basutoland [later Lesotho] and Bechuanaland [later Botswana]; the South African flag; the status of the South African High Commissioner in London; LSA's visit to South Africa during his Empire Tour. Other correspondents include: George Hogg, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, sending information on the extraction of oil from coal; Henry Birch Reynardson [Secretary to Athlone] on breaches of the South African Mail Contract by the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Limited; 1st Lord Kylsant [earlier Owen Philipps] on the Union-Castle case, with a memorandum on the Union-Castle line's undertakings under a new contract.
1 file.

Feb 1927-Jun 1929

Newfoundland, Southern Rhodesia and the Irish Free State. Correspondence with Sir William Allardyce, Governor of Newfoundland [Canada], Sir John Chancellor, Governor of Southern Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe] and Timothy Healy, Governor General of the Irish Free State [later Ireland] on subjects including: the development of Newfoundland, including difficulties with Labrador, the fishing industry, mining and paper manufacture; changes in status of Governors General following the Imperial Conference of 1926; tax on Newfoundland fish; the death of Sir Michael Cashin; the Labrador Boundary question; trade and passenger shipping between Newfoundland and Britain; LSA's visit to Rhodesia on his Empire Tour; state purchase of the Rhodesian railways; the incorporation of Bechuanaland [later Botswana] into South Africa and of the Tati district of Bechuanaland into Rhodesia; relations between Rhodesia and South Africa; the position of Indians in South Africa; Chancellor's inability to accept the Governorship of Nigeria; the murder of Kevin O'Higgins [Irish Minister for External Affairs]; fears of a Spanish boycott of British trade in Tangier [Morocco]; the registration of British Government stocks in Dublin. Other correspondents include: 1st Lord Stamfordham [Private Secretary to King George V, earlier Arthur Bigge]; [Charles] Patrick Duff, Private Secretary to the Prime Minister.
2 files.

Jan 1924-Jul 1928

East African Union. Correspondence on the closer union of Kenya, Tanganyika [later Tanzania] and Uganda, with correspondents including: 1st Lord Peel [Secretary of State for India] on his concerns about LSA's proposed constitutional changes, particularly their effect on Indian opinion (4); Sir Edward Grigg [Governor of Kenya, later 1st Lord Altrincham] on his depression at the stalemate on union, Peel's attitude, the White Paper of 1923 on the Kenyan common roll electoral system, and the native lands question; Eric Dutton [Private Secretary to Grigg] on the mission of Sir Samuel Wilson [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies] to East Africa; [Edward] Hilton Young [Chairman of the East African Closer Union Commission, later 1st Lord Kennet] on the Commission's recommendations; Sir Cecil Hunter-Rodwell [Governor of Southern Rhodesia] on his disappointment at the Commission's report (the Hilton Young Report), particularly over Nyasaland [later Malawi] and Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe and Zambia]; Sir Samuel Wilson; Humphrey Martin [Commissioner for Local Government Lands and Settlement, Kenya] on Wilson's mission and the Hilton Young Report; Sir Donald Cameron [Governor of Tanganyika, later Tanzania]. Also includes: memoranda by Peel and LSA on the Hilton Young report; memorandum by William Ormsby-Gore [Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, later 4th Lord Harlech] on Wilson's mission, suggesting that it should be postponed until after the General Election, due to the Cabinet's reluctance to commit itself and the impracticality of the Hilton Young Report; memorandum by Wilson on Peel's suggestion that someone other than Wilson himself should be sent to Africa; minutes of the Cabinet Committee on Policy in East Africa.
2 files.

Feb 1929-Apr 1929

Australian State Governors. Correspondents include: Sir [George] Tom Bridges, Governor of South Australia, on subjects including the Empire Parliamentary tour, Australian versus British Governors and the unification of the Australian States; Sir William Campion, Governor of Western Australia, on subjects including the Conservative defeat in the British General Election of 1929, handing over the western part of the State to the Commonwealth, Danish settlers, general immigration and group settlements; Admiral Sir [Dudley] Rawson de Chair, Governor of New South Wales, on subjects including the extension of his term of office, the visit of the Japanese training squadron, the resignation of John Lang, Premier of New South Wales and the dissolution of Parliament, the powers of Governors General, Edward McTiernan [New South Wales Government Representative in London] and his misrepresentation of LSA's views on the powers of Governors, attempts to abolish the Upper Chamber of the New South Wales Parliament, the Labour Government's unpopularity and de Chair's difficulties with Lang; Sir [Thomas] John Goodwin, Governor of Queensland, on subjects including the British and Queensland elections in 1929; Sir James O'Grady, Governor of Tasmania, on subjects including LSA's view that certain Governorships should be filled by long-serving Colonial Office men, Imperial Preference and the development of secondary industries in Tasmania; 6th Lord Somers [earlier Arthur Cocks], Governor of Victoria, 1926-31, on subjects including on the advisability of Governors returning home for a break and the economic situation in Victoria; 3rd Lord Stradbroke [earlier Lord Dunwich], Governor of Victoria, 1920-26, on subjects including his departure from office, the appointment of Somers as his successor, whether to serve out his full term, the death of Stradbroke's youngest son, a Roman Catholic campaign against the British and a visit from the United States Navy; Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven [later 1st Lord Gowrie], Governor of South Australia, on subjects including the scrapping of the Federal Arbitration Court, proposed measures to reduce production costs and industrial difficulties with Italian waterfront workers. Also includes: memorandum by de Chair with suggestions for naval co-operation between Britain and the United States (written while de Chair was Naval Attache to the United States in 1905).
2 files.

Apr 1905-Aug 1929

Nyasaland, British Honduras, Trinidad, Tanganyika, Iraq, Hong Kong, Nigeria and Straits Settlement. Correspondents include: Sir Hugh Clifford [Governor of Nigeria, 1919-25, of Ceylon, 1925-27 and of the Straits Settlements, 1927-29], on subjects including the Malay rubber industry and rubber smuggling, the situation of the Chinese in Malaya [later Malaysia] and Singapore, recommending Bede Clifford as the new Colonial Secretary, Clifford's decision to leave Ceylon for Malaya, the financial and political situation in Ceylon, the success of the visit to Nigeria by the Prince of Wales [later King Edward VIII and Edward, Duke of Windsor], Clifford's career and his concerns about the choice of his successor in Nigeria; Sir Charles Marston (4); Frank Baddeley [Acting Governor of Nigeria] on Clifford's health; Aldo Castellani [Professor of Tropical Medicine] on Clifford's health; Sir Cecil Clementi, Governor of Hong-Kong, on subjects including Clementi's gratitude for LSA's support, the purchase of wives and concubines by the Chinese, the political situation in China, his impressions of Japan, Korea, Mukden [later Shenyang], Peking [later Beijing], the policies of Marshal Chang Tso-Lin and the state of Shan-tung province [later Shandong], dealing with anti-British demonstrations, his criticisms of Foreign Office relations with China, an assassination plot against him and other officials, dealing with Canton, including difficulties with Sir James Jamieson, Consul General, the necessity of recognizing regional Governments, his appointment as Governor and his final budget as Colonial Secretary of Ceylon [later Sri Lanka]; Sir [Joseph] Austen Chamberlain [Foreign Secretary] on the difficulties in securing co-operation from Japan and his concerns about Clementi's tour of China (2); Sir Donald Cameron, Governor of Tanganyika [later Tanzania] on subjects including non-native settlement, with a memorandum on native administration; Sir Horace Byatt, Governor of Trinidad and Tobago, on subjects including the visit by a Parliamentary Delegation and sending younger Colonial Office staff to train with Colonial Secretariats; Sir John Burdon, Governor of British Honduras, on development in transport and industry; Sir Charles Bowring, Governor of Nyasaland [later Malawi], on subjects including the Prince of Wales missing Nyasaland out from his African tour.
4 files.

Nov 1924-Jul 1929

Kenya, Malta, Iraq and Uganda. Correspondents include: Sir William Gowers, Governor of Uganda, on malicious rumours being spread about him; 1st Lord Lugard on the rumours about Gowers; Sir John Du Cane, Governor of Malta (1927-31), on subjects including laws against sedition, a press campaign on the anti-Italian policy pursued by 1st Lord Strickland [Head of the Ministry], Nationalist objections to two Trades Union senators, a movement to abolish the Senate, suppression of brothels, deadlock between the Senate and Legislative Assembly, the question of a Government contribution to defence costs, a visit by the Duke and Duchess of York [later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth] and the forthcoming Maltese General Election; Sir Henry Dobbs, High Commissioner and Consul-General for Iraq, on subjects including anti-British feeling in Iraq, caused by the Treasury's policies over railway development, anti-Zionist demonstrations by students during a visit by Sir Alfred Mond [later 1st Lord Melchett], rumours that King Faisal was trying to undermine the new Cabinet, emergency ordinances against rioting, a quarrel between Dobbs and Major-General Arthur Daly [Inspector-General and Military Adviser, Ministry of Defence, Iraq], continuing support from Britain for Iraqi defence, a future Iraq Air Force, negotiations with Turkey in the League of Nations over the ownership of Mosul [Al-Mawsil] and the need to control the Iraqi Parliament's spending; Sir Walter Congreve, Governor of Malta (1924-27), on subjects including the Military Training Ordinance, assisting emigration, the Trades Union Council Bill, a visit by the Order of St John, moving the Government from Valetta Palace, the general political situation, Congreve's impressions from a visit to Tripoli [Libya], including the Maltese colony there, attacks from Strickland against Congreve and William Robertson [Lieutenant-Governor and Chief Secretary to Government], Robertson's future career, a proposed visit by Benito Mussolini [Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs] and attempts to assert the Maltese language; Martin Melvin on the difficulties of restarting the Jesuit school in Malta; Sir Robert Coryndon, Governor of Kenya, on the work of the East African Closer Union Commission in Kenya, particularly the good effects of visits by men like William Ormsby-Gore [Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, later 4th Lord Harlech] and the inevitability of federation [with Tanganyika, later Tanzania, and Uganda].
3 files.

Jan 1925-Nov 1928

Kenya. Correspondence with Sir Edward Grigg, Governor [later 1st Lord Altrincham] on subjects including: Grigg's departure from Kenya; the ten million pound Transport Loan; the labour supply; port development; the Colonial Secretaryship and Grigg's wish to have Richard Feetham as the successor to Edward Denham in the post; the Kenyan viewpoint on the East African Mandate; the imposition of the death penalty for rape; Kenyan patriotism; the general political situation, particularly on extending the rail system, the development of self-government and losses suffered by the coastal area after the abolition of slavery; the need to reorganize the administrative system; a conference with [? Sir Donald Cameron, Governor of Tanganyika, later Tanzania] on matching administrative systems and salary scales with Tanganyika and Nigeria, the Governors' Conference on railway development, native administration and a customs union; Grigg's salary; the care needed in handling the settler community; the visit by the Prince of Wales [later King Edward VIII and Edward, Duke of Windsor]; relations with the Indian community; the Native Land Trust Ordinance; the Hilton Young Commission [on East African Closer Union] and federation; shipping tenders. Other correspondents include: Patrick Duncan, former Colonial Secretary of the Transvaal, on Kenya's unsuitability for normal Colonial Office administration; [1st Lord Athlone], Governor General of South Africa, inviting Grigg to visit him on his way to take up his appointment in Kenya. Also includes: copies of speeches by Grigg to the Convention of Associations and Legislative Council; elected members' manifesto.
5 files.

Oct 1925-Nov 1928

Gold Coast and British Guiana, Malaya, Palestine and British Guiana. Correspondents include: Sir Cecil Hunter-Rodwell, Governor of British Guiana [later Guyana] on subjects including constitutional reform and the report of the British Guiana Commission, Hunter-Rodwell's wish to find another post, an anti-British campaign and the possibility of selling part of the colony to a foreign power; 1st Lord Plumer, High Commissioner for Palestine, on subjects including the financial situation of the Palestinian Government, relations with the French, particularly relating to Druze refugees and the refugee camp at Azrak, the financial crisis in Tel-Aviv, joint administration between Palestine and Transjordan [later Jordan] and reorganization of the public security forces; Sir [Joseph] Austen Chamberlain [Foreign Secretary] on the Transjordanian administration, the Druze and relations with the French (3); Chaim Weizmann [President of the World Zionist Organisation and Jewish Agency for Palestine]; Maurice Antrobus [Assistant Principal, Colonial Office]; Sir Hugo Hirst; William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty; Sir Laurence Guillemard, Governor of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner for Malay States, on subjects including relations between Malaya [later Malaysia] and Siam [later Thailand], relations between Guillemard and Sydney Waterlow, British Minister at Bangkok, Guillemard's health, honours and the opium trade; Sir [Frederick] Gordon Guggisberg, Governor of the Gold Coast [later Ghana], 1919-27 and of British Guiana, 1928-30, on subjects including the economic and political situation in British Guiana, reasons why he should remain in the Gold Coast for another few years and developing a deep water port at Takoradi [later Sekondi-Takoradi]; Sir Cecil Clementi on official hostesses in Lady Moore-Guggisberg's absence; Henry de Satge [Ceremonial Secretary, Colonial Office]; Decima, Lady Moore-Guggisberg on whether she should go to British Guiana (2). Also includes: memorandum on the difficult situation in Palestine and Iraq since the French occupation of Syria.
4 files.

Nov 1924-Jun 1929

Mauritius, Barbados, Palestine, Sierra Leone, Cyprus and Jamaica. Correspondents include: Sir Samuel Wilson, Governor of Jamaica 1924-25, then Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, on subjects including Wilson's visit to Nigeria and the Gold Coast [later Ghana] in 1928, the new constitution and Jamaican elections in 1925, Wilson's difficulties with the Jamaica Imperial Association, Wilson's officials and efficiency measures; Sir Reginald Stubbs, Governor of Jamaica, 1926-32, on subjects including Stubbs's wish to move to Malaya [later Malaysia] following his term in Jamaica and improved relations with Canada; Sir Ronald Storrs, Governor of Cyprus, on subjects including the prospects of gold mining in Cyprus, the establishment of a Maltese colony on Jewish-owned land, a development loan, a proposed oil depot, the general economic and development situation and Storrs's concerns about the tribute taken from Cyprus by Britain; Montagu Eder, Executive of the Zionist Organization; Sir John Shuckburgh [Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office] on the Jewish-owned land (2); 1st Lord Stamfordham [Private Secretary to King George V, earlier Arthur Bigge] on Storrs's idea that the King might visit Cyprus; Sir [Alexander] Ransford Slater, Governor of Sierra Leone, on the opening of the new harbour at Takoradi in the Gold Coast [later Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana], the shipping lines between Canada and South Africa no longer taking in Sierra Leone and a grant to the Imperial College of Agriculture at Trinidad; 1st Lord Kylsant [earlier Owen Philipps] on the shipping lines; Sir Herbert Samuel, High Commissioner for Palestine, on subjects including a proposed broadcast by Samuel on the Palestinian Mandate, putting the King's head on the currency, finding a successor for [George] Stewart Symes as Governor of the Northern District in Palestine, Herbert's own successor and candidates for the Chief Secretaryship; Sir William Robertson, Governor of Barbados, on subjects including his regret at LSA's departure from the Colonial Office, various visits, the West Indies Conference and the sugar trade. Also includes: texts of speeches by Storrs to the Cypriot Legislative Council; a rural life enquiry questionnaire for use on Cyprus; letter from LSA to Sir Herbert Read, Governor of Mauritius on honours and his departure for Mauritius.
3 files.

Dec 1924-Jul 1929