With the exception of a few papers of a later date, the files are concerned with colonial affairs during the ten years before the formation of the Bureau in 1940. In MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/1, the papers are filed under territorial headings; MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/2 contains subject files about colonial policy, trade, and education. Creech Jones's files relating to South Africa and the High Commission Territories (Lesotho, Botswana, and Eswatini), 1933-1936, are contained in MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/90, and those concerning British Guiana (Guyana), 1936-1942, in MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/137.