Circular letter from the Colonial Office Press Section about distribution lists, with a note added that the FCB wished to receive all lists.

Letter from Rees-Williams (and copy) giving the High Commissioner's reply concerning the problems that it was hoped the rural local councils might help to solve, and emphasising that these developments were experimental.

Copy of a Petition to W.H. Ingrams, Chief Commissioner, Northern Territories, Gold Coast (Ghana), from Nano Kojo Kuma of Nanjoro, about certain grievances.

Correspondence with W.E.F. Ward about education in Kenya, arranging a meeting between the FCB and the Africa Sub-committee of the Advisory Committee. A letter from Rita Hinden (six copies) sets out the points to be laid before the committee, concerning expenditure on education from the Kenya Development Fund and from annual government revenues (MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/25, folder 2, fols. 124-126). See also MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/26, folder 1, fols. 13-19.

Extracts are included from letters from A.F. Wakefield and Colonel G.D. De'ath, Engineering Adviser, giving information chiefly concerning the food and housing of African workers.

Letter to Creech Jones (two copies), referring to earlier correspondence (MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/25, folder 2, fols. 43-46) about consumers' co-operation in the colonies, telling him of complaints received from the British Guiana Co-operative and Credit Union League and from co-operative stores in Malaya (Malaysia), and two letters in reply from Douglas Smith.

Three letters to B.J. Surridge concerning difficulties encountered by co-operatives in Sierra Leone and British Guiana (Guyana), and one from him (MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/25, folder 2, fol. 157), stressing the need for trained Registrars. See also MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/26, folder 1, fols. 4 and 22.

Letter from Douglas Smith to Rita Hinden in reply to hers of 22 May 1947 (MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/25, folder 2, fols. 83-86) about the future of Fourah Bay College, with a copy of a despatch from the Secretary of States for the Colonies dated 16 Aug 1947 on Higher Education in West Africa. A reply from Rita Hinden welcomes proposals concerning financial assistance to the College.

Correspondence with Rees-Williams about complaints from the Mauritius Government Railway Workers' Union concerning the wages and treatment of staff. See also MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/26, folder 1, fols. 43-46 for more information.

Letter to Rees-Williams, forwarding a letter received from Anthony Brooke about the ban on his entry into Sarawak, and Rees-Williams's reply. See also MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/26, folder 1, fol. 28 for more information.

Correspondence with Creech Jones about the possibility of a reform in the Nigerian Constitution, with particular reference to the extension of the ballot system. See also MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/26, folder 1, fols. 31-33.

Correspondence with Creech Jones about Mauritius and its Ten-Year Development Plan, with particular reference to criticisms of schemes prepared by the Irrigation Sub-committee.

Apart from the correspondence on Colonial Mining Policy, 1943-1948 (fols. 30-63), the contents of the file belong to the years 1942-1946, as noted on the cover.

Contains: folder 1, 1942-1948 folder 2, 1946-1947.