Secretary's hand; his signature.

Also: warns of Lever's plans for 'immediate issue of another circular of some kind' Glyn Mills' agreement to proposals for reducing the Company overdraft by borrowing elsewhere Glyns to introduce graduated rate of interest.

Including: the development, mainly through the subsidiaries, of mining, tanning, nut-drying, kolas, and transport interests expansion in Lagos and its hinterland, and along the Eastern Railway labour and staff matters capital requirements to cope with expansion possibility of the Company entering finance business, to prevent large London...

With annexed cuttings from Financial Times (fol. 43) and Morning Post (fol. 44). On the implication of the allied conference's allocation of two-thirds of the world's tin output to America for distribution by the United States Steel Products Trust (USSPT), which also distributes palm oil, and with whom the government is negotiating on a basis (proposed by West African Advisory Committee) that threatens to by-pass Nigerian...

Enclosing: (fols. 46-47) unsigned copy of his letter (of even date) to the Treasury about the proposed capital issue (fol. 48) annexed schedule of figures showing wartime increase in Company business.

On Niger Company's entitlements under their fire and marine insurance policies. See MSS. Afr. s. 92, fols. 531-614: Burutu fire.

The latter meeting in connection with Company plans to purchase G.W. Christian & Co.; rumour of Lever's interest in Christian's. Also about: the first meeting of Liverpool General Produce Association Ltd., and the views of one of its members attending Inter-allied Oilseeds Executive, on the control of edible fats prospects for West African trade if controls are...

On the factors governing oil and fat prices and the burden borne by indigenous producers. Encloses copy of related letter, forwarded by its recipient Robert Longstaff Holt, Hon. Secretary of the West African Advisory Committee, from Alfred Mansfield, Director of Oils & Fats Branch of Ministry of Food (fol. 56).

Also, the Company's action in despatching an expert, Hayles, to the area with Salter. Despite government restrictions on licences and recruiting mining personnel, a prospecting licence is anticipated [for the result of prospecting, see fol. 158].

Also, the possibility that post-war developments may lead to rescinding them.

With annexed unsigned memorandum (fol. 1, by Trigge). Both deal with the Company's financial position: 'At the present moment we are roughly speaking £1,100,000 in debt and politically were never of more importance.' Importance of edible fat trade, approaches by groups like the American Dupont Powder Company and the Maypole Dairy Co., the strengthened position of competitors in the Rivers and formation of British Nigerian Co.; the 'antagonistic' policy of other...

Reports on: the potential of the countryside produce prices, purchases, and shipments particulars about residential and trading plots trading staff railway freight charges road and river routes the threat posed to existing Company stations by the development of new sites along the railway, particularly...

Hoping for leave after two years' absence [amount of donation noted in Scarbrough's hand].

For enclosure with fols. 36-38.

Asking him to impress upon Bonar Law or Lloyd George 'the unique position which the Empire holds in the control of three-fourths of the Tin Production of the World', and the dangers of losing this 'national asset' to 'astute' American representatives at the allied conference in London. A Financier cutting on Malayan Tin reserves [missing] and Financial News reprint of Feb 1917 [bound in MSS. Afr. s. 99, fols. 668-669] are to be...