Comprises: (fols. 1-10) Copy of 'Administrative' report by district agent Walter Watts, Egga, to the Council of the Royal Niger Company, London, 10 Nov 1895, about: the French retreat from (Fort d'Arenberg) opposite Bajibo on 28 Sep, and Emir of Nupe's reaction to this the events surrounding the installation at Bida of the 'Sheaba Abu Bekari' as Emir of Nupe ...

See also MSS. Afr. s. 88, fols. 354-356, 359-398. Comprises: (fols. 138-161) Signed copy of Governor Sir George Taubman-Goldie's Memorandum entitled: 'Instructions on the Transfer of Nigeria-and After', n.d. [pencil-dated '28 Sep 1899']. To be sent to Company organisation in Nigeria; original to be accompanied by extra copies of the relevant Parliamentary Papers, in addition to the following annexures: ...

Comprises: (fols. 174-185) copy of letter from W.G. Rand, Niger Company Secretary, to Under-S/S, Foreign Office (fol. 185), enclosing copies of their correspondence with his Chartered Company predecessor, Henry Morley, about the government's action in withholding £8,000 from the transfer payment, pending the settlement of claims by and against France over the seizure by the Chartered Company and...

Comprises: (fols. 214-216) letters exchanged between Eric Barrington, Foreign Office (fols. 214-215), and Scarbrough (fol. 216, manuscript draft in his hand) about informing Wallace by cable of the Queen's award to him of the CMG (Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George), 15 and 16 Feb 1897 (fol. 217) note from Mrs Wallace to Scarbrough, acknowledging his congratulations on...

Comprises: (fol. 266) letter from H.W.C. Davies, Editor of the Dictionary of National Biography, to Scarbrough, asking for a short article on Wallace for the forthcoming Supplement, chiefly because of his 'considerable' contribution toward 'opening up the Niger Territories', 18 Nov 1924 (fols. 267-279) five letters from Goldie, in...

Comprises: (fols. 281-297) Five letters from Trigge to Scarbrough, two with enclosures, Aug-6 Sep 1925; Mar and Dec 1928: (fols. 281-285) about finding work for former Oguta District Agent, F.H. Moore; and Trigge's tribute to Sir George Goldie given in an interview to West Africa on 'the late Empire builder's' death; copy of interview amended in Trigge's hand is...