Items 2-5 contain copies of Gedge's articles as The Times correspondent covering Portal's expedition to Uganda and the campaign against Lobengula in South Africa. Brief details of the contents of each volume, and publication dates, have been listed on the first page by H.B. Thomas. The published versions of these articles are in MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 290/5, folders 1-2.

He deals principally with the behaviour of his porters, and deserters, but also with inefficient packing and the collection and transportation of mail.

Comprises: (fols. 1-23) a continuation of the last Uganda article from MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 290/2, item 4, 30 Aug 1893 (fols. 24-52) nine articles and telegrams from Gedge in Mashonaland (Zimbabwe), 12 Oct-13 Nov 1893.

Comprises: (fols. 1-6) draft of a letter from Gedge to The Morning Post, criticising one from M. Lionel about the recent uprising in Uganda, n.d. [1897] (fols. 8-90) approximately fifty letters written in England and from the Yukon by Gedge to people concerned with his expedition to the Yukon for the Cassiar and Pelly Exploration Company, and to his brother, 6...

Fol. 2 of letter book is the only completed page.

Comprises: (fols. 1-18) letters and telegrams (coded and decoded) from Gedge, chiefly to Pauling, W.B. Hardy, Smith Mackenzie Co., and other associates about business projects in East Africa, 25 Aug 1904-6 Oct 1904 (fols. 30-37) draft of proposals from Gedge to H.M.'s Commissioner about a Uganda railway extension (a copy of the letter forms MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 290/1, folder 3, fols....

The address book is hardly used.