The volume contains the following items:
G173/15/1, Report on small holdings, 13 Jan 1905, 17 TS. pp. Papers removed after this document, 13 Jan 1905
G173/15/2, Memorandum on proposed amendment of Ground Game Act (1880), TS., [? 1905]
G173/15/3, Letter to 4th Earl of Onslow from Charles Hardinge, St. Petersburg, Russia, including news of strikers' riots, 22 Jan [1905]
G173/15/4, Memorandum on Canadian store cattle question signed A.G. 30 Jan 1905, TS., 1905
G173/15/5, Draft Bill: Elementary education (provision of food for children) Bill Feb 1905, printed, 1905
G173/15/6, Draft Bill to extend the Agriculture Rates Act (1896) Feb 1905, printed, 1896-1905
G173/15/7, Personal letter to 4th Earl of Onslow from [Lord Lansdowne], Foreign Office, n.d.; Papers removed after this document, nd
G173/15/8, Copy letter from 4th Earl to AJ Balfour on termination of Onslow's duties as President of Board of Agriculture and recommending further advance of government money for small holdings, 21 Feb 1905
G173/15/9, Letter to 4th Earl of Onslow from Joseph Chamberlain on excluding of Colonial products and tariff reform, 21 Feb 1905
G173/15/10, Letter to 4th Earl of Onslow from A.J. Balfour about date of next Cabinet meeting, n.d.; Papers removed after this document, nd
G173/15/11, Letter to 4th Earl of Onslow from Austen Chamberlain reporting meeting on fisheries with Prof. Ray Lankester, 2 March 1905
G173/15/12-13, 2 personal notes to 4th Earl of Onslow from Lord Selborne, 2 - 3 March 1905
G173/15/14, Draft Bill: Unemployed Workmen Bill 3 March 1905, printed, 3 March 1905
G173/15/15, Report of committee appointed by Cabinet to inquire into the question of remuneration of unskilled labour at Woolwich, Deptford, Enfield and Waltham, 6 March 1905, 7 printed pp., 6 March 1905
G173/15/16, Copy telegram from Mr. A. Lyttelton to [Gov.] Viscount Milner re South African affairs 8 March 1905, printed, 8 March 1905
G173/15/17a-b, Copy covering letter signed. A.C., 9 March 1905, to copy letter from Prof. Ray Lankester on Marine Biol. Association, etc., 27 Dec 1904
G173/15/18, Letter to 4th Earl of Onslow from Charles Hardinge British Embassy, St. Petersburg, [Russia], on disaster at Mukden, Russo-Japanese war and possibility that Czar courting a palace revolution, 13 March 1905
G173/15/19, Report on small holdings no. 2 by G.C.L. Rogers, 14 March 1905, 7 TS. pp., 14 March 1905
G173/15/20, Letter to My dear chief from Aylwin J. Fellowes M.P. about time of appointment with 4th Earl of Onslow, 14 March 1905
G173/15/21, Letter to 4th Earl of Onslow from Joseph Chamberlain reporting writer's ill health, 16 March 1905
G173/15/22, Letter to 4th Earl of Onslow from Lord Salisbury arranging appointment, 17 March 1905
G173/15/23, Personal letter to 4th Earl of Onslow from Joseph Chamberlain, 17 March 1905
G173/15/24, Letter of thanks to 4th Earl of Onslow from W.H.L. [Walter Long] Irish Office, 26 March 1905
G173/15/25, Letter to 4th Earl of Onslow from Frank E. Lascelles, Berlin [Germany], about better understanding between England and Germany, 11 April 1905
G173/15/26, Letter of thanks to 4th Earl of Onslow from George Wyndham, 15 May 1905
G173/15/27, Letter to 4th Earl of Onslow from Lord Loreburn confirming visit to Clandon, 18 May 1905
G173/15/28, Letter to 4th Earl of Onslow from W.L. ? Gully about discussion of rules, 28th May 1905
G173/15/29, Letter to 4th Earl of Onslow from James K. Lowther, Chairman of Ways and Means, House of Commons, on consultation with party agents about rules, 31 May 1905
G173/15/30, Letter to 4th Earl of Onslow from James K. Lowther on writer's election as Speaker, 8 June 1905
G173/15/31, Letter to 4th Earl of Onslow from H. Rider Haggard arranging meeting, 29 June 1905
G173/15/32, Note to 4th Earl of Onslow: With pleasure from Lord Rosebery, nd
G173/15/33, Letter to 4th Earl of Onslow from Austen Chamberlain, 11 Downing Street, confirming dinner engagement and arranging lunch, 1 July 1905
G173/15/34, Letter to 4th Earl of Onslow from R.B. Finlay accepting invitation, 3 July 1905
G173/15/35, Letter to 4th Earl of Onslow from Austen Chamberlain on further enquiries about Speyer's [sc. financial] proposals, 10 July 1905
G173/15/36, Letter of apology to 4th Earl of Onslow from Lord Rosebery about dinner party, 20 July 1905
G173/15/37, Personal letter to 4th Earl of Onslow from Joseph Chamberlain, 24 July 1905
G173/15/38, Letter of apology to 4th Earl of Onslow from George Wyndham, 25th July 1905
G173/15/39, Letter to Lord Chairman [? 4th Earl of Onslow] from Lord Halsbury on regulations of House being inconsistent with terms of Black Rod's appointment, 27 July 1905
G173/15/40, Draft reply to G173/15/41 from 4th Earl of Onslow giving his support for new club, nd
G173/15/41, Letter to 4th Earl of Onslow from chairman of committee of United Empire Club describing its functions and explaining opposition to new club, 3 Aug 1905
G173/15/42, Personal letter to 4th Earl of Onslow from Lord Halsbury, nd
G173/15/43, Copy minute by Lord Advocate on finance of Scottish burghs 11 Aug 1905, TS., 1905
G173/15/44, Letter from Secretary for Scotland to My dear Gray on finance of Scottish burghs, 12 Aug 1905
G173/15/45, Letter of thanks to 4th Earl of Onslow from Lord Minto, 15 Sep 1905
G173/15/46, Personal letter to 4th Earl of Onslow from A. Weirstone, Cranleigh, 4 Oct 1905
G173/15/47, Copy letter from 4th Earl of Onslow to Duke of Portland on his support for scheme for Department of Agriculture at Cambridge 8 Oct. 1905, TS., 8 Oct 1905
G173/15/48, Copy letter from 4th Earl of Onslow to Mr. Pike Pease [Herbert Pike Pease, 1st Baron Daryngton] on representation of agricultural interests in Parliament, Oct 1905
G173/15/49, List of Weights of the Earl of Onslow extracted from the Carlton Club Weight Book, 1875-1905, TS., 1875-1905
G173/15/50, Letter to 4th Earl of Onslow from Lewanika, Chief of Barotseland, N.W. Rhodesia asking for photographs., 1 Nov 1905
G173/15/51, Letter to 4th Earl of Onslow, initialled, re Scottish burghs finance, 2 Nov 1905
G173/15/52, Letter to 4th Earl of Onslow [sign. illegible] re Scottish burghs finance, 2 Nov 1905
G173/15/53, Draft letter from 4th Earl of Onslow to R. Cecil Hedley, Newcastle Farmers' Club, re representation of agricultural interests in Parliament, 2 Nov 1905
G173/15/54, Copy correspondence on Russian intrigue in Afghanistan, 5 Nov. 1905, 13 printed pp., 5 Nov 1905
G173/15/55, Letter to 4th Earl of Onslow [signature illegible] including note of figures, 10 Nov 1905
G173/15/56, Notes as to chairman of committees, House of Lords' Journal extracts, nd
G173/15/57, Letter to 4th Earl from Charles Hardinge thanking Onslow for congratulations on new Foreign Office post, 27 Nov 1905
G173/15/58, Letter to 4th Earl of Onslow from St. John Brodrick, India Office, about your obvious desire to be relieved of the post, 5 Dec 1905
G173/15/59, Letter of thanks to 4th Earl of Onslow from John Burns, President Local Government Board, 12 Dec 1905
G173/15/60, Letter of thanks to 4th Earl of Onslow from E. Reid, 12 Dec 190[?]
G173/15/61, Letter to 4th Earl from James K. Lowther, Speaker, on proposal of bills in House of Commons and House of Lords; Scotch Act, 1899; Chairmanship of Ways and Means in House of Commons and certainty that Onslow will be chairman of Ways and Means in Lords, 15 Dec 1905
G173/15/62, Report of Royal Commission on land tenure, land settlement and other matters affecting the crown lands of the Colony, New Zealand, 1905, xxx pp. + 21 pp., printed, 1905