Folio (225 x 320 mm). 38 distinct items of correspondence, typed and manuscript, mainly on letter-headed stationery, including printed reports, circulars and memoranda. A total of 460 pp., comprising 144½ manuscript pp. and several manuscript tables; 142½ typescript pp. and several typescript tables; 147 printed pp; with 27 pp. of additional material loosely inserted at the end. Bound in contemporary calf with title lettered in gilt on spine ("General / Establishment of a Central Registry in the Foreign Office / 1904-05") and "Foreign Office" stamped in blind to both covers.