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1. Diary 1942 – 1946. Commentary on affairs of Government and of the Viceroy’s Council. Effects of the war on India. E.B.’s views on the Government and the feelings he encounters.
2. File marked ‘Indian Correspondence from June 1935 – 23 Sept 1935’ containing correspondence while E.B. was in England:
   

   Bird & Co., business affairs: Jute Mill interests – Association working agreement – Quetta reconstruction – Karanpura Development Co. and Bisra Stone Lime Co. – employment of staff – Coimbatore Cement Co. – R. Steel & Co. Ltd. – Ramgarh Estate at Hazaribagh – Indian Red Cross Society in Bengal – F.W. Heilgers & Co., Rangoon – Steel Baling Co. – Government intervention in the Jute Trade – the Lindridge Lease (E.B.’s residence in Devon). 615pp.