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Submits article entitled 'Wales and the National Coinage' for publication.

The fact that there exists in the National Museum of Wales a 'Royal Warrant appointing Bassett Jones of Cardiff Harp Maker to Queen Victoria' does not mean that Jones was ever appointed Harpist to Queen Victoria, merely Harp Maker to the Queen.

Invitation to act as President of the day at the 1962 National Eisteddfod on Saturday 2 June. Would like to see more contributions from competitors. Welsh.

Calendar Of Prisoners at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the County of Montgomery held at the Town Hall, Welshpool, on Thursday, 4 January 1951, before the Right Hon Clement Davies, PC, KC, MP, Chairman. 2 Copies.

Gregynog Presentation Book, presented to Clement Davies, May 1959, recording the names of Justices of the Peace for the County of Montgomery, the Clerk of the Peace and Justices' Clerks who subscribed to a presentation on his retirement from the Chairmanship of the Court of Quarter Sessions for the County of Montgomery, 1936 to 1959.

Is grateful for Clement Davies's letter re Mrs Gwyneth Lewis since it is difficult to find suitable people for the Bench. The death of Miss Martin was a great loss to the county.

Encloses recent correspondence on the construction of a bridge at Mathews Mill, Aberllefenni.

Promises to effect the construction of a bridge are becoming more indefinite. The Forestry Commission is awaiting an assurance that the County Councils will bear the cost, while Montgomery County Surveyor is attempting to prove that the road is not a public bridle way.

Resents Humphreys' attack and quotes Council minute. Is surprised the Forestry Commission has not commenced the building work.

Letter from Henry Brooke, [Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh affairs] to Clement Davies, 12 September 1958. No agreement can be reached between the local water authorities in Montgomeryshire over the establishment of a joint water board covering most of the county. Writer must, therefore, use his 'compulsory powers to achieve a satisfactory grouping'. 40% of houses in the county are without a piped water supply ... 'It seems to me that the only solution is to combine the efforts and resources of the eight local water authorities concerned ... into a single joint board'. Encloses circulars explaining the regrouping policy. 2 Copies of letter one original and one carbon copy. Two circulars re Re-grouping of water undertakings, dated 23 July 1958 (No 41/58) and 26 September 1956 (No 52/56).

Congratulations on Clement Davies's speech in the House on 15 December. Is glad to know that Clement Davies has been persuaded to write his Memoirs.

Report on the Water Resources of Wales by the Welsh Advisory Water Committee, presented to Parliament by the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs [Henry Brooke] by Command of Her Majesty, April 1961. London: HMSO Cmnd. 1331.

Montgomery County Council has expressed 'extreme dissatisfaction' with Newell's letter of 18 August. The problem is not receiving the attention it deserves. Copy.

The Board's 'capital funds are very much restricted'. It is hoped to provide a small unit of some 20 beds at the Victoria Memorial Hospital, Welshpool, soon. Copy.

Encloses recent correspondence with the Welsh Regional Hospital Board. Asks Clement Davies to make representations to the Minister of Health in the hope that more funds may become available.

Circular, May 1954, re Montgomeryshire County Council smallholdings-acquisition of new properties for division into smallholdings under Part IV of the Agriculture Act, 1947. 2 Copies.

Letter from J. L. Palmer, Welsh Office of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, to [P. E. White], 6 December 1961. The Minister is not prepared to allow the changes applied for in the proposed development of land at Gungrog Hall, Welshpool.