Various matters relating to the work and development of the Institution are covered: suggested lines of research, building improvements, equipment and funding etc. Sir David Prain is the principal correspondent. Included are manuscript notes by Bateson and others.
Contents of a file. Included at B.19 is a list of exhibitioners.
Correspondence to Bateson with papers detailing the working of the scheme. Correspondents include A.D. Hall and F.J. Chittenden.
Copies of correspondence of N.I. Vavilov, chiefly with Bateson, 1924. Included is brief later correspondence with Sir Daniel Hall and Gregory Bateson (Bateson's son).
Correspondence to Bateson from various individuals including R.H. Biffen, E. Baur and E. Gold (Meteorological Office), with several pages of enclosed data and notes. Some letters and pages of notes are in German.
Brief correspondence with Sir Daniel Hall re plans for future research, and staff, equipment etc required.
Correspondence, 1909, 1910, from Hall to Bateson is brief and principally concerns tulips and Japanese art; one letter only from Hankin, nd, re observations in India.