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Suggests Miss Ritchie should start preparations for the British Association’s visit to Edinburgh in September 1921. Attaches a newspaper cutting [extant] relating to preparations for the British Association’s visit.

Informs Miss Ritchie that Professor Answorth, one of the Secretaries of the British Association Meeting, has advised he would suggest the Outlook Tower to the committee in charge of local arrangements.

Acknowledges receipt of Patrick Geddes' letters . Mentions the estimate for the building of a Lawnmarket tenement. Discusses Geddes' capital accounts and clarifies misunderstandings regarding a series of transactions. Mentions Slater, Messrs Irons Roberts & Company, Irons and Coy, John Ross, and Landale. Geddes' reply to Thomas Barnby Whitson is written at the end.

Discusses his resignation as Director of the Town and Gown Association. Hopes Patrick Geddes will recover from his illness while staying in the South of France.

Apologises for sending Patrick Geddes' letter to the wrong recipient instead of Professor Crum Brown. Mentions Mr. Bryce.

Circular letter from [Thomas] B. Whitson, Outlook Tower, relating to an appeal for funds for a Patrick Geddes memorial.

Business. Mentions John Ross's loss.

Explains how to acquire the patronage of the Lord Provost and Town Council of Edinburgh for unspecified purpose. Typescript.

Asks for a clear statement from Geddes on his financial commitments to the Outlook Tower to assist in the appeal for help for the Outlook Tower. Mentions the 'cordial approval' of Stanley Hall and suggests that the intellectual support he could command would help. Typescript.

Writes about several financial matters relating to Town and Gown; Branford's effort to raise money in London to pay off the University and City Association debt to the Town and Gown Association; the solvency of the [University and City Association]. Also mentions the misuse of loans from [A.J.] Herbertson and [J.A.] Thomson and the repayment of a loan from Mrs. Milne Murray. Typescript.

Asks for drafts of letters including an appeal to be signed by Balfour and Company and a letter to [ ] McCormick. At foot of page is manuscript note of the value of Lord Young's house. On reverse side are notes by [Patrick Geddes] on Town and Gown finances. Typescript.

Encloses memorandum.

Relates to finance of unspecified scheme of Patrick Geddes. He thinks Geddes is wrong to hint to Mr. Roxburgh at subscribing to the 'Ramsay Lane syndicate' and mentions dealings with Mrs. Whyte, Stevenson and Lord McLaren.

Financial business involving Town and Gown Association Limited and Henry Beveridge.

Financial business of the Town and Gown Association Limited concerning Henry Beveridge. Mention of Sir William Robertson, the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company, the Bank of Scotland and the Lord Provost of Edinburgh.