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Acknowledges receipt of Victor Verasis Branford’s letters of the 13th and 16th September. Doubts a meeting with William Stowell Haldane will help matters.

Discusses the valuations which have to be made for all the properties owned by the Town and Gown Association. Mentions Cairns, McIntosh, Morton, Lorimer, Fairbairn, Lightbody, Turner, McCandlish, Blake, and Heseltine

Thanks Patrick Geddes for his letter. Responds to Geddes’ criticism regarding the changes he had made to his article on the Student Halls of Residence before it was published.

With reference to dispute between the directors of the Town and Gown Association. Mentions that he takes issue with Geddes referring to his letters as "suave" and asks him to no longer do it.

.1 Letter from Thomas B. Whitson (Chairman, Town and Gown Association), Edinburgh, to Patrick Geddes.
In reply to an article from The Nation sent to the writer by Geddes. Whitson's opinion on Anglo-German relations; his belief, despite his admiration of the Kaiser, that Britain must be prepared for German aggression, although he does not see Britain as blameless. Reference to an incident in the Keil canal and mention of Professor [Lujo] Brentano and [ ] McGegan.

.2 Article from The Nation, 10 September 1910, entitled 'The Lines of Anglo-German Agreement' by Vernon Lee.

.3 Enclosing envelope.

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.