| Description | Letter written from Highbury, Birmingham, dated 31 December and headed 'West Indies'. Chamberlain hopes to come to an arrangement with Hicks-Beach [1837-1916, politician and first Earl St Aldwyn]. He writes about the sugar trade in the West Indies and discusses the best way of helping the sugar planters, considering matters such as tax, import duties, and grants in aid. He also refers to the administrative changes required in the British S[outh] A[frica] Company. |