Correspondents: Bantu Welfare Trust, A.G. Barlow, R.H. Birt, E.H. Brookes, D.M. Buchanon, W.H. Clark, J.A. Cohen, C.W. Cousins, W. Cullen, R.R. Currie. Sir W. Dalrymple, G.H. Dunn, L. Egeland, E.H. Etheridge, R. Feetham, Bishop C.J. Ferguson-Davie, Dr I. Frack, J.P. Frylinck, C. Garratt, Rabbi I.M. Gervis, J.A. Gray, L. Greenberg, R.T.W. Harris (Sec. of The New Guard), G. Hartog, G.A. Heard, A.A. Hope, Johannesburg Joint Council, G. Carleton Jones, J.D. Rheinallt Jones, S. Cleaton Jones, R. Johnston, F. Keppel, A. Kerr, F.W. Konig, R.N. Kotze, H. Lawrence, H. Le May, E. Lewis, W.G. Mackenzie, E. Maggs, L. Maingard, C. Meeser, P. Millin, S.G. Millin, S.R. Naidoo, S.M. Nana, Natal Liquor and Catering Trades Employees Union, O.J. Oosthuizen, J. Orr, Bishop W. Parker, A. Paton, H.S.L. Polak, H.R. Raikes, B. Rama Ran, W.N. Roseveare, C.R. Rumbold, C.H.S. Runge, O.D. Schreiner, H.S. Scott, Sir M. Singh, S. Solomon, South African Indian Congress, M.M. Stirling, R.C. Streeten, F.C. Sturrock, C.R. Swart, R.W. Talbot, J.D. Taylor, L. Thompson, Transvaal Indian Congress, A. van Lingen, J.L. van Eyssen, W.H. Visser, E.A. Walker, M. Webb.

Subjects:

Congratulations on speeches made on various occasions.

Hofmeyr's resignation from the cabinet in September 1938 over the appointment of A.P.J. Fourie to the Senate as a member specifically qualified to speak for Blacks.

Question of Hofmeyr carrying on the work of the Carnegie Corporation.

Question of Hofmeyr visiting America.

Congratulations to Hofmeyr on being elected Chancellor of the University of the Witwatersrand.

Includes many telegrams and letters from all sections of the community congratulating Hofmeyr on his decision to resign on amatter of principle. Also an article by Dundas Simpson 'My reminiscences' on the cyanide process used on the gold mines.

Contains daily entries of activities, comments on books read, accounts of political events, including the election. The last entry on 26 November 1948 was written on the night when he had a heart attack from which he died a week later.

Brief entries for appointments.