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Written at House of Commons. 'Created a greater sensation in the House yesterday than even I thought I had. It seems to be the talk everywhere. The papers - Liberal & Tory - can hardly find adjectives to describe it. ... Front Benchers all sick & backbenchers delighted. ... Frank Edwards so excited about it that he tells me he didn't sleep all night! ... I thought at once how pleased Uncle Lloyd would be because I saw in his recent letters an undercurrent of dissatisfaction with my inactivity in the House. Now I have made atonement to him'.

Written at House of Commons. Could not make it to Caernarvon as he had to arrange the procedure rules for the Old Age Pensions. Olwen goes to her new school at Brighton that day; he will feel her departure keenly. Relates a story about Megan.

Written at House of Commons. Considering the St Asaph terms: We declined to give way on appointment of teachers but are willing to meet them on subsidiary points'.

Written at House of Commons. Congratulatory messages are arriving in great quantity. Asquith has a cold and D. Lloyd George is leading the House.

Written at House of Commons. Congratulations to William George - 'Providence seems to be with you. ... You have had a run of luck'. The Patagonian Company.

Written at House of Commons. Congratulations on William George's success with the Wesleyan minister: 'We were all dancing with joy as we never expected it'. Legal matters.

Written at House of Commons. Congratulations on William George's 'plucky campaign'. Is to reply on the great fiscal debate. Wishes he could speak early rather than late.

Written at House of Commons. Congratulations on William George's meeting on Saturday: '... you triumphantly smashed the rector. ... He will effectively rouse the Anti-Church feeling in your favour'. Nairn's deteriorating health. Is receiving deputations.

Written at House of Commons. Congratulations on William George's management of affairs. Has made much money from journalistic work that week, thanks to columns in the Guardian and the British Weekly. Encloses extracts from Lady Florence Dixie's article on Patagonia in the Fortnightly Review. Financial matters. Is to dine with Trevelyan privately that evening. William George should show the British Weekly to Richard Lloyd.

Written at House of Commons. Congratulations on William George's legal success. His pieces in the Guardian: 'The fun is that whilst the other Welsh correspondents for the Mercury (they have a man in the lobby writing special Welsh notes) & S.W. Daily News have scarcely anything to write about I am scraping together long paragraphs. They can't make it out'. The Agricultural Holdings case. 'Are you getting ready for Llanystumdwy? You ought to hold meetings before people get pledged - that is the point'.

Written at House of Commons. Congratulations on William George's election success. The victory of O.T. at Criccieth 'reflects great credit on the steadfastness of Criccieth Liberalism. Wales has done well'. The session has begun quietly, and there is great optimism in the Liberal ranks.

Written at House of Commons. Congratulations on William George's 50th birthday! Reflects on his life. The Dardenelles campaign has been suspended because of a strong gale.

Written at House of Commons. Congratulations on the evidence given by William George to the Welsh Land Commission at Porthmadog: 'We are all agreed up here that the evidence was the most telling yet given'. Edwyn Cynrig Roberts has died. Hoefer is to arrive at Plymouth that night. Wishes William George well for the following day's session of the Welsh Land Commission: 'You have dealt the most staggering blow yet aimed at Welsh landlordism. Dyna farn pawb. Billson the MP for Barnstaple who watches the Commission keenly says it is far & away the best yet done for the tenants'.

Written at House of Commons. Congratulations on election success! 'Just been quoting it now at a private meeting of the Gladstone League for the enfranchisement of the English Villager'.

Written at House of Commons. Coming down to Bangor will mean travelling all night. Dick's letter. The Oxford meeting was 'an immense success'. Goschen's speech in the Lords.