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Letter from W.L. Raynes, Clerk to the Trust, to C.A. Storey to enclose a copy of a letter from Heffer which he has also sent to Nicholson. With this letter is the copy from W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. to W.L. Raynes to inform Raynes that they are unable to continue the work due to staffing problem as they need expert binding women. Further, since the flying-bomb attacks on London, they have been commissioned by the Foreign Office to undertake some highly confidential work which they must produce.

Letter from W.L. Raynes, Clerk to the Trust, to C.A. Storey to inform Storey that he has written to Heffer to ask them to reconsider the question of binding and to be in touch with Luzac and the Ministry of Supply. Luzac have written to say they have had a letter from Heffer to ask for a list of the requirements. They ask for the sheets to be sent to them along with pattern volumes. He assumes the sheets are those at the boat house store and asks Storey to deal with this matter.

Letter from W.L. Raynes, Clerk to the Trust, to C.A. Storey to inform Storey that he has received 25 bound copies of Mathnawi IV.7 and 12 bound copies of Kitab Al-Badi N.S.X. from Cox & Allen. He also sends Luzac's Sales Account to December 1941. He writes that Dow & Lester have despatched the brasses but they have not yet been received. With this letter is a copy of the Luzac Sales Account.

Letter from W.L. Raynes, Clerk to the Trust, to C.A. Storey to ask him to make an appointment to audit the accounts. Storey has made the notes "Saturday 17 March".

Letter from W.L. Raynes, Clerk to the Trust, to C.A. Storey to enclose a copy of a letter from Heffer. Raynes suggests waiting a fortnight to see if Heffer can achieve the binding. With this letter is the one from W. Heffer and Sons Ltd. to W.L & E.G. Raynes to explain the delay in the binding due to the need for experienced women workers who have no special reservation on the 'Pay-as-you-earn' Income Tax schedule from H.M. Stationery Office. They hope to be able to continue the work once they have completed a large government order. They are uncertain as to storage until they have completed the order.

Letter from W.L. Raynes, Clerk to the Trust, to C.A. Storey to enclose a letter from Dr. K. Jahn to which he is sure the Trust will be sympathetic. He asks Storey as to how to direct Luzac in complying with Kahn's request. With this letter is a copy, in Storey's hand, of the letter from Jahn in which he writes that he has found a provisional home in Holland and asks for some copies of his books and maybe others of the Gibb Memorial Series having lost his house, family and books in the war.

Letter from W.L. Raynes, Clerk to the Trust, to C.A. Storey to inform him that Luzac & Co. have received pressing letters from the Turkish Embassy for a copy of the Mathnawi Vol. VI. A representative from Luzac will go to Cambridge next Monday to find the volume and others that Luzac require.

Letter from W.L. Raynes, Clerk to the Trust, to C.A. Storey to send a cheque for Heffer for Storey to sign and the account which he asks Storey to return. He thanks Storey for his letter of 6 April which he hopes to address in the next few days. With the letter is a copy of the account in Storey's hand.

Letter from W.L. Raynes, Clerk to the Trust, to C.A. Storey to thank Storey for the returned signed cheque.

Letter from W.L. Raynes, Clerk to the Trust, to C.A. Storey to enclose a copy of a letter from Professor Nicholson, written with difficulty due to poor eyesight, in which he resigns from the Chairmanship of the Trust. He proposes that Storey be Acting Chairman until a Meeting can be arranged. The copy of the letter from Nicholson is also present in which he explains his health issues regarding his eyesight and attack of pneumonia. He lacks physical strength and needs to live in Nursing or Convalescent Homes. He thanks Raynes for all he has done.