Four letters from Coonoor, South India, written to his mother 7 November-26 November 1918. Return journey to Ceylon. Letter from Tangalle to his mother and father, dated 24 September 1922. Trip to Julampitiya with other officials to investigate a murder. Copy of a talk given by Naish to the Inverness Rotary Club in 1936 on the subject of his work as a member of the Civil Service with a description of Ceylon.
Letters relate difficulties in early days of coffee-planting, methods, wages and finance generally.
Comment on competition from slave-grown coffee. Report on the relief of distress due to sickness and shortage of food, September 1934 to December 1935', by H.E. Newnham. Colombo, Ceylon Government Press, 1936. Sessional Paper V. Cutting from The Times showing the unveiling of the memorial to the Colonial Service, March 1966. Article from the Bulletin of the European Association of Ceylon , July 1951 on 'Just gun licences' by H.E. Newnham.