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Additional material in this volume relates to and includes leaflets from the Ministry of Food, ration guidance and increased food production at Crichton Royal Institution; correspondence relating to the admission of patients from Stirling District Asylum due its proposed acquisition by the Admiralty, 1918; rates of board; correspondence, magazine and notices relating to the National Asylum Workers Union (NAWU); War Bonuses; Ministry of Labour notices and forms showing numbers of staff employed; notices to staff regarding special leave and giving working notice; Conference of Asylum Authorities and issue of recognition of NAWU; notices to staff and memoranda from heads of departments relating to membership NAWU; correspondence, notes and draft procedures and agreements relating to the conditions of employment of staff in the Stores, Garage and Stables, Works and Gardens Departments; scheme of suggested Conciliation and Arbitration Committees for managers and staff of Scottish Royal Asylums and Conciliation Committee for Scotland; notes on how to form a rock garden by Sir George Watt, August 1919; staff duties; staff committee requests to Physician Superintendent relating to pay and conditions; female nursing of male patients in Asylums, 1920; National Health Insurance; Unemployment Insurance Acts 1920 and 1922; Fire Brigade and list of fire appliances, 1921; driving arrangements detailing when patients could go out in motor vehicles; proposed scheme of additions and operations in the gardens, including costs for glass houses, and copy correspondence from Sir George Watt, 1921;  West of Scotland Agricultural College report on cattle feeding experiment, 1921; inspection of Service patients; list of staff who died in the Great War for War Memorial plaque; tradesmen working conditions and the National Federation of Building Trades Operatives, 1922; Farm report on cattle breeding experiments; and Crichton Charitable Fund.
Loose items in this volume:
1) Copy of Crichton Royal Institution questions for National Asylum Workers Union at the Conference of Scottish Asylums Representatives, Glasgow, 31 January 1919
2) Tabular statement showing salaries of Outdoor Staff in 1914 and 1920, with applications of June 1920, August 1920 (two copies with annotations)

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