R. Tilden-Smith, Share Guarantee Trust Ltd., to British South Africa Company: has large interests in Southern Rhodesia; apprehensive as to its future; dim economic prospects due to reliance on imported capital; proposes scheme to detach from mining companies land to be devoted to agriculture; acquisition of land in W. Australia to serve as a livestock breeding centre; formation of new land settlement company, etc. [Endorsed by P.L.G. as having been written by him; 2 copies.] 29 Jan 1904