The file consists of correspondence, sent (and received) by the Secretary (Alfred William Franklin) or the Engineer (Arthur Ernest Butterfield) to the Humber Conservancy Board, to/from the Board of Trade and the Royal Engineers' Office at Beverley regarding the reconstruction of the head of a jetty at Spurn, along with various proposed works at Spurn Point as follows: the erection of a Groyne on the sea-ward side, the re-positioning of navigation lights on Spurn Pier, the removal of an uncompleted pier at Sunk Island, problems with coastal erosion around the Apron of Kilnsea Battery, and extensions to the Lifeboat slipway.

Also included in the file are reports on surveys of Spurn Point, cross sections illustrating the peninsula, and a graph showing the rate of movement of [High Water Mean Ordinary Tides] at Spurn.