The series contains various letters mainly relating to Gogerly's research on Theravāda Buddhist texts and publication of his translations.

There are six letters, written to and by the Reverend Arthur Stanley Bishop between 1907 and 1908. Bishop was the superintendent of the Wesleyan Methodist Book Room at the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, Colombo.

A letter of correspondence from Edmund Rowland Jayathilake Gooneratne to the Reverend Arthur Stanley Bishop in which he writes that he will be glad to look over Gogerl'y papers that Bishop is preparing to publish. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 19 August 1907. The folded sheet has a printed letterhead 'Yatha Pracna Statha Vibhawah.' 17.6cmX11.3cm.

A letter of correspondence from Charlotte Hughes, RAS Secretary, to the Reverend Arthur Stanley Bishop in which she writes that she cannot answer Stanley Bishop's questions as they do not have the Gogerly works in question. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated, October 3, 1907. The folded sheet has a printed letterhead 'Royal Asiatic Society, 22 Albemarle Street London, W.' 17.5cmX11.2cm.

A letter of correspondence from Charlotte Hughes, RAS Secretary, to the Reverend Arthur Stanley Bishop, to include a letter from Professor Arnold of the India Office (see DJG/15/2). Handwritten, 2 sides, dated October 11, 1907. The folded sheet has a printed letterhead 'Royal Asiatic Society, 22 Albemarle Street London, W.' 17.5cmX11.2cm.

A letter of correspondence from Edmund Rowland Jayathilake Gooneratne to the Reverend Arthur Stanley Bishop, in which Gooneratne comments on various phrases for translation. Handwritten, 3 sides, dated 4 May 1908.

A letter from the Reverend Arthur Stanley Bishop, to accompany a prospectus for the publication of Gogerly's Buddhist translations. Printed, 1 side, dated 26 June, 1908 in Colombo. There is a further handwritten sheet listing Gogerly's published translations of various Theravāda Buddhism scriptures. 6.5cmX21cm and approx. 27.2cmX22cm.

A letter of correspondence from Edmund Rowland Jayathilake Gooneratne to the Reverend Arthur Stanley Bishop in which he thanks Stanley Bishop for the first volume of Gogerly's writings and makes some editorial suggestions. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated July 3, 1908. The folded sheet has a printed letterhead 'Yatha Pracna Statha Wibhawah.' 17.7cmX11.3cm.

The material mainly consists of handwritten translations of Buddhist texts by Gogerly and others, handwritten Pali-English dictionaries, and later correspondence concerning their publication.

The series contains 6 of Gogerly's translations of different Jātaka stories. In Theravāda Buddhism, the jātakas (c. 4th century BCE) are a textual division of the Pāli Canon, included in the Khuḍḍaka Nikāya ('Minor Collection') of the Sutta Piṭaka - the second group of the Pāli collection of Buddhist writings. The term mainly refers to the stories of Gautama Buddha's previous lives, in both human and animal form. The Theravāda jātakas comprise about 547 poems, arranged roughly by increasing number of verses. They are written in a poetical form, the verses consisting of four to six lines, and are devided into chapters called nipātas.