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This series contains printed government papers, Journal articles and other material on Malaya and specifically Singapore, many with brief typed and handwritten notes. One publication is stamped 'Dennis J. Duncanson' but it is likely that other materials were collected by him as well. These concern primarily legislative development, politics and social situation of the region:

Material relating to Malaya

• An annotated printed copy of ‘Federation of Malaya – Regulations made under The Emergency Regulation Ordinance, 1948’, compiled by B. Lee Tian Huat, printed at the government press in Kuala Lumpur in 1953. There are multiple inserts in the copy being typed references to relevant regulations. Stamped 'Dennis J. Duncanson' on the cover.
• ‘The Communist Threat to the Federation of Malaya’, printed at the government press in Kuala Lumpur in 1959. With brief annotations and some passages underlined.
• ‘Historical Sketch of Chinese Labour in Malaya’, by W. L. Blythe, a 1953 reprint from the Journal of Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, June 1947. Annotated ‘working copy’ on the cover.
• ‘Proposed Constitutions of the Federation of Malaya’, printed at the government press in Kuala Lumpur in 1957.
• 'An Old Minangkabau Legal Digest from Perak', by Sir Richard Winstedt, reprint from the Journal of the Malayan Branch of Royal Asiatic Society, July 1953.
• 'The Maritime Laws of Malacca', by Sir Richard Winstedt and Dr P. E. de Josselin de Jong, reprint from the Journal of the Malayan Branch of Royal Asiatic Society August 1956
• Offprint of 'Short Notes – The Bridge of the Dead', by Sir Richard Winstedt, from the Journal of the Malayan Branch of Royal Asiatic Society October 1951. Two copies.
• Offprint of 'The Malayan Laws of the Principality of Johore' from the Journal of the Malayan Branch of Royal Asiatic Society, undated. With annotation giving a reference to the Journal of the Indian Archipelago And Eastern Asia, Vol IX, 1855, where the same text was published.
• Printed document listing 32 compass points with degrees in English and Malay, printed in Johor Bahru, dated 1 July 1936. 1 piece.
• Handwritten index list of articles published in the Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 2 pieces.

Material relating to Singapore

• ‘Singapore Chinese Middle Schools Students’ Union’, Sessional Paper for the Legislative Assembly, Singapore, 1956.
• ‘The Communist Threat in Singapore’, Sessional Paper for the Legislative Assembly, Singapore, 1957. With some passages underlined.
• ‘Report of the Commission of Inquiry in Corrupt, Illegal or Undesirable Practices at Elections’, Sessional Paper for the Legislative Assembly, Singapore, 1958.
• ‘Communist Literature in Singapore’, Sessional Paper for the Legislative Assembly, Singapore, 1959. With some passages underlined.
• Official Reports of Singapore Legislative Assembly Debates for 1955 (Vol. 1 - No. 4), 1956 (Vol. 2 - No. 1, No. 2; Vol. 2 - No. 3) and 1958 (Vol. 3 - No. 1, No. 2, No. 3).
• Government Gazette Supplement of the Colony of Singapore, No. 22 (1954), No. 29 (1958) and No. 41 (1960).
• Ordinances of the Colony of Singapore, No. 22 of 1954, No. 25-26 of 1955, No. 23, 37-39 of 1956, No. 35 of 1957, and No. 5-6, 25 of 1958.
• Societies Ordinance (Chapter 228) of the Colony of Singapore, edition of 1955. With pencil annotations.
• Report on the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Ordinance 1954, paper to be laid before the Legislative Council of the Colony of Singapore, No. 45 of 1954.
• Reprint of the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Ordinance 1955 of the State of Singapore (No 26 of 1955), printed at the government press in Singapore in 1960.
• Copies of 1960 Singapore Government Gazette Supplement, Singapore Legislative Assembly Debates Official Report 1960 (Vol. 12 - No. 2) and the official report on the 1960 Societies (Amendment) Bill, stapled together.
• Two pieces of typed and handwritten notes regarding proposed regulations and ordinances.

Large, bound volume containing rubbings of copper-plate Indian inscriptions. The front cover contains a label noting that the material belonged to Elliot, and an 'India Office Library' stamp. Other writing on the front with the dates 22nd April 1890 and August 1905, and the interior backing paper for the inscriptions which is watermarked 1858, would, however, suggest that the copper-plates were compiled posthumously.

The contents of the volume is a large number of copper-plate Indian inscriptions, some in Devanagari script, and others in South Indian scripts, possibly Tamil or Telugu - the languages are as yet undeciphered. Many of the inscriptions are copies of rectangular plates, all with circular hook-like shapes at their tops.

One note attached to two of the horizontal inscriptions states that they are copper-plate copies of Sasavanam (?), rewarding a grant by Tribhuvana Chakravarti in the temple of Thirupuvanam (Teruppuvanam) in the village of of Sivaganga, Madurai District, Tamil Nadu. Another note attached to a set of nine plates identifies them as again being Sasavanam(?) inscriptions at the same temple, Thirupuvanam, rewarding a grant to a village by Kulasekara Pandyan, a 13th-14th century king. The majority of plates in this volume do not, however, have English notes attached which identify them.

A bound volume of manuscripts of various kinds given by Sir Alexander Johnston. The volume is in poor condition with the front board detached from the spine and the rear board missing. The cover bears a list of the manuscripts. These are:

• "A Vutteluttoo Syllabarium" - "a table of Vatteluttu script".
• "Vocabulary English and Cingalese which last is spoken in the Island of Ceylon" - an "English-Sinhalese vocabulary" presented to the Society by Johnston on 17 November 1827.
• "3 forms of the Singalese character used in writing Sanscrit, Pali and Singalese" - "Sinhalese-Pali alphabet"
• "Plan of a Comparative Vocabulary of Indian Languages; Read at the Literary Society of Bombay on the 26th May 1806 by Sir James Mackintosh". Printed, Bombay, 1806, presented to the Royal Asiatic Society by Johnston on 12 July 1828.
• "English-Sinhalese-Pali-Sanskrit vocabularies".
• "Vocabulary English and Cingalese which last is spoken on the Island of Ceylon" - an "English-Sinhalese vocabulary" presented to the Royal Asiatic Society by Johnston on 17 November 1827.
• "Vocabulary English and Pavly" - an "English-Pali vocabulary" presented to the Royal Asiatic Society by Johnston on 17 November 1827. Two manuscripts which also bear the name Mr. Burnouf.
• "Translation of a Sanscrit Inscription in Singhalese characters" - presented to the Royal Asiatic Society by Johnston on 17 November 1827. The description is dated April 1820 and bears the names of 3 contributors (difficult to decipher).
• "[This] translation you made at [j...] from the Sanscrit by the [Namma] of [Cunclasus]" - English translation concerning the whereabouts of someone who has gone to a hermitage.
• English-Sanskrit [?] vocabulary "In Sanscrit" - sheet of Sanskrit words.
• Paragraph of [Sinhalese] with "Honble Sir A. Johnston" on reverse. Sketch of a standing column.
• "Malabar Translation of the King of Achun's Pass for the [Gral] Ship, Allum Shah, [J D Lippiatt]
• "2 large & 2 small Cyngalese Alphabets Presented by Sir A Johnston Noy 17 1827"
• "1 Large & Small Cingalese Alphabet by Ahan de [Sarum] "Large & small Cingalese Alphabet" - these are on large sheets of paper which have been folded to fit the book.
• Burmese Alphabet.
• "Vocabulary English, Congalese and Pavly" - "English-Sinhalese-Pali- Sanskrit vocabularies" presented by Johnston 17 November 1827.
• "Maldive primer in Maldive script" - with note stating "The Maldive Alphabet as given in a MS presented to the RAS by Sir Alexander Johnston is writing from right to left and is evidently of Arabic origin." The pages are oversize and have been folded to fit the size of the book.
• Further Maldive vocabulary sheets.
• "This Book is called [Rayloe Rearyee]" - a booklet of alphabet and vocabulary in [Tamil] script.
• Vocabularies and alphabets in Maldive and roman script with Tamil translation
• "Letters from Sultan Muhammad Muin al-Din ibn Sikandar to the Governor of Ceylon on his coast in A.H.1227".
• "A prayer in Arabic." and "The above prayer translated into Booganese language & character by the Booganese [Hadgie]" - "Arabic prayer with translation into Bugis language in Bugis script"
• "Booganese Alphabet written by the Booganese [hadgie] on the [hare] Island the 19th of Nov 1815" - table of Bugis aphabet with key.
• "A Tamil Vocabulary" - "English-Tamil-Telugu vocabularies, mixed".
• "A Telugu Syllabarium" - "Telugug and Oriya alphabets", presented to the Royal Asiatic Society by Johnston on 3 March 1827.

"Collection Salvage Priorities" identifying priorities for recovery of Collections material. Printed document.

Policies and Papers concerned with the care, rationalisation and development of the Collections. Paper and electronic documents.

Correspondence between the Royal Asiatic Society and Peter Collin, Director, Collier Macmillan Ltd., regarding the printing of a catalogue of the Society's offprints. These include correspondence from Gordon Calver and Valery Gibson for the Royal Asiatic Society, and various quotations for the cost of printing.

Large pencil and ink drawing of a column with a decorative capital from Cave No. 3. The drawing was made from measurements taken in March 1848.

A drawing of a Column in Cave 8, scale 1/2 inch to a foot. This is sheet 10 in the folder.

A drawing of a Column in Chaitya Cave, scale 1/2 inch to a foot with a further pencil sketch of a column in the same scale. This is sheet 9 in the folder.

A list of the columns and pilasters in the 26 Kura caves.