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Correspondence with the Inland Revenue Claims Branch concerning the changes in the Deed of Covenants for the Society, 8 pieces, dated 1 February 1980 - 1 May 1980, typed and handwritten.

Correspondence concerning grants given by the India Office to the Society. These are:

• Letter from East India House to Edwin Norris, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform that the Secretary of State for India is willing to continue the grant given to the Society previously given by the East India Company, 1 piece, handwritten, dated 10 December 1858.
• Letter from India Office to the Royal Asiatic Society to inform that the donation to the Society has been sanctioned, 1 piece, handwritten, dated 20 November 1889.
• Correspondence between the India Office, Royal Asiatic Society, and E.S. M. Perowne, Solicitor, concerning the India Office grant to the Society, 50 pieces, typed and handwritten, dated 3 October 1931 - 7 November 1951.

Correspondence concerning grants from Governments of Hong Kong, Federated Malay States and the Straits Settlements. These are:

• Correspondence with the Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office, London, concerning the Government of Hong Kong's grant to the Society, 22 pieces, typed and handwritten, dated 26 February 1927 - 1 September 1936.
• Correspondence concerning the grant to the Society from the Federated Malay States, 24 pieces, typed and handwritten, dated 11 February 1936 - 17 November 1936.
• Correspondence with the Colonial Office concerning grants from Hong Kong, Federated Malay States and the Straits Settlements, 17 pieces, typed and handwritten, dated 12 October 1942 - 4 February 1956.
• Letter from the Secretary for Recreation and Culture, Government Secretariat, Hong Kong, to the Royal Asiatic Society to inform the Society of the discontinuation of its donation to the Society, 1 piece, typed, dated 23 August 1990.

Investigation into governmental support for other Asiatic societies in Europe. Correspondence to ascertain levels of government support for Asiatic Societies. Correspondents within the Royal Asiatic Society include Colonel Hoysted, Sir E. Denison Ross, L.D. Barnett, C. Otto Blagden, Sir Edward Maclagan, and Dr A.J. Ashberry. Correspondence with external organisations include the India Office, Foreign Office, Rivista di Scienze Studi Orientali, Deutsche Morgenlandische Gesellschaft, Journal Asiatique, Zeithsvhrift der Deutschen. Dated 3 January 1938 - 20 February 1939.

Correspondence from the High Commission for Pakistan concerning their annual grant to the Society, 2 pieces, dated 18 January 2007 - 2 February 2007.

James Forlong bequeathed money to the Royal Asiatic Society to come to the Society upon the death of his wife. The money was to be used towards the establishment of an 'Imperial Oriental College or School' and in particular for the promotion of lectures. This fund was to be administered by the Royal Asiatic Society. With the opening of the School of Oriental Studies, London, it was necessary to negotiate with the School about the use of the Fund. These papers consist of administrative documents and correspondence concerned with both the inauguration of the Forlong Fund and its continuing application for lectures and scholarships. The administrative documents and correspondence concerning the publications undertaken can be found in the Society's publication records.

'Dictionnaire Kalmouk - Allemand: Texte' - a handwritten manuscript believed to be created by Julius Klaproth containing the Kalmyk alphabet and a dictionary of words. A note has been added on the front paper recording; 'This fragment of a Dictionary most probably came from Klaproth's library which was sold at his death - H [S] Decr. 1850'. The dictionary sections are divided under headings of page numbers, suggesting this manuscript may have been copied from a larger one. Inserted into the manuscript is a piece of yellow paper providing the information gained By Dr W. Simon about the manuscript's provenance. The front cover has a label affixed with 'Mongolian' ascribed in ink and 'Kalmuch- German Dictionary' in pencil. and the spine has a paper label stating Mongolian-German'. These appear to be additions made once in came into the Society's possession.

In caring for the collections and making them accessible to researchers various lists and catalogues have been collated throughout the Society's history. Some of these have been published but many are unpublished or in draft form prior to publication. These have been kept as important sources of both information about the nature of the collections and also how the Society has historically organised them. Please note, however, that not all the items in the catalogues and lists are still within the Society's collections.

Historic catalogues and handlists created for the Society's books:

• 'Royal Asiatic Society: MSS. Catalogue of the Chinese Library 1881' - two large handwritten bound volumes with leather spines and gold titling on their front covers containing details of the Chinese books in the Royal Asiatic Society in 1881.

• 'Catalogue of the Chinese Library of the Royal Asiatic Society' - a hard cover notebook with title on the front board containing a list of the Chinese books in the Library under subject headings. This is undated. Please note the boards are loose from the notebook.

• 'Chinese books of which the Library of the R.A.S. has apparently more than one copy' - handwritten list, 4 sides, identifying duplicates. With this list is a second list, 2 sides of 'Chinese Books apparently not in the R.A.S. Library and in the University College Library in duplicate apparently'. Both are undated but the paper of the second list is watermarked for 1859.

• 'Catalogue of The Russian Books in the possession of The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland' - handwritten notebook without boards detailing Russian books, undated.

• Annotated Proofs for the 'Catalogue of Printed Books published before 1932 in the Library of the Royal Asiatic Society'. The publication was printed in two volumes in 1940. The proofs are pasted into 6 large bound volumes and are extensively annotated.

• Photocopy of the Card Catalogue - a card catalogue was created for the Society's collection probably dating from post-1945. This is a series of photocopies of that catalogue created to form a back up and divided according to the drawers containing the cards. There are 17 archival folders. The copy for Drawer 6 FAA - GOS is absent.

• List of Complimentary Copies of Books & Magazine, published by the Burma Translation Society, Rangoon Burma' with annotated title, 'Accessions in Burmese 1954'. Typed list, 2 pieces, dated 1954.

• 'A Few Rare Books Found in this Library' - typed list of 68 books on 4 sheets of foolscap paper.

• 'List of Rare Books held in R.A.S. Old & New Strong Rooms (May 1969), computer printed with handwritten annotations, 28 pages held together with a red plastic spine. This list is located in the Reading Room Office.

• List of publications undertaken with the James G. Forlong Fund, Miscellaneous R.A.S. Publications, the Dr B.C. Law Trust Fund, Royal Asiatic Society Seminar Papers, The Oriental Translation Fund original and new series, the Prize Publication Fund, and the R.A.S. Monograph Fund, computer printed, 9 pages, c. 1999.

• 'Japanese Vernacular Language Books at the R.A.S.' created in 2000, with associated background information, computer printed, 14 pages. This list is located in the Reading Room Office.

• 'South Asia - Official Publications - Back Basement' - computer printed list, 2 pages, undated.

• 'List of Aurobindo Books' - computer printed, 8 pages, undated.

Electronic documents - all these were created into archival documents in April 2024. Their original creation date is noted in the list.

• 'THE SIR GEORGE THOMAS STAUNTON COLLECTION HELD IN THE R.A.S. LIBRARY - BOOKS (UP-DATED LIST AS AT THURSDAY 18TH MARCH 1999) - first created in 1998 and updated in 1999.
• 'Books on Central Asia in the RAS Library' - created 04/02/2003.
• 'Borneo Books' - created 12/04/2011.
• 'Contents of Items Located in Old Strong Room as of April 1998' - created 22/06/1998.
• 'Early Turkish Books' - created 06/09/2010.
• 'Preliminary Catalogue of Japanese Books catalogued by Peter Kornicki in October 2007, with notes by Akira Hirano, September 2007', document created 21/11/2007.
• 'Pre 1820 book's - created 13/05/201.
• 'Turkish Printed Books' - prepared by Evrim Bimbas with introductory email and report, document created 11/07/2011.

Lists concerned with pamphlets within the Society's collections:

• 'Sir Gerard Clauson's Collection of Offprints' - list of offprints given to the Society by Gerard Clauson. Typed, 3 pieces, [19702].
• 'Draft List of the Contents of most of the Bound Volumes of Pamphlets' - computer printed, 62 pages, undated. This list is located in the Reading Room Office.

Electronic documents - all these were created into archival documents in April 2024. Their original creation date is noted in the list.

• 'Miscellaneous Materials in the Royal Asiatic Society Library, London, A Working List' prepared by Yogesh Mishra, December 2007 - created 08/01/2008.
• Bound pamphlets - created 29/09/2000.