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Draft copy of the Society's Standing Orders for 2010.

Copy of the Society's Standing Orders agreed in 2010.

Notification of a Special General Meeting to be held on 15 April 2010 to consider changes to the Society's Byelaws.

Copy of the Society's Standing Orders dated to December 2012.

Copy of the Society's Standing Orders dated to January 2019.

This volume contains copies of, or extracts from, letters sent to the Royal Asiatic Society between 1846 and 1852. They are written into a leather-bound volume with the title 'Extracts' on its front cover. Besides the letters which cover 93 pages, there are subsequently some rough pencil notes and a diagram in a different hand (possibly a child's) followed by blank pages and an index at the end of the manuscript.

'Copy of a letter by the Rev. C. Gutzlaff, dated Victoria, Hong Kong, 24 August 1846, on the subject of Buddhist literature'. Gutzlaff is replying to Colonel Sykes' enquiry about Buddhist literature and explains that the largest collection he has seen is on the 'Golden Island' and consists of 'beautifully bound volumes in yellow covers'. These were a present more than a century ago and the inscriptions he has seen are in Sanskrit. Gutzlaff then explains that collections in China are superseded by those in Siam (Thailand). He also informs that 'the land where Pali books are most valued is Cambodia'.

'Extract of a letter addressed to Colonel Sykes, dated 30 September, 1846, announcing the discovery of Bilingual Coins in India'. Written by [N.] Graham he writes of the discovery of coins with both Roman and Greek inscriptions which he will send to Colonel Sykes.

'Extract from a letter addressed to Colonel Sykes by District Surgeon Elijah Impey, dated Ahmednuggur (Ahmednagar), 28 September 1846 on the discovery of a Colossal Buddhist Figure on the face of a hill in the Satpoorah (Satpura) range.' He describes his discovery of Buddhist remains and the finding of the figure.

'Copy of a letter from the Reverend Dr. Stevenson, addressed to Colonel Sykes, dated Poona (Pune), 14 October 1846, on [Samashtian] Coins'. Stevenson explains how the coins were found in an uncultivated field and brought to auction in Pune. He bought 100. He is sending some of the them to Sykes. He describes the coins and transcribes some of the inscriptions.