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Correspondence concerned with missing and faulty offprints. These are:

• A letter from the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Stephen Austin and Son Ltd. concerned that Dr Emmerick had only received 25 offprints of his article. The Secretary was also concerned that Mr. Hansman's offprints had been delayed in their posting despite the stressed urgency. Dated 5 December 1969.
• Letter from John Hansman to Miles Bullivant, Sales Director, Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd., concerning the quality of the binding of his offprints and finger markings on pages preceding his plates, alongside the delay in the provision of the offprints which caused him to lose some funding for an excavation. Dated 3 December 1970.
• Letter from Miles Bullivant, Sales Director, Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd. to John Hansman to reply to his letter defending the company's production of the offprints and suggesting ameliorative measures, dated 9 January 1970.
• Letter from Miles Bullivant, Sales Director, Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd. to Miss Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning the letter the company had received from John Hansman and suggesting the Society might be called upon to arbitrate, dated 9 January 1970.
• Draft letter from Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Miles Bullivant, Sales Director, Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd. concerning the offprints. She points out not only were they defective but also significantly delayed. She suggests an apology would be in order to Hansman and also points out the delay in receiving other offprints requested by the Society. Dated 19 January 1970.
• Letter from Miles Bullivant, Sales Director, Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd. to Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, in which he states he has received a further letter from John Hansman but doesn't know how to proceed other than a further apology. There may be a chance of a reprint if the type is still available. Dated 22 January 1970.
• Letter from Miles Bullivant, Sales Director, Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd. to Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to enclose a letter to John Hansman and to inform of the action they are undertaking. He also apologise for not attending to Miss Crawford's other queries and assures her that the delayed copies will be sent that day. Dated 28 January 1970. The letter is enclosed in which he states that they will be able to reprint his offprints after they have printed the current edition of the Journal. Also dated 28 January 1970.
• Letter from Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Miles Bullivant, Sales Director, Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd. to thank for his letter and inform that she has received the delayed offprints, dated 30 January 1970.

Letter from C. Templey, Account Executive, Stephen Austin and Sons Limited, to Dr Bivar, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning the binding and production of the special edition of the journal in honour of Mortimer Wilson. The company is now ready to do the final proofs and wish to know about the binding and lettering required for the two specially bound copies. He also acknowledges receipt of the Society's Annual Report. There is an annotation, in Bivar's hand, to ask Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to file the letter and ensure the proofs are received in the next ten days. The note is dated 22 March 1972.

Correspondence concerning an alleged debt for offprints of an article by B.G. Martin and Dr Freeman-Grenville. These are:

• Letter from Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Dr. Freeman-Grenville to enquire whether he had requested 25 additional offprints. If he hadn't the Society would pay the outstanding debt to the printers. Dated 8 June 1977.
• Letter from Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Dr. B.G. Martin, similarly asking whether he had requested additional offprints. Dated 8 June 1977.
• Letters from Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Dr. B.G. Martin, and Dr. Freeman-Grenville to inform that she had paid the debt to Stephen Austin as she had failed to receive a reply from either of them. Both dated 26 July 1977.
• Letter from Dr. B.G. Martin to Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society to inform that he felt the debt was a clerical error of the Society's but he is sending a placatory cheque, dated 4 August 1977.

Letter from Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to John Pinches to inform him of the Council's decision to accept their tender for a 22 carat medal and of the inscription that should be added. Typed, dated 8 April 1938.

A set of correspondence regarding the Presentation of the Gold Medal.

Letter from Professor R.A. Nicholson to Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to thank him for the letter informing him that he was the chosen recipient of the Gold Medal. Handwritten with printed letterhead, dated 12 March 1938.

Letter from Professor D.S. Margoliouth, Director of Royal Asiatic Society, to Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to ask him to release the announcement of the Medal to the Press and to ask him to ask Lord Hailey to present the Medal or choose someone else. Handwritten with printed letterhead, dated 16 March 1938.

Letter from Lord Hailey to Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to say that he will be in London on 12th May but that he feels that somebody else, such as Lord Zetland, should present the Medal. Handwritten with printed letterhead, dated 19 March 1938.

Letter from Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to Lord Hailey to enclose a draft letter to Mr Ormsby-Gore to ask him to present the Medal. This draft letter is also present. Typed, undated [March 1938].

Letter from W. Ormsby-Gore, Colonial Office, to Lord Hailey to send his regrets that he will be unable to attend the Gold Medal Presentation. Typed with printed letterhead, dated 6 April 1938.