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This sub-series contains correspondence and notices concerned with the administration of the competition.

Universities Prize Essay Fund: Rules Framed in Extension of the Third Schedule. Printed Rules which have been annotated by hand on Rule 2 to state that "Extension allowed for War Service".

Royal Asiatic Society Annual Universities' Prize Essay Competition. Typed list of prizewinners from 1932-1939 with further results annotated in pencil.

Letter from [Inder Bhetlachejr] to Secretary, RAS, to enclose the essay "A British Contribution to India" for entry into the Essay Prize. He adds details of his war service and current studies. Handwritten, 1 side, dated 1 December 1947.

Letter from R.C.H. Briggs to Royal Asiatic Society to ask that the enclosed corrections be appended to his essay and explains the reason for sending them. (Corrections not with the letter). Handwritten, 2 sides, undated.

Note from the Secretary, RAS, to state that the top essay contravened both Rule 2 and Rule 6. Printed Compliment Slip with added note, undated.

Note from the Secretary, RAS, to an Entrant to inform that their essay was not awarded a prize. Printed compliment slip with handwritten note, undated.

Letter from C.H. Phillips and A. Master to the Secretary, RAS, to notify of their conclusions concerning the essays submitted for the Competition and the recommendations for winners. Typed with printed letterhead, 1 side, dated 4 February 1948.

Each essay had to be submitted anonymously - the entrants providing their identifying details and the endorsement of a member of their University faculty. There are three such identifiers of non-prizewinners - those of Michael Hobsley (Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge), R.C.H. Briggs (New College, Oxford), Muriel M. Rees (St Hugh's College, Oxford), and the identifier for the winner, George Bennett (New College, Oxford). Seven items, all handwritten.

There are two prize winning essays belonging to N.A.D. Macrae and G.A. Cary.