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During the Administration of the Society reports are often created either to prepare for a forthcoming meeting of the Council or sub-committee or to report back after such a meeting. Occasionally reports are created for external purposes. These reports, or summaries thereof, are often incorporated into the Minutes of the Meetings. The ones in this series are those that supplement the Minutes. These are:

1962

• Report of Council, 1961-1962, offprint from JRAS with additions made to the list of deceased members, 1 piece.

1980

• 'The Future of the Royal Asiatic Society' by A.S. Bennell, Director, 2 pages, dated 17 July 1980.

1988

• Report from the President, Frank F. Steele, to Members of the Council outlining the finances and future plans for the Society's building, 5 pages, dated 28 September 1988.
• Report from the President, Frank F. Steele, to Members of the Council outlining estimates for finances and information regarding membership, 2 pages, dated 2 November 1988.

1989

• 'Keeping the R.A.S. Alive' - critique of the outreach of the Society and advocacy for a younger membership, signed G. G. [Godfrey Goodwin, Librarian], 1 page, dated 29 January 1989.
• Paper for the Council Meeting of 14 December 1989.
• Journal Publication by Frank F. Steele, 1 page, dated 4 December 1989.

1990

• Papers for the Council Meeting of 8 February 1990: Development Committee; National Association for Asian Studies; Procedure for the Election of Fellows; Nominations for the Council; Finance; all written by Frank F, Steele, 7 pages, dated 31 January 1990.
• Papers for the Council Meeting of 12 April 1990: Working Group on Development; Questionnaire; Distribution of Fellows; Appointment of a Full-time paid Director; Entry Procedure; Grant to Professor C.N. Kejariwal; all written by Frank F. Steele; 11 pages, dated 22 March - 3 April 1990.
• Minutes of the Meeting of the Working Group on Development held on 24th May 1990, 2 pages.
• Papers for the Council Meeting of 14 June 1990: RAS Nominee to the SOAS Governing Body; Proposal for an In-house Conservation Unit; both by Frank F. Steele, 6 pages, dated 6 June - 9 June 1990.
• Reports and correspondence on the possibility of the Society sponsoring the serious study of Asia in the UK: report from Cyril Philips, Richard Gombrich and Michael McWilliam, dated July 1990; Note on discussion between Professor Wansbrough, Dr. Raeside and Mr McWilliam, dated 12 October 1990; letter from Dr Peter Robb, Chairman, Centre of South Asian Studies, to Professor Cyril Philips, dated 30 October 1990; 3 pages in total.
• Proposal and documentation concerning working with Dr Samuel N.C. Lieu, on Manichaean Studies, 4 pages, dated 21 October to 5 November, 1990.
• Minutes for the 'Ad hoc Meeting to consider further the proposal to Publish "Asian Studies Today" (renamed "Asian Heritage") held on Thursday 29th November at 10.30am', 1 page.

1991

• Reports from the Honorary Treasurer, J.A. Payne, to the Council regarding various aspects of the finances of the Society, 10 pieces, dated 30 January - 29 November 1991.

1992

• Report from the Honorary Treasurer, J.A. Payne, to the Council regarding Registration for VAT, 1 piece, dated 8 January 1992.

1995

• 'Royal Asiatic Society: The 1990 Working group on Development' summarising the 1990 recommendations, 2 pieces, dated March 1995.

1996

• Minutes for the 'Meeting of a Sub-Committee for Computers' on 3 October 1996, 1 piece.

1999

• Report on the Standing Orders for Sub-Committees of Council by Francis Robinson, 6 pages, dated 29 March 1999.

2000

• "Gold Medals: Memorandum to Council for 8 June 2000 by Giles Tillotson, 1 page. 'For the Information of the Council - Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society: going online' by Sarah Ansari, 1 page, dated October 2000.

2001

• 'Paper for Council: Proposed Council day for Strategic Review' by Anthony Stockwell, 1 piece, dated 1 October 2001.

2002

• Papers concerned with a Strategic Review meeting held on 2 February 2002, 24 pieces. dated 24 January - 6 March 2002.
• Minutes for the Strategic Review Working Group Meeting on 14 March 2002, 2 pieces.
• Minutes and allied papers for the Strategic Review Working Group Meeting on 23 May 2002, 5 pieces.
• Minutes and allied papers for the Strategic Review Working Group Meeting on 18 July 2002, 19 pieces.
• Minutes and allied papers for the Strategic Review Working Group Meeting on 22 August 2002, 9 pieces.
• Minutes for the Strategic Review Working Group Meeting on 26 September 2002, 2 pieces.
• Minutes and allied papers for the Strategic Review Working Group Meeting on 14 November 2002, 3 pieces.
• Minutes and allied papers for the Strategic Review Working Group Meeting on 6 December 2002, 2 pieces.

2003

• Report of the Council's Strategic Review Working Group, February 2003, 13 pieces.
• Minutes for the Strategic Review Working Group Meeting on 8 May 2003, 2 pieces.
• 'Strategic thoughts en route to a plan' by Helen Cordell, 6 pages, dated, 10 June 2003.
• 'Strategic Review: Summary of RAS space requirements' by Helen Cordell, 4 pieces, dated 12 November 2003.
• 'Strategic Review Working Group: Final Report to Council December 2003, 5 pieces.

2012

• 'Achievements and Performance' - a report of the Society's activities for 2011-2012, 5 pages.

Notes on various sections and meetings at the Congress, pages numbered from 3 to 18 (not complete), they include reports from Indian and Aryan, Semitic, Turkish and Persian, China, Central Asia and the Far East, Egypt and Africa, Australasia and Oceania Sections.

Reports and discussion papers (mostly draft versions) written by Collins for various social, educational and legal programmes and projects in Cambodia, including:

• Preliminary assessment report entitled ‘Dynamics of Dispute Resolution and Administration of Justice for Cambodian Villagers’, 1 digital file, dated 1997
• Discussion paper entitled ‘Grassroots Civil Society in Cambodia’, 1 digital file, dated 1998
• Draft report entitled ‘Local Planning Process: Reinforcing Civil Society – Case Studies from Battambang’, 1 digital file, dated 1999
• Report entitled ‘Seeking Health Services from Medical Practitioners and Traditional Healers: A Case Study from Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia’, 1 digital file, dated 1999
• Inception report for the National Scholarships Programme, supported by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction and written for the UNICEF Programme Management Consultancy, 1 digital file, dated 2004
• Report entitled ‘A Study of Cambodian Folktales Related to Justice’, 1 digital file, dated 2005
• Draft discussion paper on four scholarship programmes supported by the Cambodian government’s Priority Action Programme, Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction, Belgian Technical Co-operation and the Cambodia Education Sector Support Programme, 1 digital file, dated 2006
• Draft final reports on Belgian Technical Co-operation’s school building project and its scholarship programme, with survey results, 3 digital files, dated from 2006 to 2007
• Report for the Education for All Mid-Decade Assessment 2000-2005 in Cambodia, 8 digital files, dated 2007
• Draft impact reports and a project completion report on the 2005 and 2006 editions of the 'Targeted Assistance for Education of Poor Girls and Children in Ethnic Minority Areas' project, supported by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction, 3 digital files, dated 2005 to 2007
• Report on the mid-term evaluation of the education programme by the Cambodia office of Save the Children International, 1 digital file, dated 2013
• End-of-project performance evaluation of the Improved Basic Education in Cambodia project, funded by the United States Agency for International Development, 1 digital file, dated 2014
• Baseline study report and final evaluation of the 'Fighting discrimination and violence in schools - for inclusive and child friendly quality education' project, implemented by Save the Children in Cambodia and funded by IKEA foundation, 2 digital files, one undated and one dated 2015

Reports, strategy and information documents concerning the collections and the administration of the Library. Many such documents are only retained for the lifetime but some have been kept as deemed of archival value either as representative of the type or of strategic importance. These are:

• 'Council Regulations: Library Staff' - short documents detailing the Library staff and duties involved. Signed by Basil W. Robinson, President, and Simon Digby, Honorary Librarian. Typed, 1 piece, dated June 1970.
• 'Royal Asiatic Society - Memorandum from the Honorary Librarian to Users of MSS of the Society' - concerning handling of the manuscripts. Written by Simon Digby, Honorary Librarian, 1 piece, dated May 1972.
• 'Humidity - June 1978 - Sequel to notes of December 1977' - recommendations for care of the collections following a visit from Fred Marsh, India Office Conservation. Typed, 2 pieces.
• 'Notes on Microfilming of Manuscripts' - document prepared by the Librarian for submission to the Publications Committee, 8 February 1979. Typed, 1 piece.
• 'Some Thoughts on the Library of the Royal Asiatic Society by Mr. B.C. Bloomfield' - report outlining the current condition of the Collections and outlining accommodation and care needs for the collections. Typed, 1 piece, dated 6 October 1980.
• 'Royal Asiatic Society Library: Paper by the Library Policy Committee' - paper for the Council's endorsement concerning a programme of disposal and repair of the Collections to preserve a living library. Typed, 2 pieces, undated [1980s].
• 'Proposals for the Library of the Royal Asiatic Society' outlining the need for, and cost of, preparing a guide-book to the collections'. Copy of typed document, 2 pieces, undated.
• 'To the Treasurer: Library Budget 1987-1988' - outlining the costs for the Library for the year. Typed, 1 piece.
• Librarian compliment slips for Queen Anne Street and Queen's Gardens. Printed, 2 pieces.
• A note from Godfrey Goodwin, Librarian, about a change in the opening hours of the Library and an appeal for help with a stock-take of the books after the Society's move to 60 Queen's Gardens. Typed, 1 piece, dated [September] 1988.
• 'The Library' - regulations for use of the Library and opening hours. Typed, 1 piece, undated [1988].
• 'Budget 1994' - outline of the budget accepted by the Council for Library expenditure. Typed, 1 piece, dated 23 February 1994.
• 'Inventory of the Society's Manuscripts' - discussing the state of the Society's manuscripts and their cataloguing. Typed, 1 piece, undated [1994].
• 'Royal Asiatic Society Library' - paper to consider the storage of the Collections at Queen's Gardens. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 1995.
• 'Use of the RAS Library' - outlining library use by researchers written by Julian Reade, Honorary Librarian. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 28 November 1995.
• 'Time-Table for Necessary Work at 60 Queen's Gardens' - outlining the need to remove collections for work to be done on the building. Typed, 1 piece, dated 8 February 1996.
• 'The Structure of 60 Queen's Gardens' - assessing the book-shelf capacity and suggesting strategies to care for the collections. Typed, 3 pieces, dated 1996.
• 'Library Book Shelving and Strong Room Protection' - giving details of tenders for shelving and the provision of a strong room. Written by D.W. MacDowell, President, typed, 2 pieces, dated 14 March 1996.
• 'Royal Asiatic Society' - document listing library policy and considerations for the collections to be submitted to the Council. Written by Julian Reade, Honorary Librarian, typed, 3 pieces, dated 8 May 1996.
• 'The Royal Asiatic Society: The Library' - general statement about the Library and the Collections. Approved by the Library Committee, 18 September 1997. Typed, 2 pieces.
• 'Stockcheck of the Library' - outlining the undertaking of a stock check. Written by Michael Pollock, Royal Asiatic Society Librarian, typed, 2 pieces, dated 28 May 1998.
• 'Summary list of RAS papers which need to be listed' - a list of the known archives needing to be sorted. Written by Helen Cordell, Honorary Librarian, typed, 2 pieces, dated October 1998.
• 'Library' - document introducing the collections, their catalogues, opening times, reprographics etc. Typed, 7 pieces, undated [1998].
• '4th Floor security stamping books: Summary' - report on an audit carried out about the possibility of stamping books. Written by D. Shah, Library Assistant, Royal Asiatic Society, typed, 2 pieces, dated 29 January 1999.
• 'Stock Check - March 1999' - report on a stock check undertaken. Written by Michael Pollock, Royal Asiatic Society Librarian, typed, 6 pieces, dated 11 March 1999.
• 'Estimation of time taken to stamp 80000 books held in the Royal Asiatic Society Library - April 1999' - an analysis of the time required. Written by D. Shah, Library Assistant and Michael Pollock, Librarian, typed, 2 pieces.
• 'Royal Asiatic Society Visiting Research Fellow' - describing the Council decision to create a bursary for a research fellow to undertake research on the collections. Written by Giles Tillotson, Acting Director, Royal Asiatic Society, typed, 1 piece, undated [2000].
• 'Library Access for Non-Fellows: improved security checks and charging for services' - series of documents concerning increasing security for the collections. Typed, 4 pieces, dated 2003-2004.
• 'Cataloguing of RAS Printed Material Collection' - report concerning the need for an automated catalogue. Typed, 5 pieces, undated [2000s].
• 'The RAS Tod Collection' - proposal for working on identifying the James Tod material. Written by Rima Hooja, typed, 3 pieces, dated 2008.
• 'Projects in terms of priorities to be completed over the next five years 2010 -2015' - listing collections priorities and an estimate of the costs. Typed, 4 pieces, undated [2009].

This is a leather bound volume with pages numbered from 143 to 300 containing handwritten commentaries relating to India and Russia in 1830, described on the introductory pages as follows:

• Sir John McDonald's observations of Col. Evans work on The Invasion of India pp 143-216.
• Sir John Malcolm's notes on Col. Evans and Sir John McDonald's remarks, pp 217-230.
• Memoir of the NW Frontier taken from Public records by Capt/now Major/ Bonamy showing the Importance of the River Indus as connected with its defence, pp 231-300.
• Included in the volume is a newspaper cutting, dated April 1840, about a Russian expedition against China.

Reports, Minutes and Correspondence concerned with Storey's involvement with the University of Cambridge.

Sheet of blue card with the dedication: "To the Right Honorable C.W.W.Wynne, President, and to the Members of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain, This Representation of a Magnificent Indian Golden Medal or Coin (of 70 oz wt), Taken from a richly Gilt Copper Facsimile of the Original is most respectfully Inscribed by their obedient servant Wm Yule, Major E.I.C." The card measures 56cm by 44cm and is dated Edinburgh, 1st May, 1834. Besides the dedication the card bears details of the inscriptions on both observe and reverse sides of the coin, with equivalent English translation and Romanised Arabic. The coin was cast in the reign of Shah Jahan I, A.H. 1064 (1653).

Please note, the card has suffered water damage and is in a fragile condition.

Correspondence concerning permission to reprint the book and a copy of the Chinese characters to be used in the reprint.

Correspondence concerned with the reprinting of The Book of Lieh-tzu by Columbia University Press.

At various points in its history, the Royal Asiatic Society has entered into agreements for reprinting, reproduction and distribution of its Journal as well as sales of excess copies and offprints. This series contains the associated administrative documents including agreements and correspondence with publishers and distributors.