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• Typed list of material loaned or disposed of between 1943 and 1993 as extracted from the Council Minutes. Seven pages.
• 'List of Books to be Sold'. Typed list, 3 pages, dated 31 October 1983.
• 11 letters concerned with the weeding of Library material for disposal. Dated 23 March 1967 - 30 December 1969.
• Correspondence with John Randall concerning the disposal of duplicate books from the Quaritch Wales donation. Typed and handwritten, 4 pieces, dated 9 July 1999 - 6 March 2000.

Correspondence regarding the donation of RAS Chinese Library to Leeds University, 1963, and lists concerning the material given. (Please note further material was given in 2005). These are:

• Correspondence with Lady Teichman and the Royal Asiatic Society regarding the donation of her husband, Sir Eric Teichman's Chinese books to the Society. These then became part of the disposal - 2 letters.
• Letter to Professor Owen Lattimore from Royal Asiatic Society to congratulate him on his appointment as Director of the new Department of Chinese Studies at Leeds University. Typed, dated 13 November 1962.
• Correspondence with Sir Roger Stevens regarding his appointment as Vice-Chancellor of Leeds University and his approval as a member of the Royal Asiatic Society - 4 letters and one newspaper cutting.
• Correspondence regarding the transfer of the Chinese books to the Brotherton Library at Leeds University and a grant of £500 made to the Royal Asiatic Society in appreciation of its gift - 6 letters.
• Two copies of a Shelf List of Chines Holdings from the Royal Asiatic Society - one is a photocopy of a handwritten list, the other a computer typed list.

Correspondence concerning the sale of William Boutcher archaeological drawings of Assyrian sculptures made for the Assyrian Excavation Fund from 1853-1854. These were sold to the British Museum for £250 to be put with the drawings made by Boutcher post 1854. Fifteen letters and two statements, typed and handwritten.

Correspondence, insurance quotes, and indemnity certificates concerning the permanent loan of material to the British Museum. This material consists of:

• The commemorative inscription of the Ananta-Vasudeva temple at Bhuvanesvar, dated 1278 A.D.
• Three Ujjain copper-plate grants of the rulers of Malwa
• The Taxila Plate of Patika.
• Other stone inscriptions

These items were already at the British Museum before the first letter dated 6 June 1967 and have remained there. The correspondence includes some to confirm that the material is still with the British Museum. Much of the correspondence are photocopies of original letters. 67 items.

Correspondence between H.G. Quaritch Wales and Professor C.F. Beckingham concerning the rescinding of Quaritch Wales' gift of two volumes of letters between his grandfather, Bernard Quaritch, and Sir Richard and Lady Isabel Burton. Two letters, dated 12 December 1978 and 1 January 1979. Plus a further letter from Helen Cordell, Honorary Librarian Royal Asiatic Society, to Mr J R Jones of Bernard Quaritich Ltd regarding the whereabouts of these letters, dated 21 May 2003.

Correspondence concerning the sale of an East Javanese, late Madjuaphit period volcanic stone ogee which was purchased by the Victoria and Albert Museum for £37,500. Five items including a letter from Professor Dr. J.E. van Lohuizen-de Leeuw with an evaluation of the stone; two copies of an estimate from Spink & Son. Ltd.; a letter from Robert Skelton, Keeper, Indian department, Victoria and Albert Museum concerning purchase of the sculpture; and a receipt for the purchase.

Correspondence, newspaper cuttings and auction catalogues concerned with the sale of The Jami'al-Tawarikh Manuscript and Mughal illustrations from the Razmnama manuscript of 1598. Due to the financial needs of the Society in this period it was decided to sell these items. The correspondence follows the debate around whether to undertake the sale, the negotiations with Sotheby's the auctioneers, the outcome of the sale and following difficulties as to whether the purchaser was going to pay for the manuscript. Only two of the Mughal illustrations reached their reserve price at the sale. The press cuttings also follow the debate and that the manuscript was leaving the country. There is a Sotheby's Preview Calendar of Sales catalogue for June-July 1980 which features the The Jami'al-Tawarikh Manuscript (also called Rashid al-Din's World History" and a further individual catalogue for the manuscript. There are 83 items within the correspondence, 19 press cuttings and 2 catalogues.

Correspondence, newspaper cuttings and catalogues concerned with the sale of the Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings of Malacca. These had been donated to the Society by Lieut-Col. William Farquhar in 1827. They had been on permanent loan at the Natural History Museum but were in need of conservation. This the Society could not afford and the Natural History Museum were unable to help. The Society was also in need of funds and therefore a decision was made to sell the drawings. It was eventually sold to a private buyer who donated the drawings to the National Heritage Board of Singapore for display at the Singapore Art Museum. The correspondence covers the decision to sell, the controversy the decision caused, negotiations with the auctioneer, Sotheby's, correspondence with the descendants of Farquhar, with the solicitors, Woodroffes, and with other organisations. The press cuttings also highlight the controversial nature of the possible sale and the nature of the collection. The catalogues are produced by Sotheby's and the Preview catalogue for October 1993, the sales catalogue for "Topographical Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings" for 20 October 1993, and the specific sales catalogue for the Farquhar Collection. There are 177 items of correspondence including a copy of the original letter concerning the permanent loan of the material to the Natural History Museum (1935), 4 press cuttings two of which are photocopies, and 3 catalogues.

On Lionel C. Hopkins death, the Society acquired his library. Not all this material was suitable for keeping with the collections and thus some books went for sale. These are handwritten and typed lists of the publications, 19 pieces.

Letter from the Director, Royal Asiatic Society, to L.D. Barnett to inform that since the requisite period was about to elapse since the death of Charles Ambrose Storey, the Society would soon be able to dispose of the surplus books. These were first to be offered to the British Institute of Persian Studies. The letter concerns organising a meeting for this to take place.