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Folded and printed colour map of Formosa (Taiwan) on a scale of 1:50000, with inset maps showing details of several ports across the island, including Keelung port, Tamsui port, those on Hengchun Peninsula, etc. Names of the places on the map are written in a mix of Japanese kanji and katakana characters. The map is 100cm high and 77 cm wide. Marked 'With best compliments, T Murby' on the front when folded.

13 sheets of ink rubbings of inscriptions of steles in Chinese dating to the Han dynasty, many of which are illegible. Among the identified ones are steles now held at the Temple of Confucius, Qufu, China, including:

• two sheets of rubbing of the memorial stele for Kong Jun (漢孔君碑), erected in AD 155
• one sheet of rubbing of the Shi Chen Stele (史晨碑), erected in AD 169
• one sheet of rubbing of the Ritual Vessels Stele (禮器碑), erected in AD 156

Leather-bound manuscript entitled ‘Extracts of a Journal of a Voyage to the East Indies and return to England, Annis Domini 1817 and, 1818 in a merchant ship of the H. E. I. C. [Honourable East India Company]’. The manuscript documents the encounters of the writer, Robert Millar, an assistant surgeon aboard the East India Company ship Princess Charlotte of Wales, in his journey through Madras, Calcutta and St Helena. In the preliminaries the writer writes that he has copied out this manuscript form his notebook for the perusal of his sister, Anne. The manuscript includes a printed map of Bengal, 'projected by C. A. 1810', an illustration of an adjutant described by the locals and an annotated diagram of the canoe vessel used by the natives.

With Sir Cyril Walter Gurner's bookplate on the inside pastedown. A typescript note on the flyleaf, dated January 1957 and signed by Gurner, shows that the manuscript was purchased by the late L. S. S. O'Malley Esq., Indian Civil Service, in Norwich, and came into Gurner's possession when O'Malley left for Calcutta.

The Royal Asiatic Society has operated as a membership organisation since its founding. This collection contains records relating to the Society's membership, including administrative and financial documents such as membership lists and subscriptions ledgers, papers relating to membership application and election, as well as other textual and visual material which came into the Society's holdings as a result of its interaction with members.

The relationship between the Society and its members is further documented in this collection through letters, notices and other communications such as newsletters.

The Society had a tradition of including a list of members in its Journal to encourage communications between members. These give the names of those serving on the Council and committees, and the names of the Society's officers, and list all members' names, addresses, the year in which they were elected and their type of membership in a given year. Members who have resigned, passed away in the past year or fail to pay their subscriptions for a given period are removed from the list.

Starting from 1930s the list was published separately from the Journal in a pamphlet form. This series primarily contains these printed pamphlets and other lists of members prepared by the Society's officers for administrative purposes over the years.

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, List of Members, July 1934, printed pamphlet listing all members' names, addresses, date of joining and type of membership. Title page annotated 'Caretakers Copy'.

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, List of Members, 1947, printed pamphlet listing all members' names, addresses, date of joining and type of membership.

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, List of Members, 1949, printed pamphlet listing all members' names, addresses, date of joining and type of membership.

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, List of Members, 1951, printed pamphlet listing members' names, addresses, date of joining and type of membership.

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, List of Members, 1953, printed pamphlet listing members' names, addresses, date of joining and type of membership.