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Announcement of the death of F.F. Arbuthnot detailing funeral arrangements for the 29th May and giving a small obituary. The names given on the reverse are Miss Hughes and Professor Rhys Davids.

Letters from Bernard Quaritch, book seller, to purchase publications from the Oriental Translation Fund. The final letter, the only one from 1864, dated 17 December 1864, offers to purchase the remaining stock of the Fund.

Minutes from the meetings of the Oriental Fund Committee were recorded within bound volumes between 1828 and 1865. These detail the members that were present for each meeting, financial information, purchases made, books under consideration, and other activities relating to the Fund.

Correspondence relating to the activities of the Oriental Translation Fund.

Correspondence sent by Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot relating to his work with the Fund and about his death in 1901.

Copies of the correspondence undertaken in the running of the Oriental Translation Fund between 1836 and 1849. The Volume is indexed according to correspondent.

Electronic documents for publication lists are available. These are entitled:

• Oriental Translation Fund Publications (OTF PUBLICATION LIST)
• Series One (OTF.SER.ONE) ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY. PUBLICATIONS. ORIENTAL TRANSLATION FUND.
• 2ND series (OTF.SER.TWO)

Similar documents can be found at OTF/3/1/1 and OTF/3/1/2.

Letter from F.F. Arbuthnot to Miss Hughes, RAS Secretary, to send some things he found in his papers. He also asks for various items in connection with his work with the Oriental Translation Fund to be sent by book post to his home.

Letter from F.F. Arbuthnot to Miss Hughes, RAS Secretary, to thank her for her letter and to inform that his recovery is slow. He writes that when he is well he will continues with the OTF New Series. He asks to be informed whether the Council have agreed to take all his books.

Letter from Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot to T.W. Rhys Davids in which he writes that due to poor health he must give up the management of the Oriental Translation Fund. He hopes the Council of the Society will take it over as a going concern. If the Council agrees to this he will present to them all his own volumes. He then details the progress of several publications.