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Two copies of the Director's Note on the Financial Aspect of the Society's Removal from 74 Grosvenor Street to 56 Queen Anne Street, laying out the costs involved. One copy has been annotated by hand.

Correspondence and notes concerning negotiations to lease 74 Grosvenor Street

Correspondence and notes regarding the terms under which the Royal Asiatic Society would be able to sub-let part of 74 Grosvenor Street. The correspondence is mostly between the Royal Asiatic Society and their Solicitors, T.L. Wilson and Co.

Correspondence and notes regarding the possibility of leasing 74 Grosvenor Street. The correspondence is mainly between the Royal Asiatic Society, their solicitors T.L. Wilson & Co, concerning the negotiations with Westminster Estate's solicitors, Messrs Boodle & Co.

Two copies of photograph of the frontage of 74 Grosvenor Street, one of which is mounted on board. Of unknown date.

It appears that in 1939 the Royal Asiatic Society were looking at different options for their premises. There are two items of correspondence:

• Letter from Col. D.M.F. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to Sir Edward Maclagan to inform that the freeholder's Solicitors have approved of the Society leasing Farm House. He encloses a financial statement and will seek Mr Perowne's advice (RAS Treasurer). Dated 14 July 1939.
• Letter from Edward Maclagan to Col. Hoysted to discuss the figures and to suggest that it doesn't go before the Committee before he has heard from Mr Perowne. Dated 15 July 1939.

The Royal Asiatic Society leased 74 Grosvenor Street from 1920 to 1947. These papers include those for the negotiation of taking up the lease, for possibility lease of different premises, for wartime damage insurance contributions, for the expediency of leaving the premises. There is also a photograph of 74 Grosvenor Street of unknown date.

Correspondence and notes regarding signing the lease and moving into the premises. The correspondence is mainly between the Royal Asiatic Society and their Solicitors, T.L. Wilson and Co.

Correspondence concerning the payment of War Damage Insurance Contributions by the Royal Asiatic Society for 74 Grosvenor Street. The correspondence is mainly between the Royal Asiatic Society, their Solicitors T.L. Wilson & Co., the freeholder's solicitor, Boodle, Hatfield & Co., Lloyd's Bank, and H.M. Inspector of Taxes. There are also two items of printed material explaining the War damage Insurance Scheme.