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This archive consists of registers, lists and correspondence concerned with the acquisitions and accessions of the Collections of the Society. The Society has not kept comprehensive records throughout its history. Further information pertaining to the Acquisitions of the Society can be found in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society and in the Minute books for the Council and General Meetings. Accessions continue in the life of the Society. More recent ones are held in the Society's records management system and will be transferred to the archive in due course.

This series contains the Donations Register, 4 lists relating to acquisitions, and 11 pieces of correspondence.

Handwritten bound book detailing the Donations to the Society within that time period. The donations are listed chronologically and there is an index of donors at the rear of the book.

Letter from Sir Alexander Johnston to present to the RAS, "250 specimens of the different descriptions of wood, which are produced on the island of Ceylon". The letter gives details of the reason for their collection. Dated 21 June 1828, handwritten, 1 piece, 4 sides.

Letter from Sir Alexander Johnston presenting to the RAS, "48 Maps and Charts relative to different parts of the Island of Ceylon and its coast". Dated February 21, 1829, handwritten, 1 piece, 2 sides.

Letter from General Benjamin Forbes Gordon to Captain Henry Harkness, Royal Asiatic Society Secretary, concerning the donation, from his daughter, Maria Forbes, of two drawings by a Maltese artist, one of a Phoenician temple ruin on Island of Gozo; the second a copy of one of Newnham's Antiquities of Ireland. Dated Malta 11th April, 1834, 1 piece, 4 sides.

Letter to Mr Hosegood from Michael Pollock, Royal Asiatic Society Librarian, and letter from [Joe Gibb] to Mr T. Campbeill concerning the donation of "Early Printed Maps of India in Facsimile" by Susan Gole.

Correspondence concerned with the donation of the papers and photographs of E.W. Hutchinson concerned with his time and work in Thailand, given by Hutchinson's nephew, J.A. Howell.

• Letter from the Assistant Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society, to Professor E.H. Simmonds, President, concerning the donation of the material, dated 1 December 1972.
• Letter from the Assistant Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society, to A.J. Howell to thank for the donation and to inform that the President had looked at the material, dated 28 February 1973.
• Handwritten notes with some biographical details of Hutchinson.

Correspondence with Peter Khoroche concerning the donation of his two publications on the Jatakamala and the general policy re book donations. Two letters, dated 18 and 24 October 1990.

Accessions Registers: Lists of Acquisitions to the Society's Collections under the headings: General 1995-2010, Donations 2004-2010, Mrs B. Ingham, [2007]-2008, Sir Cyril Pickard bequest, 2005, Storey Collection, 1996-2000, Mr A. Christie, Reg Woodward Bequest, October 2009. Accessions Register Format Sheets with handwritten lists.