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"Minutes of the Meeting of the Council of the Royal Asiatic Society". Signed minutes. Includes also:

• Committee Meeting Minutes
• Medal Fund Account, 1899
• Report of the Auditors for 1897
• Report of the Committee appointed to arrange a Banquet to be given at the Hotel Metropole in honour of the Chiefs and Representatives from India attending the Coronation, 1902
• Letter concerning the award of the Gold Medal, 1903
• Report from Finance Committee concerning the Medals and others funds, 1903
• Report from Finance Committee concerning the Medals and others funds, 1903
• Printed Report from Committee on Publishing Arrangements, 1904.

Brief index at back of volume. Hardcover bound lined notebook with green/yellow cover. Handwritten with handwritten, typed and printed inserts.

The Royal Asiatic Society is governed by a Council who attend regular meetings to discuss the Governance of the Society. These Papers are the signed minutes for these meetings.

Proceedings of the Council of the Royal Asiatic Society - signed minutes; index at back of volume of some significant items and names. Hardcover bound lined notebook with red/brown leather cover. New binding. Handwritten.

At the beginning of the Book are signed minutes for the Publications Committee, 1840-1852. These are followed by Proceeding of the Council of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1871-1891, signed minutes. Also includes:

• Proceedings of the Council of the Royal Asiatic Society Special Meeting, 26 June 1885
• Proceedings of the Sub-Committee of the Royal Asiatic Society, 6 Sep 1895

• Memo with regard to the Salary of the Secretary Special Meeting of the Council 2 November 1895

  Hardcover bound lined notebook with red/brown leather cover. New binding. Handwritten.
  There are several inserts:

• Newspaper cutting concerning the "Endowment of Oriental Studies at Oxford" inserted into Minutes for 18 June 1877
• Handwritten note inserted into Minutes for 17 December 1877 "From the Publishers: Vedische Mythologie, A. Hillebrand"
• Handwritten letter inserted into Minutes for 21 June 1886 with report from Committee appointed to consider the letter concerning the study of Eastern languages in England, Signed Robert Madagan. Also Letter inserted into Minutes for 21 June 1886 regarding the Seventh International Oriental Congress, signed J. Buhler
• Minutes for adjourned Special Meeting of Council of RAS, 3 January 1887
• Letter inserted into Minutes for 18 July 1887 concerning proposal for thanks to be given to F J [Goldsmid] for his role as Secretary to the Society

Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council; signed minutes. Also includes:

• Proceedings of Library Committee, Finance Committee, Publications Committee, and Ways and Means Committee
• Letter from Carnegie UK Trust, solicitor's letter re BC Law Trust
• Memorandum from the Honorary Treasurer regarding a meeting with the Duke of Westminster's solicitor concerning the possibility of a rent reduction
• Letter from RAS secretary to the Times re 'Asian Art'

Brief incomplete index at back of volume. Large red leather bound book, typed pages glued into it. Cover in good condition.

Minutes of Proceedings of the Council, signed Minutes. Also includes:

• Minutes of Committees including Finance and Publication, Public Schools' Gold Medal, Library, Centenary and Entente
• Report of Honorary Auditors
• Forlong Fund
• Procés Verbal de la Réunion de Bruxelles, 8 et 9 Octobre 1924
• Report on Bill for Centenary Supplement
• Committee on Increase of Membership
• Report of the Committee appointed to consider the question of the Coins in the Possession of the Society, 1927

Hardcover large plain book with red leather cover with mainly typed, a few handwritten pages glued into the book. Good condition cover.

Minutes for meetings concerned with the founding of the Royal Asiatic Society. There are minutes for the Meetings of the Original Members and for the Management Committee. All are handwritten and signed by H.T. Colebrooke. On the first page has been added a printed list of the "Original Members of the Asiatic Society of London". Hardcover bound lined notebook with marbled cover and brown leather binding.

Minutes of proceedings of Council; signed minutes. Includes also Special Meetings of the Council:

• In July and September 1946 concerning the sale of the lease of 74 Grosvenor Street for £25,000 and purchase of lease of 56 Queen Anne Street for £8,000.
• In June and October 1969 to discuss and agree new Rules of the Society.
• In June 1976 to discuss the potential sale of the Qajar painting to a buyer in Tehran
• In March 1978 to reconstitute the Development Committer to discuss ways to improve the financial position of the Society
• In January 1979 to consider problems relating to the disposal of the assets of the Society, particularly the Javanese Relief to the Victoria and Albert museum and some manuscripts in the Edinburgh University Library

Hardcover blue and red volume with typed minutes glued into its pages. Binding needs some repair.

Minutes of Council Meetings; signed Minutes. Please note that these Minutes occupy the second half of a book containing also the Minutes for General Meetings from 11 January 2007-12 May 2011.

Blue and red, hardcover bound volume. Typed minutes pasted into pages of the book.

Minutes of the Meeting of the Council; signed minutes. Also includes Minutes for a Special Council Meeting on 13 March 1997 concerning the resignation of the treasurer.

Large hardcover bound volume, red and blue cover, typed sheets pasted into its pages.