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These papers consist predominantly of correspondence with Henry Thomas Silcock concerning the administration of the China Society in 1931.

The collection features a range of material highlighting the activities of the Oriental Translation Fund both from its origins in 1828 and after being revived in 1888 by Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot.

Receipt from Billing & Sons Limited, London Printing Works, for the China Society to receive "502 Chinese Architecture".

Stock book detailing publication stock from 1920 to 1935. Within the book are three items of correspondence: * Stock List from Billing & Sons Ltd., dated 12 April 1929.

• Letter from Billing & Sons Ltd. to the Royal Asiatic Society to answer the Society's enquiry regarding insurance and to give details of stock available, dated 5 November 1929.
• Postcard from Otto Harrassowitz to the Royal Asiatic Society to request the purchase of a volume, dated 10th May 1930.