Correspondence, Reports, Lists and Minutes concerning the transfer of museum objects to the Victoria & Albert Museum and British Museum. These are:
- Letter from Alex H Wilson, Solicitor to Miss Sykes, Secretary to Royal Asiatic Society to state that there should be no objection to the Society's objects being transferred from the Victoria and Albert Museum to the British Museum with the consent of both bodies and the acknowledgement from the British Museum that they are held in account for the Royal Asiatic Society. Dated 5 April 1924. With this letter are two letters concerned with the transfer of the Museum objects to the India Office, one dated 1869.
- Letter from Victoria and Albert Museum to Miss Ella Sykes, Royal Asiatic Society to discuss the items that were in their Collections belonging to the Society, that had been transferred with the India Office collections and to send a list of these items (not with the letter). He writes how best to accommodate the objects either at the V&A or at the British Museum or returned to the Society. He also confirms that the Maori green-stone club will go to the Otago Museum. Dated 11 April 1924.
- Correspondence between Mr L. Hopkins, L.D. Barnett, British Museum, and Ella Sykes, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning transfer of items to the British Museum. Three handwritten letters, dated 14-23 April 1924.
- List of the items held at the Victoria and Albert Museum with key to their disposal. Typed with handwritten annotations.
- Report from an interview at the Victoria and Albert Museum concerning the sale of the Jahangir Cup to the Museum. Typed with handwritten notes. Date of interview, 27 May 1924.
- Letter from R. Sharp, Department of Printed Books, British Museum to L.D. Barnett to agree the transfer of some material, Handwritten with printed letterhead, dated 20 November 1925.
- Three reports from the Committee on the Society's Collections of Antiquities and on the Objects belonging to the Society now in the Victoria and Albert Museum which outline the decisions made regarding the collections. One also has handwritten notes and is dated by hand 30 November 1925. One is undated, the third is dated 3 December 1925 (this is a copy).
- Correspondence with L.D. Barnett concerning the sale of items at Steven's Auction Rooms. Two letters, one typed, one handwritten, dated 28 December 1925 and 29 January 1926.
- Sales catalogue for Stevens Auction Rooms Ltd. for auction of items belonging to the Society not wanted by the V&A or British Museums. Printed material, auction date 12 January 1926.
