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This archive consists of lists and correspondence concerned with the disposal of items in the Collections of the Society. The Society has not kept comprehensive records throughout its history. Further information pertaining to Disposals of the Society may be found in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society and in the Minute books for the Council and General Meetings. Disposals may 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.

Loans and Disposals 1931-1935. Correspondence and a typed list of items that have been loaned or disposed with from the Society's Collections in the period 1931-1934. This is a more modern list - it is unknown when it was created, 2 pages. The correspondence is:

• Three letters concerning the transfer of a packet of Papers of Robert Needham Cust to the School of Oriental and African Studies. Three typed letters, dated 27 July - 29 July 1932.
• Letter from the National Central Library to Royal Asiatic Society thanking for the two books given to the Society. Typed with printed letterhead, dated 27 October 1932.
• Three letters concerning the transfer from the Royal Asiatic Society to the Library, India Office, of a manuscript letter and report from J.J. Walker to Sir George T. Staunton, dated Fuhchow 1847. dated 14 November 1935- 23 June 1937.

Letters of Acknowledgement of receipt of five volumes of Myanma Sway-Son Kyan and 50 volumes of the Bulletin of the National Library of Peiping given to the Library at the School of Oriental and African Studies. Two items.

Correspondence regarding the unveiling of a plaque to commemorate Alexander Csoma de Koros and a conference to mark his bicentenary. Twelve letters and the conference programme with invitations to the opening and the symposium/exhibition.

Correspondence, notes and lists covering disposals in this time period.

Correspondence, lists and a catalogue concerning the disposals of material in this period.