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This material covers other events organised, given or attended by Society members. These are:

20 and 25 January 2007 - Visit to Huqingyutang Apothecary

• Publicity for the visits to learn about the Medicine Men of Hangzhou.
• Itinerary for the visits.

23 January 2007 - Rotary Club Lecture

• Copy of the lecture given by Judith Kolbas, Vice-President, to the Rotary Club concerning the move of the Royal Asiatic Society China to Shanghai.

29 May 2007 - Visit to the Tea Fields at Meijiawu near Hangzhou

• Announcement for the visit to the tea fields at Meijiawu.
• Details of the Visit.
• Itinerary for the Visit.

2017 - Visit to the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland

• Postcard from Officers of "Shanghai RAS Library" to Edward Weech, Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society, to thank for the tour of the Royal Asiatic Society Library. Handwritten, dated 8 August 2017. The image on the postcard is of "Lane 481, Taixing Road, a shikumen longlang".

This series covers all the other correspondence with the Papers of Brian Houghton Hodgson, It ranges in date from 1843 to 1880 and covers personal, political and research interests.

These letters range from a criticism of Manning';s mathematical work to a family friend writing to William Manning regarding his concern of Thomas Manning's plan to visit China. Of particular note is a draft letter from Manning to Joseph Banks outlining the route of his Chinese studies and plans to travel to China.

This Series contains further correspondence between Duncanson and others.

Correspondence from Max Müller and J. Bühler concerning the Oriental Translation Fund.

Minutes and Agendas from Committees of the Society:

• List of Committees, undated.

Finance Committee

• Royal Asiatic Society of Hangzhou - Shanghai, Finance Committee Agenda, undated [2006]'
• Royal Asiatic Society Shanghai, Report on Finances, 19 April 2007.
• Royal Asiatic Society Shanghai, Report on Finances, 31 May 2007.

Library Committee

• Royal Asiatic Society Shanghai, North China Branch RAS Library Report, 2 June 2007.

Membership Committee

• Royal Asiatic Society of Hangzhou - Shanghai, Membership Committee, Agenda, undated [2006].

Scholarship Committee

• Royal Asiatic Society of Hangzhou - Shanghai, Scholarship Committee, Agenda, undated [2006].

Offprint from the Alpine Journal Vol. LXV, No. 300, May 1960, pp.62-79 of the article "Oscar Eckenstein, 1859-1921" by David Dean. With supplementary articles on "Eckenstein: The Man" and "Eckenstein: The Climber" by T.S. Blakeney and D.F.O. Dangar. Printed material with green soft cover.

"Original paper in the handwriting of Nana Furnevees (Fadnavis) and Rughoba Dada (Raghunath Rao)" In the label created by Simon Digby he suggests this may be either the instrument of treaty between the two parties dated 25 September 1767, or that of 6 August 1768. Paper in Marathi with title in English in a different hand.

A small field notebook containing Edward William West's original copes of inscriptions from the Kanheri Caves, as well as two inscriptions from caves at Kenesy dated October 27th 1848 and an inscription from an enclosure wall 'at Mahakal' (most likely the Mahakali or Kondivite Caves) dated October 28th 1848.

Pasted on the back cover is small scrap piece of paper with an inscription copied by Henry West.

This is number 6 on the folder list.

Two manuscript pages from the puya Takhel Ngamba (Conqueror of Trippera) about the early 18th century King, Garib Niwaz. The pages can probably also be dated to the 18th century.

With these page are a photocopy of a letter in Manipuri script sent by Maharaj Chandrakirti Singh to the Viceroy of India in May 1868.

There is also a copy of an email from John Parratt explaining these documents, dated 27 June 2022.