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Draft letter from Brian Houghton Hodgson to The Right Honorable Sir C. Wood, G.L.B., MP, Secretary of State for India, in which he writes with his concerns regarding a large collection of Manuscripts from Kathmandu concerning civil and natural history and Buddhism, which have been inspected by Mr Hall, India Office Librarian. He collected these to inform more about Tibet and wishes to tender to Sir C.Wood that they be deposited in the India Office Library. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 2 August 1864.

Draft letter from Brian Houghton Hodgson to W.W. Hunter in which he writes that he assumes from Hunter's letter that he is in India and hopes that it is in the hills. He writes about the deputation and about the different parties involved in the discussion regarding Nepal and surrounding regions. Hodgson mentions Campbell and Gridlestone, Mr Wright and the Governor-General. In a postscript Hodgson reveals that he has just found out that Nepal is again at war with Tibet and wonders how the Chinese authorities will react. Handwritten, 3 pieces, 9 sides, dated 14 June 1873.

Draft letter from Brian Houghton Hodgson to W.W. Hunter in which he writes again that he assumes Hunter is in India. He also writes in some detail of the deputation and of the Nepal/ Tibet war. This seems to be a later version of BHH/5/37/1. Handwritten, 3 pieces, 10 sides, dated 20 June 1873. With accompanying envelope.

Draft letter from C.A. Storey to W.L. Raynes in which he enquires regarding the "odd parcels" still at Dow & Lester. He also asks Raynes to check Fleming's bill to ascertain the number of facsimiles that he supplied. He also writes concerning the possible purchase of the books in Ellis' library and the inadvisability of paying a large sum if many of them can already be found in other libraries (see GMT/1/3/7-GMT/1/3/9).

Draft letter from C.A. Storey to W.L. Raynes in which he writes of his gladness that Heffer will undertake the binding. He writes concerning the practicalities of transferring the materials to Heffer.

Draft letter from C.A. Storey to W.L. Raynes to inform Raynes that he had too been to the store and was unable to find the missing signature. He cannot say it is definitely not there due to the volume of material. That makes 3 volumes that they are unable to complete. Storey suggests they ask Dow & Lester fs they have any further odd parcels. He also inform Raynes that he has received the duplicate minute book from Ellis' administrators. He then refers to a resolution passed by the Trustees concerning stock at Dow & Lester. He also supplies some quotations from Luzac's letter concerning their representative's trip to Cambridge.

Draft letter from C.A. Storey to W.L. Raynes to give a list of the volumes that appear to be missing in their stocks.

Draft letter from C.A. Storey to W.L. Raynes to inform Raynes of his visit to Heffer. He provides a detailed list of the volumes that he found. With the letter is a card with notes of volumes.

Draft letter from C.A. Storey to W.L. Raynes in which he writes that for the volumes already asked for by Luzac, he thinks the Trust is committed to Cox & Allen for the binding but when Luzac require further volumes then perhaps the Ministry of Supply should be approached in order for Heffer to be able to undertake the binding.

Draft letter from C.A. Storey to W.L. Raynes to state his agreement with the movement of the money and to return the signed cheque. He suggests that Luzac will not be able to undertake much regarding sorting their publication stock and explains about their current disorder.