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'Talk on Tibet 25 mins Jan 1962', notes on Tibet for giving the talk. These may belong to more than one talk as they do not create a cohesive draft.

Handwritten list of a selection of photographs or slides with some explanatory detail, dated 2 October 1959.

Letter from Hugh Richardson to Fleming Mackenzie from Gangtok, Sikkim, dated 23 October 1949. He writes that the Tibetan Sentences and Words books are both unprocurable and suggests Mackenzie may be able to get a copy from the Tibet Mirror Press which also has further books to distribute. Richardson may have some books at home but doesn't expect to be on leave for another year. He writes about the political state of Sikkim and his fears for Chinese takeover of Tibet.

Handwritten biographical and anecdotal notes on Hugh Richardson. These cannot have been written by Mackenzie as they record Richardson's death in 'approx. 1999'.

Map of the route from Calcutta to Lhasa drawn in coloured pencil.

Drawn map of route from Siliguri to Lhasa on a scale of 1 inch to 25 miles. Pencil and ink. On the reverse are recorded the Distances between Gyantse and Lhasa, Gyantse and Jalap-La, and Jalap-La and Gangtok.

The Potala: 'Home of the Dalai Lama in Lhasa, 1939' by Fleming Mackenzie. Print of a pen and ink drawing.

Five handwritten leather bound volumes - four contain Reports on the Finances of Bengal and the fifth contains English notes/translation of the Shahnamah of Firdausi. Each bears the names A. Hamilton and G. Haughton; the four Finance books also bear the inscription "Presented to the Royal Asiatic Society by Sir Graves Haughton, 1 April 1837."

Letter from W.L. Raynes, Clerk to the Trust, to C.A. Storey, India Office Library, to inform of a forthcoming Trustees' Meeting on 8 June 1929. Business included report on the financial position of the Trust and update on publications including a letter from Professor Margoliouth regarding the Index to Yaqut. Storey has added handwritten annotations concerning publications.

Letter from W.L. Raynes, Clerk to the Trust, to C. A. Storey, India Office Library, to inform of a forthcoming Trustees' Meeting on 31 May 1930. Business includes the financial position of the Trust, the resignation of Mrs Ogilvy Gregory as a Trustee and the consideration of publications. Storey has added handwritten annotations regarding publications.