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Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Rev Robert Caldwell to inform him that his Diploma as an Honorary member has been sent. (Found on page 231)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Rev. Solomon Caesar Malan to inform that the Rev. Youille of Glasgow has offered the Society 45 books valued at £50 in Mongol, Manchu and Tibetan. The Society has no funds for such a purpose and it is has been suggested that Malan might be interested. If this is so, a list will be copied for him. (Found on page 266)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Ross Donnelly Mangles, Chairman, East India Company, to inform that as Chairman of the East India Company, he is ex-officio a Vice-Patron of the Society and it is hoped that he will accept the office. (Found on page 245)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Secretary, Agricultural and Horticultural Society of Calcutta, in response to the request that the Agricultural and Horticultural Society should not have to pay for some early Transactions of the Society. This is agreed and £4-10-0 is returned to the publishers, Messrs Smith & Elder, being £6 less a 25 Per cent commission. (Found on page 265)

Letter from Edwin Norris to Sir Emerson Tennent, President of Royal Asiatic Society, Ceylon, to thank for sending a copy of Mr Wylie's 'Chinese translation of Euclid' and for his paper on ancient 'Neu-Chih Inscriptions'. These contributions to philology are likely to be of interest to students of the languages of Eastern Asia. (Found on page 271)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke to inform that a John Muir has requested a reprint of the Essays of Thomas Henry Colebrooke, founder of the Royal Asiatic Society, to be published by Messrs. Williams and Norgate. Sir T.E. Colebrooke is asked if he has any objections. (Found on page 236)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to T.G. Baring, India Office, in which, through Baring, the Royal Asiatic Society wish to thank the Secretary of State for India for the interesting papers relating to archaeological discoveries in Madras. Please could it be clarified as to whether they are a gift or if the papers should be returned. (Found on page 282)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to the Director, Imprimerie Imperiale, Paris, to thank for a 'magnificent volume' of the Collection Orientale and to request if they publish other volumes, the Royal Asiatic Society would be 'gratified to possess them'. (Found on page 228)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to The Director, Library of the Society of Arts and Sciences, Batavia, concerning copies of the Society's publications which have gone astray even though they had been sent via the Netherlands Consulate.The Society will send duplicates. At the same time thanks are given for the copies of their publications which have been received by the Royal Asiatic Society. (Found on page 251)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to the Earl de Grey and Ripon to inform that a Meeting of the Society he was unanimously elected a member. Regulations, including details of fees due, are enclosed. (Found on page 280)