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Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to Marquis Baldelli, Superintendent of the Household of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Letter in Italian in which mention is made of Professor Rosellini who was an Italian Egyptologist who led an expedition to Egypt partly financed by Grand Duke of Tuscany. (Found on page 141)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Treasurer, to Major Thomas Jervis to inform him that his request to borrow four recently published volumes has been turned down by the Secretary after consultation with the Council. (Found on page 57)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to Major Rawlinson, Baghdad, to send copies of Journal of Royal Asiatic Society via Mr Stirling c/o Foreign Office, which because of the importance of his work are provided free. However, if he wishes to join Society 'on other grounds' the cost would be 5 guineas as a non-resident member. (Found on page 62)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to Major Jervis to remind that, not for first time, he is overdue with his subscriptions for 1846 and 1847, to the extent of 6 guineas and is therefore warned that he is in danger of being struck from the Society's list in line with the 48th Article of Society's Regulations. (Found on page 77)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to Major Jervis to inform him that the Society is unable to purchase his maps but that they were advertised at the meeting of the Society. (Found on page 195)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to Major H.C. Rawlinson concerning the extension of leave granted by the Court of the East India Company to Major Rawlinson so that he may complete his work on the translation of Cuneiform inscriptions. (Found on page 141)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to Major General Sir Archibald Galloway, Chairman of the East India Company, to inform him 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 this position. (Found on page 100)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to Maharaja Apurna Krishna Babadur, 'assistant' to His Majesty the King of Delhi, Sobha Bazaar, Calcutta, to thank for a book presented to the Society. (Found on page 66)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to M. Isidore Wedde, St Etienne, to thank for his letter and a book and an engraving on silk pertaining to the arts and manufactures of China. (Found on page 92)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to M Gardissal, 17 Boulevard St Martin, Paris, concerning the introduction of Gutta Percha to England and India. Clarke is replying to a letter from Paris addressed to Lord Auckland, President. He records that the first mention of Gutta Percha was when a whip made of this material was presented to Society by Don Jose d' Almeida (a Portuguese merchant who had settled in Singapore) in April 1843. His inquiries have been assisted by a notice he has received from John Royle, MD, Professor of Materia Medica at Kings College, London, and in the service of the East India Company that no attention had been called to this substance before a Dr Mongomery (resident in Singapore) imported considerable quantities to Calcutta, East India House, as well as to Society of Arts in London (in 1842/3), but he has reason to believe that smaller amounts may have been imported by individuals previously. The Calcutta samples were analysed by a Dr Monck and results reported in print in the Gardeners' Chronicle in December 1843. Since that time large quantities have been imported into this country where it is used for a variety of purposes. The letter ends advertising the Society's journal, published by Parker of the Strand, London. (Found on page 71)