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Letter from His Majesty's Commission of Works to Lord Chalmers, President of Royal Asiatic Society, agreeing to host a luncheon by the Government Hospitality Fund for 100 people on 17 July 1923 to celebrate the Centenary of the Royal Asiatic Society. A further handwritten note informs that Mr Beare called at the Royal Asiatic Society on 27 April and met Lord Chalmers. The Government offered a lunch for 100 guests at the Ritz or Claridge's. The letter is loose within the book.

Letter from HJ Currey to Barbara Ingham giving information about her camera, which is being fixed currently at the Nikon workshop. A film is to be held for John's visit later in the month. He thanks her for her cheque of £50a and provides information about the price of a new lens cap.

Letter from H.J. Manwaring to Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, with which he encloses some rough suggestions for the Certificate. Handwritten, with printed letterhead, dated 10 January 1934.

Letter from Hongshi Yuan to Angus Graham concerning his application to Pacfic Union College.

Letter from Horace Hayman Wilson to My Dear Sir (unknown) enquiring about being able to purchase a copy of the Medal of Mehemet Ali for the East India House Museum. (The medal was produced by the Numismatic Society in honour of Mehemet Ali in 1841/2). The letter also refers to the Royal Asiatic Society not holding any meetings for some months and therefore Wilson will be unable to sign [Baghorn's certificate] for some time. Handwritten, dated 27 August [1842].

Letter from Horace Hayman Wilson to Bernard Quaritch to thank Quaritch for the copies of the Persian Grammar which he had presented to the India Office Library and to the Professor. Wilson states that the grammar seems likely to be very useful. Handwritten, 1 side, dated 31 August 1857.

Letter from Hugh Beaver to W.E.D. Allen in which he thanks Allen for his copy of the notes from Bedi Karthlisa and states that if Allen would live in England rather than Ireland he could take on Chairmanship of the Institute. Dated: 4 February 1959.

Letter from Hugh Porteus to Angus Graham to reply to Graham's letter. He writes of his review of Graham's Penguin book, Poems of the Late T'ang. He also writes about T.S. Eliot's reaction to the article and that he had hoped to provoke a reaction from William Empson. He comments on other translations of the poems, in particular Robert Payne's anthology of The White Pony. Porteus sends some of his own translations.

Letter from Hugh Porteus to Angus Graham to send the 'enclosed rigmarole' (not present). He writes of the melancholic news of Artur Waley and of some scripts that he sends from various weeklies. Porteus also writes of his own translations from various languages and the methods he uses.

Letter from Hugh Richardson to Fleming Mackenzie from Lhasa, 19 June 1950. He writes that Lhasa is in a continuous state of anxiety though the communists are staging a peace offensive. He is hoping to leave in September but is unsure who his successor will be. He writes of heavy rain and snow up to Phan. He sends a few stamps.