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Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to Dr Alexander Smith to respond to a request for Journal volumes for the Army Medical Library at Fort Pitt (near Chatham, Kent) of the Proceedings of the Society and of the Bengal Asiatic Society. The Society's volumes can be supplied at a discount of 25% and while some of the Bengal Asiatic Society are available in England, others may be preserved in Calcutta. (Found on page 59)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to Don Joachim José da Costa de Macedo, Secretary of Royal Academy of Sciences, Lisbon, regarding a text from the Portuguese historian, Diego de Conto, which is a translation of an inscription from the Elephanta Cave on an island near Bombay. It is suggested that the original inscription may be in the museum of Royal Asiatic Society, or in Lisbon or in some of the colleges of Coimbra. An impression or cast may be taken or alternatively a 'rubbing' of the inscription. (Found on page 139)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to David Hill, Examiners' Office, East India Company, to thank for various reports which have been provided to Royal Asiatic Society by the East India Company. (Found on page 64)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to Corresponding members returning to England in which they are asked to confirm whether they wish to continue as Members and to act 'in conformity with terms of the Rules'. Sent to three members: Cardinal Wiseman, an Oriental scholar who was in charge of Arabic manuscripts in Vatican, E.J. Dawkins and Major Rowlandson. (Found on page 177)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to Colonel Sykes to inform him that he was unanimously elected to the Council on the retirement of Professor Duncan Forbes. (Found on page 97)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to Colonel Stirling, Exeter, in response to his request for patronage of his book 'The Rivers of Paradise and the Children of Shem'. This is turned down on financial grounds. (Found on page 211)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to Colin Lindsay to inform that Mr Lindsay's request for 30 copies of a paper by Dr Royle's paper on tea has been granted. (Found on page 96)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to Captain Renezyski to thank for his letter and to ask for any information about the topic he had mentioned to be sent to the Royal Asiatic Society. Meetings of the Society will restart in November after summer break. (Found on page 108)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to Captain Fletcher Hayes, Attaché to Resident, Lucknow, to give information regarding the Oriental Translation Fund and to inform that by January 1853 he will owe subscriptions for three years. (Found on page 171)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to C. Hogsflash in regard to some articles from the South Pacific and Japan given by Bourne Russell of West Maitland (Australia) which he has presented to the Society. He is informed that the funds of the Society do not enable them to make any purchases. (Found on page 150)