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Letter from Richard A. May to Andrew E. Palmer, Import Department Manager at Oxford University Press, New York. May encloses a copy of Oxford University Press, London's first information sheet on Duncanson's book. May also writes of his disappointment of Oxford University Press, New York, deciding to not print an American edition of Duncanson's book

Letter from Richard A Howard, Professor of Dendrology, The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, to Raymond Head to ask for Head's help with his work on Alexander Anderson, the second director of the botanical garden in St. Vincent.

A letter with two pages expressing sympathy to Patricia. He regrets that he will be unable to attend the funeral but will always remember Stuart 'as a most delightful, entertaining and sympathetic friend'.

Letter from R.H. Robins to Angus Graham concerning Chinese phonology of iaji.

Letter from R.H. Robins to Angus Graham continuing the discussion of phonology.

Letter from R.F. Price, La Trobe University, Australia, to Angus Graham, to express his regret that they were unable to meet when Graham was in Melbourne. He writes of a recent hospitalisation when Graham's book on Mojia effectively took his mind off his body. He expresses how well the book was organised.

Letter from Reynold Alleyne Nicholson, scholar of both Islamic literature and Islamic mysticism, to Charles Ambrose Storey concerning the publication of the History of Ghāzār Khān and publications of the Gibb Memorial Trust.

Letter from Reynold A Nicholson to Charles Ambrose Storey to thank him for the copy of Storey's 'Fakhir' and to congratulate him on completing the work. He hopes that Storey will soon receive a copy of Nicholson's edition of the Kitab al Lana.

'Copy of a letter by the Rev. C. Gutzlaff, dated Victoria, Hong Kong, 24 August 1846, on the subject of Buddhist literature'. Gutzlaff is replying to Colonel Sykes' enquiry about Buddhist literature and explains that the largest collection he has seen is on the 'Golden Island' and consists of 'beautifully bound volumes in yellow covers'. These were a present more than a century ago and the inscriptions he has seen are in Sanskrit. Gutzlaff then explains that collections in China are superseded by those in Siam (Thailand). He also informs that 'the land where Pali books are most valued is Cambodia'.

Letter from Renate Ogilvie, Unwin Hyman Limited, to Angus Graham to state that they still have copies of Chuang-tzŭ in print and would be happy to supply one to Graham's collegue who had had difficulty obtaining one.