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Letter from RAS to N.S. Adams to inform him that his is the prizewinning essay and that the Council wish to present the prize on 9 June. Handwritten, 1 side, dated 5 May 1949.

Letter from Raymond Head to Ralph Pinder Wilson to state that he had just finished correcting the proofs and compiling an index for the catalogue. He insists on the necessity for a catalogue and includes his expenses. With the letter is a catalogue list of 16 pages.

Letter from R.B. Mowat to Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to thank him for his letter and thank the Council for their ruling. He will carry out the directions asked. Typed letter with printed letterhead, dated 16 March 1936.

Letter from R.B. Mowat, University of Bristol, to Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask whether it is possible for one of their students to enter the competition though he has been matriculated for six years rather than the specified five years in the rules. He asks whether an exception could be made as one of the years had been spent with training in the Education Department, during which time independent research was not allowed. Typed letter with printed letterhead, dated 13 February 1936.

Letter from R.C.H. Briggs to Royal Asiatic Society to ask that the enclosed corrections be appended to his essay and explains the reason for sending them. (Corrections not with the letter). Handwritten, 2 sides, undated.

Letter from R.E. Enthoven, member of the Universities Prize Essay Committee, to E Maclagan, Chair of the Committee, to express his disappointment at the lack of entries and their standard, and to state, that after careful perusal, he considered No.3 as the best. Handwritten with printed letterhead, dated 21 October 1936. With his letter is a note from E. Maclagan to Col. Hoysted to state that he is sending him Enthoven's letter. Handwritten with printed letterhead, dated 5 November 1936.

Letter from Reinhold Rost to Brian Houghton Hodgson to express his annoyance at arriving back in Canterbury from Ramsgate to find that he had missed Hodgson's nephew, Baron de Nahugs and Dr Kern. Rost has been engaged in a new edition of a book on the religious sects of the Hindus. He had had the pleasure of meeting Dr Kern in London 4 weeks previously. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 1 September, 1861.

Letter from Reinhold Rost to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank Hodgson for his insights on the Himalayan class of the Juramian languages. Rost discusses different language groups. He states that he will write to Professor Schiefner soon and will be happy to convey any message from Hodgson. Handwritten, 3 sides, dated 26 March 1861.

Letter from Reinhold Rost to Brian Houghton Hodgson in which he discusses Himalayan languages to clarify and expand on some points Hodgson had made in his letter to Rost. Handwritten, 3 sides, dated 7 April 1861.

Letter from Reinhold Rost, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to H. Merivale, His Majesty's Under Secretary of State for India, to ask whether the collections constituting the Society's Oriental Museum may be placed in safe custody at the India Museum due to the imminent move of the Society from its premises in New Burlington Street to smaller premises in Albermarle Street. The request is for temporary accommodation with the hope that amalgamation of the two collections may be approved in the future. Typed letter, 2 pages, dated 16 February 1869.