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Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to James Scott, Warwick St, Soho, concerning a letter sent demanding parochial rates for circa £25. Clarke mentions a decision by Lord Campbell in Queen v. Linnaean Society referring to an Act of Parliament whereby rates are not due. Clarke requests that the Royal Asiatic Society should be treated in a similar manner and therefore the Society declines to pay the rates demanded. (Found on page 199)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to James Wilson, MP, Treasury, concerning the publication of the translations of the Cuneiform inscriptions by Sir Henry Rawlinson and the fact that the Treasury are anxious that the translations 'should be given to the world simultaneously with the originals'. The Society has prepared a memorandum as to how this should be done. They suggest that either the memorandum could be presented by a deputation or alternatively it could be sent as a letter. In the meantime Mr Wilson is sent a copy so he can make an informed decision and 'his instructions are awaited'. (Found on page 223)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to John Arrowsmith, mapmaker, concerning books which have been borrowed from the Society's library. Arrowsmith is requested to confirm the list of such books and return any books that are no longer required. (Found on page 79)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to John C Herries, MP, President of the Board of Control, to remind, that because of his position, he is automatically a Vice-Patron of the Society. It is hoped that he will accept the office. (Fox Maude resigned in Feb 1852.) (Found on page 159)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to John Capper, Secretary, Ceylon Branch of Royal Asiatic Society, concerning a paper by Dr McVicar on the Village Councils in Ceylon. Clarke also gives details regarding new Regulations of the Society including that members in Ceylon will have to pay one guinea to receive the Journal. The letter also provides information as to what members will have to pay should they return to England. Further there seems to be a problem with dispatch of the Society's Journal to Ceylon. Also the Society in London has not received a copy of Issue no. 2 of the Ceylon Society's Journal. (Found a page 122)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to John Ebenezer Marks, High School, Birmingham, to remind that the annual subscription, 3 guineas, should be paid by end of year. (Marks subsequently became a missionary/teacher in Burma for 40 years.) (Found on page 198)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to John Gould, to thank for a sight of his 'exquisitely beautiful work on the birds of Asia' but, with regret, to tell him that the state of the Society's funds will not allow them to purchase the same even though it would be 'of great value and interest to the library'. (Found on page 144)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to John Shepherd, Chairman of the Court of the East India Company, to remind that as chairman of the East India Company, he is ex-officio a Vice-Patron of the Society and he is requested to accept the office. (Found on page 120)

Letter from Richard Clarke to John Wedderburn to inform him that no money is due from him for the Journals transmitted to him. (Found on page 91)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to Joseph Calverly, Collector of Metropolitan Services, in response to his request for payment of £6.18.0 but to inform, that under a Victorian Act of Parliament, the Society is exempt from 'all parochial rates'. (Found on page 145)