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Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to Joseph Henry, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, to thank for his letter and three packets of books which will make a valuable addition to the Library. An official acknowledgement will follow. (Found on page 170)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to Joseph Hume, MP, to inform him that he has been a member of the Royal Asiatic Society since 3 January 1824. (Found on page 170)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to Joseph Meyer, Liverpool, and J.E. Marks, Birmingham, to inform them that a notification of election was sent out on 7 February but these would appear not to have been delivered. (Found on page 192)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to J.W. Pycroft to ask for an explanation as to why, after being recommended for membership by William Salt, he has subsequently indicated that he does not wish to be a member. His name will not be entered on the list of members. (Found on page 197)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to J.W. Pycroft to thank for his advice to the Society as to which London Public libraries should receive the Society's publications, and to inform him that the Society shall favour those institutions for which the Society 'have claims to a gratuitous supply of their works'. (Found on page 210)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to L'Abbé van Drival, Boulogne sur Mère, to inform him that the Rules of Society do not permit election of Corresponding Members but he is free to put himself forward for election as a non-resident member. (Found on page 152)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to Lady Compton to send a copy of last year's report of the Royal Asiatic Society which contains a tribute to Sir Herbert Compton (late Chief Justice of Bombay who died in early 1846). (Found on page 62)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to Lestock R. Reid to offer, on behalf of the Council, that he becomes a Member of the Council after the retirement of Mr Ball to be effective immediately, but with election in May 1850 for the usual period. (Found on page 114)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to Lord Ashburton to inform that at the Anniversary General Meeting held on Saturday last he had unanimously been elected as President of the Society. (Found on page 166)

Letter from Richard Clarke to Lord Palmerston, Foreign Secretary, to inform that the Society has done a lot of research on Cuneiform inscriptions under Major Rawlinson but they understand that a major 'find', a basalt slab 7'x 3' x 1' with cuneiform inscriptions has been located at Larcaca in Cyprus which might be available to HM Consul for a small fee and the slab then conveyed to England on one of HM ships. If this is not possible an alternative would be to take facsimiles of the slab and to forward these to London. A memorandum on how to prepare the impressions is enclosed. (Found on page 106)