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Letter from D.A. Bell, Representative, The British Council in Addis Ababa, to Richard Pankhurst to send Pankhurst recent statistics on the use of the British Council Library in Addis Ababa.

The British Contribution to India - essay submitted by N.A.D. Macrae of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Typed, 17 pages. With the essay is the student's identifying letter. Typed with handwritten endorsement by Fellow-Director of Studies in Economics, Corpus Christi College.

"The Botanical Enterprise of the Empire" by W.T. Thistleton Dyer. Paper read at the Colonial Institute, May 11 1880. Printed pamphlet, published London 1880, with inscription on front cover, "with the author's kind regards" Printed material, 1 item, dated 1880.

The Bookman's Journal and Print Collector, pp.139-140. Features an article publicising "Burton Lectures" at the Royal Asiatic Society.

The Book of Lieh-tzu was published by John Murray (London) in 1960 as part of the UNESCO Chinese translation series. It was reprinted in New York by Colombia University Press in 1990 with a new preface by Graham. The material in this series consists of a draft of the publications, reviews for the first edition and correspondence concerning the reprint.

As part of the 175th Anniversary celebrations a lecture was held at the British Library. Given by Dr. Barbara Brend it was entitled "The Book of Kings: The Juki Shahnama of the Royal Asiatic Society". This material is concerned with the organising and advertising of this lecture.

Reports from The Englishman, Calcutta, "The Birthplace of Orientalism" and "A Field of Joint Endeavour" regarding the Royal Asiatic Society Centenary Banquet at Hotel Cecil and the toast given by F.W. Thomas praising the connection between the Royal Asiatic Society and the Asiatic Society of Bengal.

"The Bhuga of Mahanundi" A Paper sent by Newbold to the Royal Asiatic Society on thermal springs in South India. He gives their location and a detailed description. A note at the head of the paper in pencil reads "Read Jan 14th 1843". With the Paper is also a label, "Thermal Springs of Mahamandi by Capt Newbold, Read 14 January 1843".

5 copies of the draft for the article "The Beloved Disciple" and a copy of the article extracted from its magazine publication. The drafts are marked Folkestone so suggest the article dates from the time of Bate's retirement

The Barwis-Holliday was established in 1977 by the donation of investments to the value of £690 by Major J.E. Barwis-Holliday and supplemented by a bequest of £1,000 from the estate of the donor. The income was to be used to finance a monetary award for a paper upon a Far-Eastern subject to be published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. These papers consist of material created in the administration and conferment of the award.