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Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to James Murray, Foreign Office, in which, through Murray, Lord John Russell's is thanked for the diary of 'General Bartholomey's journeys through the districts of Caucasia' printed in Tiflis in 1853. (Found on page 272)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to James Fergusson to thank for a cast of an Indian Inscription given by the Crystal Palace Company (Fergusson was director of the company at this time). (Found on page 236)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to James Cosmo Melvill, Assistant Secretary, Council of India, to ask for the 200 guineas which used to be paid by 'late East India Company' to promote the objects of the Society. (Found on page 263)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to James Cosmo Melvill, Secretary, East India Company, to apply for annual donation made by the East India Company to be paid to the Society's bankers, Sir William Call. (Found on page 251)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to James Cosmo Melvill, Assistant Secretary, Council of India, to request the 200 guineas, previously given by the East India Company, but last year given by the Secretary of State for India in Council. A warrant for this payment is requested. (Found on page 271)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to James Cosmo Melvill, Secretary, East India House, to convey the Society's thanks to Court of the East India Company for the exhibition of Buddhist offerings found in Rangoon. (Found on page 247)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to J. Bowra Dickinson, Secretary, East India Company, in which the Royal Asiatic Society requests, in the name of Sir Henry Rawlinson, that the Society be allowed to 'borrow' the Nebuchadnezzar slab in the East India Company library for a short time with a view to correcting errors to a translation published in 1803. (Found on page 256)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Henry Fox Talbot to express his concern that Talbot's translation and that of Sir Henry should be 'drawn up in same way'. Norris also tells Talbot that Dr Oppert is preparing a translation and that Rev Hincks has also been asked for a version. (Found on page 243)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Henry Cole, Secretary, South Kensington Museum, in response to the offer of rooms for the Society in the South Kensington Museum. The offer is declined as the 'House in New Burlington Street is fully adequate for all the objects contemplated by the Society'. (Found on page 253)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Gerald C. Talbot, India Board, to ask him to convey to Lord Stanley the fact that the Vice Patronship carries no costs but at the same time Lord Stanley is asked to allow himself to be elected a permanent Fellow. (Found on page 260)