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Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Directors, Imprimerie Imperiale, to inform that on proceeding to bind a copy of Pallegoix's Siamese Dictionary it was discovered that sheet 73 was missing. A replacement sheet is therefore requested. (Found on page 248)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Count Alexander Pisani, Constantinople, to ask for his subscription of 2 guineas for the years 1858/60. (Found on page 277)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Colonel Melvill to inform him that, at present he is a non-resident member and therefore owes 2 guineas for the year 1858/9. However if he returns 'home' he will become a resident member owing 3 guineas per annum. He is sent the Society's Regulations. (Found on page 270)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Col. W.H. Sykes, MP, to inform that, at the Anniversary Meeting on 15 May, he was unanimously elected President for three years and that he should take the Chair when he is present at meetings.
(Found on page 258)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Col. W.H. Sykes, MP, to inform that it was agreed he be nominated to be the next President of the Society at the Anniversary General Meeting to be held on 15 May. (Found on page 257)

Letter from Edwin Norris to Chevalier [d'Aliversa] to thank for the gift of 'Bulleton e Annales de Couvalos Ultramarinos' sent by the Chevalier. (Found on page 253)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to C.H.C. Plowden regarding problems with his subscription. The payment of one guinea will suffice as long as he is in India. (Found on page 230)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Captain Ormsby, Sydney Place, Bath, to thank for his paper 'A translation of the inscription of the great slab or altar found in the ruins of Nineveh' which was read at a General Meeting of the Society.
(Found on page 227)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Capt. Creagh to thank Creagh for allowing members, at a meeting held on Saturday last, to examine his collection of Japanese art and manufactures. Thanks were due particularly to Prof. Dowson who showed how the various articles were used. (Found on page 276)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Brian Houghton Hodgson, Darjeeling, in response to Hodgson's letter to the Society deploring the use of European names for localities already provided with native names. He is informed that the Society's members unanimously concur with this view and details of this have been sent to the Athenaeum and the Literary Gazette. (Found on page 232)