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Official Communications from the Seventh Indian Oriental Conference, Oriental Institute, Baroda. These are:

Letter from the Local Secretary, Seventh Indian Oriental Conference, Baroda, to the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to send the First Bulletin giving activities of the Conference and to ask if representatives of institutions would be likely to read papers at the conference. Printed with typed insert, dated 15 April 1933.

First Bulletin for the Seventh Indian Oriental Conference under the Patronage of His Highness Sayaji Rao III Maharaja Gaekwad of Baroda. Printed, dated 7-12 March 1933. Two copies, one of which has a handwritten note from Edward Maclagan asking whether this should be discussed at June Council Meeting of the Royal Asiatic Society.

Second Bulletin of the Seventh Indian Oriental Conference with provisional programme. Printed, dated 13 October 1933.

Letter from Director of Seventh Indian Oriental Conference to the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask if volumes of the Society's Journals may be sent to the library in appreciation of publications of Gaekwad's Oriental Series supplied to the Society. Typed with printed letterhead, dated 25 September 1935.

Letter from Director of Seventh Indian Oriental Conference to the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to acknowledge receipt of books sent by the Royal Asiatic Society. Typed with printed letterhead, dated 8 November 1935.

Official correspondence and bulletins concerning the Tenth All-India Conference. These are:
Letters from Dr M. Nizamuddin, Local Secretary, The Tenth All-India Conference, to L.C. Hopkins and L.D. Barnett, Vice-Presidents, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform of the forthcoming conference and to ask the Society to send delegates. With the letter is The First Bulletin which also contains a list of Officers. These are both dated 1 January 1939. Further there is a list of the Rules of the conference and a pro forma letter for delegates to inform of papers they may wish to present. 5 pieces, printed material.

Letter from Col. Hoysted, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Local Secretary, The Tenth All-India Oriental Conference, to inform that W. Ivanow Esq. will be one of the Delegates representing the Society. Dated 11 May 1939.

Letter from Col. Hoysted, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Local Secretary, The Tenth All-India Oriental Conference, to inform that Dr. Krishnaswami Aiyangar will be a further delegate at the Conference. Dated 15 June 1939.

Letter from the Local Secretary, Tenth All-India Oriental Conference to acknowledge receipt of the letter dated 15 June 1939. Dated 23 June 1939.

Letter from Local Secretary, Tenth All-India Oriental Conference, to Col. Hoysted, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform that due to the sudden outbreak of war it has been decided to postpone the Conference until hostilities have ceased. Dated 27 June 1939.

Letter from Local Secretary, Tenth All-India Oriental Conference, to Col. Hoysted, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform that due to the war it has been decided to hold the All-India Oriental Conference at Tirupati in Easter 1940. Dated 1 December 1939.

These are official documents which allow Manning to move around in France during the time of the Napoleonic conflict with England. There are also drafts of letters from Thomas Manning requesting permission to travel in France and to return to England.

Official documentation sent out by the Congrès des Sciences Anthropologiques et Ethnologiques. These are:

• Congrès des Sciences Anthropologiques et Ethnologiques. Règlement Général - List of Articles concerning the purpose and regulation of the Congresses. Written in French.
• International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. Letter to invite attendance at the Congress. It describes the History and Organisation of the Congress, the Date and Place of the London Session and the Sections of the Conference. It asks for subscriptions for membership at the Congress and is signed by the British members of the Permanent Council and the British National Secretaries.
• Congrès des Sciences Anthropologiques et Ethnologiques. Letter to invite attendance at the Congress with a list of the President, Committee of Honour, Bureau and Permanent Council. Also an Application Form for Membership of the Congress. Written in French.
• International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. Letter, list and form as above, written in English. Two copies, one of which has been annotated.

Official documents concerning the purchase of 60 Queen's Gardens. These are:

• "Register of local land changes: Requisition for search and official certificate of search", dated 16 April - 20 May 1987, with supplemental evidence.
• "Enquiries Before Contract", dated 8 May 1987.
• Contract of Sale, dated 22 May 1987.
• "Requisitions on Title", dated 5 June 1987.
• "Statutory Declaration of Zdzislaw Ludgard Jerzy Woloszczuk", dated 12 June 1987.
• "Enquiries of Local Authority", 3 versions, one of which contains supplemental Register of Local Land Changes and other information; undated.

Examination papers taken by William Pettigrew to test proficiency in Manipuri language and Hindustani tribal culture and accompanied by a note from the examiner congratulating William Pettigrew for passing the exam.

Five letters handwritten in Arabic and Persian script addressed to and from Sir Frederic John Goldsmid, Al-Azeez Ibrahim Iftadhi Burma, Shihav al-din Mahar, Al-Qadi and Mikhail abd-al Massih; most of these letters are of official matter relating to each person.

Official notification from Belville, Le Capitaine commandant au la Gendarmerie nationale du départment de Maine et Loire to give Thomas Manning permission to have parolle d'honneur in the town of [Boungs] d'Angers. Dated 9 prairial an 11 (29th May 1803). Handwritten, 1 piece, 1 side. Also a partial handwritten copy, 1 piece, 1 side. This is accompanied by a letter from Belville to Manning, notifying him of the permission. Also dated 9 prairial an 11. Handwritten, 1 piece, 1 side

"Official reports on the last Journeys and the Death of Adolphe Schlaginweit in Turkistán from Messrs Hermann and Robert Schlagintweit". Printed material compiling reports and letters concerning the death of Adolphe Schlaginweit. Addressed by hand to Hodgson in Gloucestershire. Printed material, 1 item, Dated Berlin 2 May 1859.

Offprint of of Edward William West's Paper on Kanheri Inscriptions. From the Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. The original paper had been presented at the Society on 12 April 1860.