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This soft bound volume has written on its cover, "Pali words translated into English and is a handwritten notebook of Pali words and phrases and their English meanings, including some further annotations. It measures 19 x 12.5 cm and is in a fairly fragile condition.

Catalogues and handlists for manuscripts in Pali, Sinhalese and Burmese. These are:

• 'List of the Singhalese, Burmese and Pali manuscripts in the Library of the Royal Asiatic Society (made by G. Rost in 1849)' - handwritten list of 31 manuscripts.
• 'Buddhist Manuscripts' - handwritten list subdivided into 'Burmese Character', and 'Sinhalese MSS in the library on Jan.1. 1889'. List on 10 sides, foolscap paper.
• 'A Catalogue of the Pali & Burmese manuscripts of the R.A.S. scientifically arranged' - handwritten list of the manuscripts on 4 sides - their arrangement is not explained.
• 'Royal Asiatic Society - Burmese MSS' - typed list of the Burmese manuscripts created in 1956. Four pieces.
• 'Singhalese MSS. Royal Asiatic Society Hand List 1956' - a photocopy of the original list with handwritten annotations detailing the form of the manuscript, 3 pieces.
• 'Morris Collection Bought 1896, Pali, Sinhalese and Burmese Mss, List copied from JRAS. 1896, pp. 212-214' photocopy of journal article list pasted on to foolscap paper with some handwritten annotations, 2 pieces.
• 'Survey of the Pali manuscript collection, Royal Asiatic Society' - a list of the Pali manuscripts created by Jacqueline Filliozat from 1993-1996, 39 pages.

Electronic documents - archival version were created in 2024:

• 'Royal Asiatic Society - BURMESE MSS – Hand list made 1956' - list of the Burmese manuscripts, first created in 2010.

There are three handwritten Pali-English dictionaries in this series all written in Gogerly's hand.

Lists concerned with pamphlets within the Society's collections:

• 'Sir Gerard Clauson's Collection of Offprints' - list of offprints given to the Society by Gerard Clauson. Typed, 3 pieces, [19702].
• 'Draft List of the Contents of most of the Bound Volumes of Pamphlets' - computer printed, 62 pages, undated. This list is located in the Reading Room Office.

Electronic documents - all these were created into archival documents in April 2024. Their original creation date is noted in the list.

• 'Miscellaneous Materials in the Royal Asiatic Society Library, London, A Working List' prepared by Yogesh Mishra, December 2007 - created 08/01/2008.
• Bound pamphlets - created 29/09/2000.

The series contains two pamphlets: Some Remarks on the Relationship between China and Mongolia" and an itinerary for Professor Shirendev's visit to Britain in 1970.

Three copies of 'contradiction and reality' by Edward Conze which is a summary of 10 books concerning philosophical questions including those of selfhood, unity and generality. The pamphlet was published by Wightman & Co. Ltd., London, in 1939.

One small, handmade notebook in Arabic scripts, with handwritten lists of Panjabi-Urdu vocabulary.

A handwritten manuscript in 3 parts concerning Páo-roti. There are also some accompanying notes on scraps of paper and news clipping. The article is undated. Approximate dating is from one of the accompanying notes written on an envelope postmarked 1892.

Draft of a paper concerning the Analects by Eske Mollgaard. Name written at the head of the paper.

The paper cover on which is written in Arbuthnot's hand the title "Translations from the Persian by the late E Rehatsek" and on which he has listed: A Persian tract on the observances of the Zenanah pp.1 to 10 A Persian essay on Hospitality or Etiquette of eating and drinking pp. 20 to 29" A short Persian manuscript on Physiognomies pp 1 to 8."