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GB 891 WA-WA/5-WA/5/1-WA/5/1/28 · File · 1st Oct 1969
Part of Papers of William Edward David Allen

Report from David Lang to the Members of the Hakluyt Society Council in which David Lang lays out the reasons for withdrawing as editor and referee to Allen's volumes 'Russian Embassies to Georgian Kings'. Lang cites differences between himself and Terence Armstrong mainly surrounding corrections suggested by Lang which were ignored by Armstrong and that Armstrong revealed his identity as a referee to Allen. Dated: 1 October 1969.

Lang David Marshall 1924-1991 Caucasian historian
GB 891 RAS PROP3-RAS PROP3/1-RAS PROP3/1/1 · File · 10th Sep 1906
Part of Royal Asiatic Society Property: 22 Albemarle Street

Report from Rutley Son & Vine, Surveyors, to the Royal Asiatic Society to state the results of their inspection of recent repairs to 22 Albemarle Street, to give their opinion on whether the premises now comply with the conditions of the lease, to give their opinion on a building recently constructed near the premises, and to report on the Society's liability for works mentioned by Messrs. Asprey in a letter to Miss Hughes, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society.

Rutley Son & Vine Surveyors
GB 891 SC45 · Fonds · 1811 - 1812

'A copy of the Report from the Madras Government to the Court of Directors on the importance of the Study of Sanscrit (Sanskrit) and the vernacular languages of the South of India to their civil servants. Dated January 1812. Also other documents relating to the same object.' This description is written on the internal front cover. Documents include:

  • 'Extract Public Letter from Fort St George, Dated 10th January 1812'
  • 'Extract Fort St. George Consultations in the General, Commercial and Law Departments dated the 10th December 1811'

These reports include findings of the committee set up to investigate the effectiveness of the teaching of languages and include letters from W. Thackeray, D. Hill and named Committee members.

East India Company Court of Directors
GB 891 GMT-GMT/1-GMT/1/2-GMT/1/2/18 · File · 7th Jan 1946
Part of Papers of the Gibb Memorial Trust

"E.J.W. Gibb Memorial Trust. Report of the Clerks on the Financial Position of the Trust as of December 31st. 1945." An account of the financial dealings during the War and of the current financial situation as Meetings of the Trustees have not occurred since 1940. Signed by Clerks and dated 7 January 1946.

Gibb Memorial Trust Cambridge
GB 891 BHH-BHH/13-BHH/13/21 · File · 1849 - 1860
Part of Papers of Brian Houghton Hodgson

"Report on a Series of Skulls of various Tribes of Mankind inhabiting Nepal, collected, and presented to the British Museum by Bryan H. Hodgson, Esq., late Resident in Nepal &c. &c. By Professor Owen, F.R.S., Superintendent of the Natural History Departments in the British Museum." Offprint with Hodgson's annotations first published in the Proceedings of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1849. Soft cover, 10 pages, dated 1849 with further date of 27 September 1860.

Owen Richard 1804-1892 Comparative anatomist, Paleontologist
GB 891 RAS CEN-RAS CEN/4-RAS CEN/4/15 · File · 3rd Jan 1925
Part of Royal Asiatic Society: Centenary

Report on Bill for Centenary Supplement which details the estimates and agreements between Austins Printers and the Royal Asiatic Society, concluding that Austins had not overcharged for the work done. Signed W. Percival Yetts.

Yetts W. Perceval 1878-1957