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"Centenary of the Royal Asiatic Society". Note to be circulated to the Press.

Report from Indian Engineering, Calcutta, "Centenary of the Royal Asiatic Society" regarding the celebrations of the centenary.

Printed material created in connection with events held to mark the Centenary of the Royal Asiatic Society. Many of these are duplicates of material in RAS CEN/1.

"Centenary Dinner of the Royal Asiatic Society held at the Hotel Cecil on 20th July 1923". Table Plan for all guests in attendance.

Centenary Dinner of the Royal Asiatic Society held at the Hotel Cecil on 20th July 1923: Plan of Table. Seating plan for all guests in attendance.

In 1922 the Société Asiatique celebrated its centenary. Material connected with this is:

• Letter from Émile Senart to request the presence of a delegate at the centenary celebration from 10-13 July 1932. Printed in French, dated 1 May 1922.
• Letter from the Bureau of the Société Asiatique concerning the double celebration of the centenary of the Société Asiatique and the centenary of the discovery of "Champollion". Printed in French, undated.
• Advertisement for "Le Livre du Centenaire (1822-1922)" - a publication produced for the centenary of the Société Asiatique. Typed in French, undated.

An earthenware circular censer dish or candle stick. At its centre is a low pillar on which to place the candle or oil. It has a diameter of 12.7cm. Its provenance is unknown.

Two polychrome scaled sketched copies of ceiling paintings from the main chamber and inner veranda of Cave No. 14 accompanied by detailed descriptive notes. Scale is one inch to a foot.

Cecil John Edmonds talking with the Malayan High Commissioner after the Presentation of the Burton Memorial Medal. Official photograph issued for the British Information Services by the Central Office of Information, London.

Cecil John Edmonds talking to Mr Tahaya Muhammad, a Northern Nigerian studying Islamic Law in Britain, after the Presentation of the Burton Memorial Medal. Official photograph issued for the British Information Services by the Central Office of Information, London.