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Draft of a letter from Brian Houghton Hodgson to Colonel Hardy to send some corrections for errata in the printed copy. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 4 April 1873.

Letter from Colonel Hardy to Brian Houghton Hodgson to assure him that his letters and memoranda are under consideration when the Executive Council meet, and that Dr Campbell is a member of the Council and will be present at the meeting. Handwritten with printed letterhead, 2 sides, dated 8 April 1873. Also accompanying envelope with Hodgson's annotations.

Draft note from Brian Houghton Hodgson to Colonel Hardy with corrections for the Hodgson's memoranda. Handwritten, 3 sides, dated 18 April 1873.

Letter from [Colvin] to Brian Houghton Hodgson in which he writes that the article in the Edinburgh was written by Mr Myers, at Pekin. Colvin must attend a friend's funeral mass and that he will not be able to call on Hodgson on the following day. Handwritten with printed letterhead, 3 sides, dated by Hodgson (on envelope) 6 May 1873. Also accompanying envelope with Hodgson's annotations.

Draft of a letter from Brian Houghton Hodgson to Mr Macnabb in which he asks Macnabb to tell Mr Hammond that all they want at Pekin is to disabuse the Emperor's advisers of lies being told by the Lhasa and Kathmandu people. He suggest they play shuttlecock with the Emperor's name to prevent the English making frank and friendly commercial dealings with Tibet. He continues to give further advice concerning Tibet. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 9 May 1873.

Correspondence with W.W. Hunter. Two draft letters from Brian Houghton Hodgson to W.W. Hunter concerning the political situation in Nepal. Dated June 1873.

Draft letter from Brian Houghton Hodgson to W.W. Hunter in which he writes again that he assumes Hunter is in India. He also writes in some detail of the deputation and of the Nepal/ Tibet war. This seems to be a later version of BHH/5/37/1. Handwritten, 3 pieces, 10 sides, dated 20 June 1873. With accompanying envelope.

Correspondence with Colonel Thomas George Montgomerie. Two letters from Montgomerie to Brian Houghton Hodgson concerning explorations in Nepal and concerns regarding the Russian border. Dated 23 June 1873-12 July 1873.

Letter from Thomas George Montgomerie to Brian Houghton Hodgson. He writes that he hopes Hodgson has received his last Trans-Himalayan report. He then writes further of the report and of the explorers in Nepal and that he had to suppress much of the material collected in Nepal as the Nepal leaders do not like the English getting new information. He writes that the Residents of Nepal are generally too timid in gleaning information but that he has been working quietly with his native explorers. Montgomerie further writes that he has been speaking with Sir Louis Mallet who had been sounding out Mr Gridlestone but there looked like there was little chance of assistance for the Nepal Durbar. Montgomerie cannot understand such an immense piece of frontier being left in a lazy state. He writes also of the next stage of the Trigonometrical Survey. Handwritten, 2 pieces, 8 sides, dated 23 June 1873. Also accompanying envelope with Hodgson's annotations.

Letter from Sir Thomas Douglas Forsyth to Brian Houghton Hodgson in which he writes of the hopelessness of trying to compete with the Australian wool trade. He further writes concerning an article in the Calcutta review which had attacked the policy of the Viceroy. Handwritten, 2 pieces, 6 sides, dated 13 June 1877. Also accompanying envelope with Hodgson's annotations.