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This letter from Joseph Banks asks Lady Jones to request that [Doctor Breten] puts in writing about the book belonging to him that was wrongly included in a donation by Lady and Sir William Jones to the Royal Society.

"Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker: A Short Sketch, Together with his Notes on the Botany of the Rocky Mountains". Reprinted from Nature, October 25 1877. The cover has the inscription "With Lady Hooker's best regards". Printed pamphlet with a biography of Hooker by Asa Gray, May 1877, and Hooker's own article on the Botany of the Rocky Mountains. Printed material, 1 item, 1877.

"Sir R.F. Burton: Library Lecture to the Royal Commonwealth Society" by C.E.J. Whitting, 1 July 1958. Typed copy of speech, 10 sheets.

“Sir Richard Burton” by Thomas Lloyd . The Bookman, May 1906 (with loose plate). Grey paper cover

Sir Richard Burton's consular cocked hat, mounted in a glass-fronted wooden case. Labels state "Richard Burton's Consular Hat", "Presented by N. Salvari".

Seating Plan for Sir Thomas Smith's Feast, Saturday 6 December 1969. John Hansman was seated on the top table. On reverse of the plan are some handwritten notes: "Soma Divine, Mushroom of Immortality, Gordon Wasson (Harvard Univ.) Botan. mus., amanita muscaria"

A sketch plan of the Sirwal series of caves, drawn to a scale of approximately 40 feet to an inch.

Sisheng bieyi zhong de shijian cengci 四声别义中的时间层次 by Mei Zulin 梅祖麟 reprinted from Zhongguo yuwen 6 (1980), 427-443.

Six pieces of glazed ceramic bowls. They are of unknown provenance. They are:

• QW/13/24-1 - A piece of a glazed ceramic bowl. The glaze is a grey-green colour. Dimensions 11.7cm by 7.7cm.
• QW/13/24-2 - A piece of a glazed ceramic bowl. The glaze is a green/ black colour. Dimensions 5.5cm by 3.5cm.
• QW/13/24-3 - A piece of a glazed ceramic bowl. It is decorated with the black ink in circular-wheel shape. Dimensions 10cm by 9.5cm.
• QW/13/24-4 - A piece of a glazed ceramic bowl, with blue decoration. Dimensions 7.7cm by 4.5cm.
• QW/13/24-5 - A piece of a glazed ceramic bowl decorated with blue fish pattern. Dimensions 13.5cm by 11.5cm.
• QW/13/24-6 - A piece of a glazed ceramic bowl decorated with blue fish pattern. Dimensions 16.5cm by 12.5cm

The Sixth East-West Philosophers' Conference was held at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1989. This material is correspondence from Eliot Deutsch to Angus Graham concerning Graham's participation in the conference and inclusion of his paper in the conference publication.