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Correspondence concerning the renewal of the Prince of Wales' Patronage of the Society. These are:

• Letter from David Hutson, Clarence House, to Dr Gordon Johnson, Royal Asiatic Society, to invite the Society to ask for the Prince's continuing Patronage. Typed with printed letterhead, dated 6 November 2017.
• Letter from Dr Gordon Johnson, Royal Asiatic Society to David Hutson, Clarence House, to ask for the continued Patronage and to inform of plans regarding the future celebration of the Society's 200th Anniversary. Copy, typed with printed letterhead, undated.

In 2003 the Royal Asiatic Society undertook to rent rooms to the Society for South Asian Studies. This material includes correspondence between the two Societies, and with the acting Solicitors, Gregory Rowcliffe Milners; draft agreements and an inventory of the contents of the rooms to be rented.

Correspondence concerned with the repair of the glass roof dome. Application was made for funds from the Historic Buildings Council (refused), the Greater London Council and The Pilgrim Trust (accepted). The correspondence is with these organisations, and with the Building Surveyors, Morton-Smith & Co. There are also two large and sixteen small black and white photographs of the dome and 17 photographic negatives.

In 1995, it was discovered that significant repairs were needed to the premises. These papers include correspondence predominantly between the Royal Asiatic Society and Giles Quarme, Chartered Architect, architectural plans for proposed changes, and reports concerning the work and its financial implications.

Report to RAS Council meeting of 11 December 1997, concerning proposed changes to Charter and Byelaws with covering letter from Francis Robinson.

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.

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.

'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.

Report of the Burton Medal Search Committee, who decided after reading the reports of three nominated candidates to propose to award the medal to Ralph Pinder-Wilson posthumously.

"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.