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Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Col. W.H. Sykes, MP, to inform that it was agreed he be nominated to be the next President of the Society at the Anniversary General Meeting to be held on 15 May. (Found on page 257)

Letter from William Neal, Collector, to Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot in response to his suggestion that 'temporary residence on continent' enables him to claim non-resident membership. He is asked to reconsider this claim for remission which will be considered by Council. (Found on page 264)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Rev. Solomon Caesar Malan to inform that the Rev. Youille of Glasgow has offered the Society 45 books valued at £50 in Mongol, Manchu and Tibetan. The Society has no funds for such a purpose and it is has been suggested that Malan might be interested. If this is so, a list will be copied for him. (Found on page 266)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to A. Panizzi, Chief Librarian, British Museum, in which Norris explains that the Royal Asiatic Society has been informed that a report has been produced for the British Museum on the cities of Southern Chaldaea. The Society would like a copy of this report to read at a meeting and to publish in its Journal. (Found on page 266)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Colonel Melvill to inform him that, at present he is a non-resident member and therefore owes 2 guineas for the year 1858/9. However if he returns 'home' he will become a resident member owing 3 guineas per annum. He is sent the Society's Regulations. (Found on page 270)

Letter from Edwin Norris to Sir Emerson Tennent, President of Royal Asiatic Society, Ceylon, to thank for sending a copy of Mr Wylie's 'Chinese translation of Euclid' and for his paper on ancient 'Neu-Chih Inscriptions'. These contributions to philology are likely to be of interest to students of the languages of Eastern Asia. (Found on page 271)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Kali Prasno Sing, Calcutta, to thank for the Bengali translations of 'Sanscrit dramas of Machlati' and more particularly for the drama founded on an episode of the Mahabharata composed in Bengali. The Society was pleased to hear of the completion of his translation of the whole of the Mahabharata and regrets that few people in England can appreciate his work in Bengali. (Found on page 272)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Dr Bohrmauer Imperial Library, Vienna, to inform him that the Royal Asiatic Society regrets that it has no funds to help with the publication of the 'papers on Nameh' on which Bohrmauer is working. (Found on page 274)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to William Parker Hammond to inform that he owes 9 guineas and he will be removed from the list of members unless he requests otherwise and pays the full amount due. (Found on page 278)

Letter from James W. Redhouse, Secretary, to Sir Charles Wood to request, on behalf of the Council, a meeting to 'lay before you certain important questions connected with the affairs of the Society'. (Found on page 290)