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Correspondence with and concerning interactions with the Charity Commissions. These are:

• Correspondence regarding registration under the Charities Act 1960, 2 letters, 1 memorandum concerning submission of statements of account, and 3 associated forms, dated 7 September - 22 October 1962.
• Correspondence regarding streamlining funds and rental of rooms, 6 letters, dated 28 April 1969 - 22 April 1970.
• Charity Commission Sealed Direction to enable the Society to appoint an investment manager, printed material, dated 30 June 1994, and 21 allied file notes or letters, dated 26 February 1993 - 6 November 1995.
• Letter from D.W. MacDowall, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to Ms Helen Johnson, Charity Commission, regarding insurance of collections, 21 November 1996.

Charles Bawden's "Time of Transition in an Empty Land". A column about modern Mongolia from the Manchester Guardian, 24 October 1958.

Correspondence concerning the legacy given to the Royal Asiatic Society from the estate of Charles Murray Stewart Whitelaw, dated 23 November 1999 - 8 December 1999.

A map of the southern coast of China, in the form of a scroll, covering the area of present-day Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi. It labels various major towns and smaller islands along the coast, including Guangzhou, Chaozhou, present-day Hong Kong and Macao and more, with a scale bar and legend (although probably not drawn to scale). Locations of settlements and military structures such as towers and forts are also indicated, with text describing the depth of water and distance from the coast at various points. The map measures 40cm high and 485cm wide. It has been removed from its original container, a wooden cylinder, which is now stored alongside each other.

An accompanying typed note refers the item as 'Ch'ou hai t'u pien' (籌海圖編), No. 429 on page 75 of Samuel Kidd's catalogue and a donation by Sir George Staunton. This catalogue reference appears to be incorrect, as it does not correspond to Kidd's Catalogue of the Chinese Library of the Royal Asiatic Society (1838), but Henry Holt's A Catalogue of the Chinese Manuscript in the Library of the Royal Asiatic Society (1890). However, Holt's entry describes a set of 8 volumes of 'Ch'ou hai t'u pien' published in 1624, instead of a single map, and this scroll was unlikely part of the volumes.

It is possible that this map was adapted from those originally published in 'Ch'ou hai t'u pien', with extra information added to it, and was specially made for Staunton. Another source from which this map might have taken reference is 'Ya nhai quan tu' (沿海全圖), part of 'Hai guo wen jian lu' (海國聞見錄), compiled by Chen Lunjiong in 1730.

Chart with text and numbers in nagari script, 22.5 x 19.5 cm. Yellow/brown paper. Pencilled plan and calculation on verso. Undated.

Documents relating to changes to the RAS Rules and Byelaws, 1970.

Booklet containing RAS Charter and Byelaws for 1970.

Documents relating to revisions of the RAS Charter and Byelaws, 1981.

Booklets containing RAS Charter and Byelaws for 1981, one with a hand-designed cover.

Pamphlet containing RAS Charter and Rules for 1930 with handwritten revisions.