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The 'Index to the Mythological Box of Hindu Paintings' is a manuscript index intended to accompany images collected into a "mythological box" to educate about the deities of the Hindu pantheon. The text covers 203 pages and gives descriptions and comments on the various deities. The images are not with the book and it is unsigned. One copy has been attributed to Reverend Charles Lacey, but it unknown if this copy also belonged to him.

Three volumes concerned with British involvement in Java:

• Java Antiquities, a bound volume composed of four sections including lists, correspondence, a memorandum and private journals.
• Java Antiquities Craufurd, a bound volume containing two sections, both on the ruins of Javanese temples.
• British in Java 1811-1812 Contemporary Documents, a bound volume containing multiple manuscripts including letters, contracts, instructions, memoirs, minutes, treaties, notes and reports.

These volumes provide information and a valuable insight into British involvement in Java during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Additionally, they offer accounts of the architecture (particularly of temples), culture, history, traditions and practices of Java and its people, prior to and during British Rule.