Correspondence concerning investments of the Society's assets in the 1990s. These are:

• Letter from M & G Securities Limited to the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to send a receipted copy of the application form for share in the M & G Charibond. The copy is with the letter, 2 pieces, typed and photocopied, dated 29 June 1993.
• Correspondence and Contract Notes between COIF Charity Funds and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the investment of the Society's assets in the Fund, 14 pieces, typed, dated 24 July 1995 - 23 October 1998.

Letters and share certificates for transactions in 1959. These are:

• Share certificates and receipts for investments in July 1959, 5 pieces, printed and typed, dated 7-21 July 1959.
• Letter from Macnicoll and Co. to Richard Winstedt, President, Royal Asiatic Society. to enclose the statement of account and a cheque, 1 piece, typed, dated 8 July 1959.
• Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, [Mrs M. Davis] to Messrs Prince Waterhouse and Co. to inform the company of the Council's resolution concerning the Compounded Subscription Account and the transfer of the money into the Staff Pension Fund, 1 piece, typed, dated 27 November 1959.

Three items concerned with investment of the Society's assets in 1949. These are:

• Letter from J.H. Lindsay, Honorary Treasurer, Royal Asiatic Society, to The Manager, Lloyds Bank Limited, St James's Street, London, to inform the manager of the resolutions passed at the General Meeting of the Society on 13 May 1943 concerning the sale and re-investment of the Society's securities, 1 piece, typed, dated 17 May 1948.
• Letter from J.H. Lindsay, Honorary Treasurer, Royal Asiatic Society, to Mrs M Davies, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to return bank papers, and send an attempt at a circular embodying Richard Winstedt's (President) ideas, 1 piece, handwritten, dated 31 May 1948.
• 'Opinion' by W. A. Hammerton to express his opinion on the objection raised by the Inspector of Taxes, 2 pieces, typed, undated.

Letters, receipts and certificates concerning the Society's investments in the period 1881-1889. These are:

• Letters from Herries, Farquhar and Co., concerning attempted investment. Two letters with a memorandum from Steer, Lawford and Cuerton, dated 29 September 1881 - 29 March 1882.
• Receipts and certificates for investments from Herries, Farquhar and Co., 4 pieces, dated 18 March - 4 May 1882.
• Letter from Herries, Farquhar and Co., concerning an investment made on behalf of the Society, 1 piece, dated 22 July 1884.
• Receipts and certificates for investments from Herries, Farquhar and Co., 4 pieces, dated 22- 24 July 1884.
• Letter from Herries, Farquhar and Co., concerning an investment made on behalf of the Society and the consolidation certificate, 2 pieces, dated 18 May 1885.
• Letters from Edward Colebrooke (Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, 4th Baronet) to T.W. Rhys Davids, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning potential investment and the powers of the trustees. Three letters, dated 6, 8, 18th April [1888].
• Letter from Herries, Farquhar and Co., to enclose the banker's note for the sale of New South Wales Stock. The note and share certificate are with the letter, 3 pieces, dated 27-29 May 1889.

Investigation into governmental support for other Asiatic societies in Europe. Correspondence to ascertain levels of government support for Asiatic Societies. Correspondents within the Royal Asiatic Society include Colonel Hoysted, Sir E. Denison Ross, L.D. Barnett, C. Otto Blagden, Sir Edward Maclagan, and Dr A.J. Ashberry. Correspondence with external organisations include the India Office, Foreign Office, Rivista di Scienze Studi Orientali, Deutsche Morgenlandische Gesellschaft, Journal Asiatique, Zeithsvhrift der Deutschen. Dated 3 January 1938 - 20 February 1939.

Correspondence concerned with the Society's dealings with H.M. Inspector of Taxes and the Inland Revenue.

Correspondence concerning the donations of books, furniture and a bequest made by Horace Geoffrey Quaritch Wales and put into effect upon the death of his wife, Dorothy Clementina, dated 16 September 1981 - 27 May 2002.

Correspondence from the High Commission for Pakistan concerning their annual grant to the Society, 2 pieces, dated 18 January 2007 - 2 February 2007.

Documents and correspondence concerned with grants and donations given or administered by the Royal Asiatic Society. These are:

• Two letters from Leopold von Schroeder, an Indologist from the Russian Empire, who later worked in Austria-Hungary, to the [Royal Asiatic Society] concerning donation of money for the India Exploration Fund. These are handwritten in German, dated 7 June 1904 and 6 July 1904.
• Letter from Beatrice de Cardi, Secretary, Council for British Archaeology to Mrs Davis, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform that she is enclosing the Grant for £65 and could she therefore have a cheque made payable to her. Handwritten, dated 10 April 1957.
• Correspondence concerning the overseeing and administration of a grant from the J.D. Rockefeller Fund to the Calico Museum of Textiles, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, for preparation of catalogues. The Royal Asiatic Society agreed to administer this fund from which funds were given to Mr John C. Irwin, Keeper of the Indian Section, V&A Museum, to undertake the work. Correspondents include the Royal Asiatic Society, the Victoria & Albert Museum, John Irwin, and the Asian Cultural Council, 43 pieces, handwritten and typed, dated 7 June 1966 - 29 May 1986.
• Correspondence concerning the administration of the will of Susan Skilliter and the setting up of a library at Newnham College of her books. The Royal Asiatic Society contributed towards a fund to enable the library's establishment. The items include a copy of her death notice in The Times, 18 September 1985 and a copy of her will, 31 pieces, printed, typed and handwritten, dated 18 September 1985 - 20 January 1987.
• Correspondence concerning a donation to a fund for the Khalidi Library, Jerusalem, for conservation work to which the Royal Asiatic Society made a donation. Correspondents include the Royal Asiatic Society, Dr Lawrence I. Conrad from the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, and Walid Khalidi, 11 pieces, typed and handwritten, dated 8 August 1990 - 17 January 1991.
• Letter from Katie Marsh, The Don Baker Memorial Fund, to thank for the contribution to the Fund. The fund will enable a conservator, Helen Loveday to work on Baker's notes and prepare them for publication. Typed, 1 piece, dated 28 October 1995.
• Correspondence concerning a donation for a Modern Persian Conference to be held at SOAS for which the Society provided a donation towards the cost of the conference, 7 pieces, typed and handwritten, dated 14 January 2000 - 11 May 2001.
• Correspondence concerning a donation given for the translation of articles by the Russian Numismatist, Elena Davidovitch, 2 pieces, typed, dated 9 February 2000 - 17 February 2000.
• Correspondence concerning a donation made towards a plaque in honour of Sir Joseph Banks at the entrance of Lincoln Cathedral, 6 pieces, typed and handwritten, dated 29 February 2000 - 12 June 2000.
• Correspondence concerning a donation to the Nicholas Lowick Project for the production of a catalogue of coins, 2 items, typed, dated 1 December 2000 - 16 May 2001.
• Correspondence concerning a donation to support the Professor Annemarie Schimmel Memorial Seminar held by the Iqbal Academy, 3 pieces, typed, dated 28 July 2003.
• Correspondence concerning a donation to support academic seminars at Kabul University, 2 pieces, dated 29 January 2005.
• Correspondence concerning a donation to Eden Valley Hospice, Carlisle, in memory of Aramban Saroj, printed-out emails and letter, 2 pieces, dated 31 January 2009 - 30 September 2009.

Correspondence concerning Grants and Donations to the Society from other Institutions. These are:

• A note from the Rockefeller Foundation to the Royal Asiatic Society to send a bank draft as their one-half of the grant for the preparation of a book on Robert de Nobili by Vincent Cronin, 1 piece, typed, dated 7 June 1957.
• A draft letter to the Drapers Company to ask for support for the Royal Asiatic Society, 3 pieces, typed, dated 4 September 1957.
• A letter from Edwin Clarke, Assistant Scientific Secretary, The Wellcome Trust, to Sir Gerard Clauson, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform of the provision of a grant to the Society to list all the extant medical and scientific manuscripts in Arabic in the United Kingdom,1 piece, typed with handwritten annotations, dated 4 November 1959.
• British Academy General Grant: Correspondence concerning an annual grant from the British Academy to assist in financing the Royal Asiatic Society, 43 pieces, handwritten and typed, dated 16 July 1942 - January 1965.
• British Academy Journal Grant: Correspondence concerning an annual grant from Nuffield Fund administered by the British Academy to assist in financing the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 54 pieces, typed and handwritten, dated 17 December 1954 - 7 December 1964.
• Neil Kreitman Foundation: Correspondence concerning a grant from the Neil Kreitman Foundation to support the Society, 6 pieces, typed and handwritten, dated 18 February 1993 - 29 April 1993.
• Letter from Camilla Larsen, Executive Officer, Royal Asiatic Society to Ms Crowley, Mercer's Charitable Foundation, to acknowledge receipt of a grant for the computerised cataloguing project of the Society, 1 piece, typed, dated 30 October 2009.