Letter from Ernest Grierson, Honorary Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Eleanor Hull, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform her of an anonymous donation to aid the payment of the Secretary's salary for the next two years, dated 15 April 1920.

Correspondence with the Inland Revenue Claims Branch concerning the changes in the Deed of Covenants for the Society, 8 pieces, dated 1 February 1980 - 1 May 1980, typed and handwritten.

Correspondence with the Inland Revenue Chief Inspector of Taxes and Price Waterhouse & Co., concerning the investment of the B.C. Trust Fund, 2 items, dated 29 April 1970 - 15 May 1970.

Correspondence from the 1960s. This contains:

• Correspondence with Price Waterhouse & Co. concerning creating separate trust funds for staff pensions and dilapidation of the Society's property, 4 pieces, typed, dated 24 January 1964 - 25 May 1964.
• Correspondence with the Royal Society and British Academy regarding rate relief for the Royal Asiatic Society and obtaining a grant from the British Academy to compensate for the change in rates, 35 pieces, typed, dated 30 April 1964 - 29 January 1970.
• Correspondence with Price Waterhouse & Co. concerning enquiries made by the Chief Inspector of Claims concerning new investments made by the Society, 2 pieces, typed, dated 16 November 1967 - 17 November 1967.

Correspondence with the Inland Revenue Valuation Office, (St. Marylebone Area), concerning the Exemption from Rating for Scientific and Literary Societies as defined by the Scientific Societies Act, 1945, and how this ruling affects the rates paid by the Royal Asiatic Society, 4 items, dated 12 February 1952 - 17 September 1952.

Correspondence with H.M. Inspector of Taxes, Grosvenor District, and allied notes concerning covenanted subscriptions and Amendments of the Rules concerning membership, 16 pieces, dated 30 October 1942 - 29 December 1944.

Deeds of covenant and correspondence regarding corporate subscription for the Royal Asiatic Society, 1979-1994. These include Grindlays Bank Ltd., Gray Mackenzie & Company Limited, Midland Bank Limited, Barclays International, Steel Brothers and Company Limited, Richard Costain Limited, John Swire & Sons Ltd., Lloyds Bank Limited, Matheson & Co. Ltd., Middle East Economic Digest Ltd., Douglas J K Wright Ltd., Pauling and Company Ltd., Sotheby Parke Benet & Co., Shell international Petroleum Company Limited, British Bank of the Middle East, and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, 49 pieces, handwritten and typed.

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.

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.

5 Certificates of "Consolidated £3 per Cent. Annuities" to James Alexander, Henry Thomas Colebrooke and George Henry Noehden, 1823, printed and handwritten, 5 pieces + label. These certificates were valued at:

• Four hundred and eighteen pounds and thirteen shillings, dated 29 April 1823
• One hundred and fifty-nine pounds, eleven shillings and seven pence, dated 12 May 1823
• One hundred and forty-nine pounds, thirteen shillings and seven pence, dated 28 May 1823
• Three hundred and eighty-seven pounds, six shillings, dated 18 July 1823
• One hundred and fifty-three pounds, seventeen shillings and four pence, dated 30 September 1823