Minutes of General Meetings. At a Special Meeting on 1 May 1830 it was agreed that members of the Oriental Club could become Honorary Members on a reciprocal basis. At the Anniversary Meeting in that year it was announced that 'if the society cannot be called rich..it may be considered flourishing with a clear balance of £131 and no debt'. The Library had 900 printed works, all catalogued. The Museum was doing well and a catalogue was being prepared. The public were allowed to use the Museum.
At a special Meeting on 27 July 1830, King William IV declared himself Patron and at same time Prince Leopold of Saxe-Cobourg became a Vice-Patron. At a Special Meeting on 11 December in the Theatre of Royal Institution there was a dissection by Sir J Malcolm of a mummy give to the Royal Asiatic Society. At the Anniversary Meeting in 1831 it was announced that the Society now had 549 members. The Society was involved with the extensive Indian collection made by Colonel Colin Mackenzie. At the Anniversary meeting in 1832 it was announced that William Huttmann, a salaried officer, had embezzled the society of more than £107, leading to a tightening up of procedures, regarding the collection of subscriptions. It was decided that foreign members be limited to 50 and with regard to gifts no temporary deposits to be accepted.
The minutes are in a folio sized leather bound volume in reasonable condition.

Minutes of General and Anniversary Meetings. They give details of Papers read and donations presented, of Members nominated and elected, and changes within the Council. Includes details of the bequest of Colonel James Tod.
Handwritten Minutes in folio-sized leatherbound book in reasonable condition.

Minutes of General, Special, and Anniversary Meetings. They give details of Papers read and donations presented, of Members nominated and elected, and changes within the Council.
Handwritten Minutes in folio-sized leatherbound book with recent binding.

Minutes of General, Special and Anniversary Meetings. They give details of Papers read and lectures given, of Members nominated and elected, and of changes in Council members. Typed and computer printed minutes in bound volume with red and blue hardcover in reasonable condition,

The signed Minutes and associated correspondence of the Meetings of the Royal Asiatic Society's Events and House Committee.

The Minutes for the Meetings of the Events and House Committee from 18 September 1997 to 8 May 2003. There is also a part of the Council Minutes for 12 June 1997 recording the formation of the Events and House Committee. These minutes are computer printed material which have been glued into a A4 ruled "Cambridge" notebook with blue cover on which has been affixed the label "Events and House Committee".
There is also an individual 'Minute of the Lecture Committee Meeting' for the 4 May 1988.

Signed Minutes for the Meetings of the Events and House Committee from September 2003 to September 2010. With the Minutes are Agendas and some associated reports about items discussed at the meetings.

The first minutes for the Committee of Correspondence are for 19 May 1831. However before this time items communicated to the Society were being recorded. Thus these two volumes are both connected with the administration of correspondence. These are:

Register of Communications, April 1823 To February 1846
This volume lists papers and correspondence sent to the Society, including their date and correspondent. Many of the entries also detail the outcome of the correspondence at the Society - whether read at a General Meeting or published within the Society's Transactions or Journal.

Minutes of the Committee of Correspondence May 1831 To July 1842
The Minutes for the Committee of Correspondence cover the time period 19 May 1831 - 9 July 1942 when the 'Committee resolved themselves into a Meeting of the Council'. In the meetings correspondence to the Society was read and decisions made how best to respond. This volume also contains a copy of the 'Memorandum on the Babylonian Inscriptions forwarded by Mr. Norris to Professor Wilson for transmission to Major Rawlinson. Dated, 15th May 1846'. The copy fills 5.5 pages of the book.

The 22nd International Congress of Orientalists was held in Istanbul in September 1951. The material associated with this Congress is:

• Letter from Professor A.J. Arberry, Chairman of the Executive Committee, Association of British Orientalists, to Societies and Institutions to seek their opinion on the proposal to constitute an International Federation of Orientalist Societies which is to be included in the Agenda of the forthcoming 22nd Congress. Opinions gathered will be used to affect any decision taken by the Association of British Orientalists regarding the project. Typed, dated 5 May 1951.

Since its inception the Royal Asiatic Society has encouraged the dissemination of Asian studies through the delivering of papers and lectures. These, particularly throughout the early history, were part of the General Meetings and recorded in the Minutes of the General Meetings (RAS LEC1). The material in this catalogue concerns the administration and publicity of papers, lectures and book launches given for the Society.