APPENDIX, No. III. 



DONATIONS 



TO THE 



Uoval aeiatic Sofiftp of <Srfat Britain anJi Jwlanii, 



FROM ITS INSTITUTION, MARCH 15, 1823, TO MARCH 13, 1827. 



I. DONATIONS OF MONEY. 



James Alexander, Esq., M.P., Treasurer R. A. S £50 



J. Dupre Alexander, Esq., M. P., M.R.A.S 20 



Henry Alexander, Esq., M.P., M.R.A.S 10 10 



H. T. Colebrooke, Esq., Director R.A.S 10 10 



Edward Fletcher, Esq., M.R.A.S 20 



Daniel Moore, Esq., M.R. A. S 50 



Sir G. T. Staunton, Bart., Vice-President R.A.S 50 



W. H. Trant, Esq., M.R.A.S 6 6 



£217 6 



II. DONATIONS OF BOOKS, &c. 

 By Sir George Thomas Staunton, Bart., V.P.R.A.S., March 20, 1823, Sfc. 

 A very extensive and valuable collection of books in the Chinese language, and of 

 works on China in European languages. The following letter explains the nature of 

 the collection, and the donor's object in presenting it to the Society. 



Copy of a Letter Jrom Sir George Thomas Staunton, Dart., to the late G.H.Noehden, Esq., LL.D., 

 Secretary to the Royal Asiatic Society. 



" SiK : Having, in the course of my residence in China, formed a considerable collection of 

 " Chinese printed books, and also of manuscript dictionaries and other works of Europeans, 

 " calculated to assist the student in the acquisition of a knowledge of the language and literature 

 " of the Chinese, I feel confident that I cannot more effectually promote the object I had in 



