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Royal Asiatic Society,
5, New Burlington Street, W.,

London,

15^th May 1862.

Dear Sir,

I inclose a card of our meetings, of which three are still to come, viz, our Anniversary (24 May), one in June (evening, when M^r Parkes will join in a discourse about China;¹ and one in July, at which your paper might perhaps be read. The Council will propose Sir H. Rawlinson as our Director at the Anniversary

M^r Norris tells me of a new and most interesting discovery in Cuneiforms – Complete lists of annual High-Priests in each reign. The slab is in fragments, of which some are still missing. The idea is that the years were named after these High-Priests, like the Roman consular years.

Believe me, dear Sir, faithfully yours,
J W Redhouse

H. F. Talbot, Esq.

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[blind embossed on rear flap:] RAS
H. Fox Talbot Esq^re.
Millbourne [sic] Tower
Edinburgh