1395. Cod.Or. 12.605 p (1) A Letters I Letter from E. van Laar, Algemeen Rijksarchief, to P. Voorhoeve thanking him for the translation of papers of Raffles; dated 17-12-1973; II Letter from John Bastin to P.Sj. van Koningsveld, LUB, concerning three documents offered for sale to the Algemeen Rijksarchief, The Hague, 8 January 1974; III Letter from P.Sj. van Koningsveld to P. Voorhoeve concerning a letter from John Bastin, SOAS, dated 15 January 1974. B English letter and translation 1 sheet; typing paper; copy of an English letter signed by Raffles dated 29 September 1819; with note by Edw. Presgrave and by N. Hewitson, controleur, dated 16 May 1842; contents: authorizing people of the villages of Batu Lambang and Batu Kuning to settle at Padang Guci independent of their former chiefs at Manna; transliteration of the Malay notes at the back of Raffles’ letter from Arabic (Jawi) script to Roman, and English translation; 1 sheet; typing paper; Malay translation of Raffles’ letter; transliterated from Arabic script.

1396. Cod.Or. 12.605 p (2) Letter on tree bark On the front cover no. A 1075, on the back cover No. ET 48-2-33 (nowadays all the Malay MSS in the possession of the Missiemuseum Tilburg are taken over by the Volkenkundig Museum van Nijmegen). A 1 sheet; transliteration of a letter on tree bark from a chief to the controleur of Singkel (West Sumatra). B 1 sheet; commentary by P. Voorhoeve with names of the Acehnese Sultans in the seal at the beginning.

1397. Cod.Or. 12.605 p (3) Charm against bites Photocopy of pp. 2 and 3 of Cod.Or. 7056; Malay note in righthand upper corner identified as perhaps a charm against bites by snakes, scorpions and centipedes; letters by Van Koningsveld to SOAS, London, and P. Voorhoeve, dated 10 january 1974, concerning an unknown language used on these pages.