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1924, May, Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea; Silver Flora Medal for Primulas Certificate (156 x 227mm) awarded to Dr MacWatt.

1930, May, Royal Horticultural Society; Silver Flora Medal Certificate for ‘Group of Primulas’ (157 x 229mm) awarded to Dr John MacWatt.

1911, 23 May, Royal Horticultural Society Temple Show; Silver Flora Medal Certificate (158 x 228mm) awarded to Mr John MacWatt for Primulas and Auriculas.

1911, 23 May, Royal Horticultural Society Temple Show; Silver Flora Medal (55mm diameter), cased.

1913, Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea; Silver Cup Certificate for Primulas (158 x 227mm) awarded to Dr John MacWatt.

•Map of Sikkim and a box containing photographs and negatives (1948-1950) and also a letter to Henry Noltie from D. Jeremy Wood regarding the photos (19 Jul 1995).

•Collection of signatures (originals), including Carl v Linné, Archibald Menzies and initials (received with papers of Isaac Bayley Balfour).

Thirteen samples of wood displayed at the International Forestry Exhibition held in Edinburgh in 1884 - all are labelled with "Sierra Leone, Edinburgh Forestry Exhibition, 1884" - additional markings are as follows:

• No 5, Gree-Gree, Greegree, 1884.83.31
• Beck, 1884.83.32
• Koronko, Coronko, Kronko, 1884.83.39
• Monkey Apple, 1884.83.40
• Oak, [Teak scored out], 1884.83.41; caution, tack nailed through wood
• Sugar Plum, 1884.83.43
• Conta-Cobang, Contabang, Cotan Cobang, 1884.83.45
• Koondee, Cundee, 1884.83.46
• White Brimstone, 1884.83.47
• Cabapp, 1884.83.49 - with torn Exhibit label still attached
• Iron Wood, 1884.83.53
• Babu Bone, 1884.83.54
• Cedar, 1884.83.56; caution, tack nailed through wood
  The Exhibition Catalogue indicates that the Government of Sierra Leone had a stand at the exhibition where they displayed "Specimens of the Woods of the Colony, native, polished 1865, redone 1884" - it is assumed that these may have been part of this display.

Census information for Nepal, 1900. Annotations made in red pen to correct the spelling of certain indigenous groups.