Including letter from Toby Jackman concerning a benefaction of silver; text of Royal Society speech on scientific links between the UK and Japan given during the visit of the Emperor of Japan to the UK; Correspondence with Anglo European Study Tours concerning student exchange with University of Milan, May 1998; letter of congratulation from John Goulden on BH's appointment as UK delegate to the NATO Science Committee and report on NATO Science Committee meetings in Brussels June 1998; meeting with Midori Nishiura, President of Amadeus Inc, in Tokyo July 1998; congratulations from David Morton on BH becoming President Elect of the Royal Society 1998.