Correspondence of J Graf with the EIC Court of Directors regarding a new method of spinning and throwing silk twist by means of machinery (Graf's memorandum on the process appears on pp 3-9)
Proposals of the Commander in Chief, Madras [Major General Sir Hugh Gough] for improving the discipline and living conditions of the Madras troops serving in the Straits Settlments (includes, on pp 38-44, strength returns of the Madras troops at Singapore, Penang and Malacca in Apr-Jun 1840)
Completion of the magnetical observatory at Singapore - commencement of observations - report of the Superintendent [2nd Lieutenant Charles Morgan Elliot] - appointment of staff
Papers regarding the proposed Madras Infantry Retiring Fund (includes a printed circular from the Fund Committee to the officers of the Madras Infantry, and a printed pamphlet containing Captain George Greig Mackenzie's scheme for the administration of the Fund)
Madras Government recommend that the Court of Directors make it mandatory for all cadets nominated to the Madras Army to pay an entrance fee to the Madras Military Fund
Further papers regarding the use of lightning conductors to protect powder magazines - correspondence between the Madras Government and the Government of India etc
Papers regarding the promotion of cotton cultivation in the Madras Presidency - employment first in Tinnevelly District then in Coimbatore District of three of the overseers recruited in the United States, viz:- Messrs James Morris, Q N Hawley and Samuel Simpson - question of the creation of an e...
Rules for regulating the employment of hereditary district officers in the Deccan and Khandesh - duties of despandyas, desmukhs, desais, etc - question of requiring security from them, etc
Report by John William Langford on the existing system of town duties in Gujarat and the Konkan, May 1839 (on pp 73-171) - correspondence of the Bombay Government with the Government of India regarding the proposed appropriation of the proceeds of the town duties towards municipal improvements