Papers regarding British Burma - hostile incursions into Pegu by armed plunderers from Upper Burma - measures taken against them - additional powers granted to the Deputy Commissioner on the Frontier - capture, trial and execution of the Toungoo insurgent Mhin Laung (includes a transcript of his trial)
Papers relating to Rajputana - report on a case of samadh (burying alive) of a Hindu widow which took place in Jodhpur in 1858, also report on a case of sati which occurred in Alwar State on 7 Jun 1859 (includes a memorandum on Sati in Rajputana, 1845-58, on pp 17-20) (Vol 1)
Papers relating to Rajputana - report by Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence, dated 5 Feb 1857, on the suppression of Sati in the Rajputana States (with associated correspondence) (includes, on pp 25-27, a list of satis reported from Jodhpur State in the years 1852-56) (Vol 2)
Papers relating to Rajputana - report by the Superintendent of Ajmer [Captain Edward John Rickards] regarding a sati which took place in Ajmer District on 20 Aug 1857 (Vol 3)
Papers relating to Rajputana - further papers regarding the samadh (burial alive) of a Hindu widow which took place at Jodhpur on 21 Jan 1858 - correspondence between the Political Agent for Jodhpur [Major Robert Morrieson] and the Maharaja of Jodhpur [Takht Singh] etc. (Vol 4)
Papers regarding the former Punjab royal family - proposed departure of Maharani Jhanda Kaur from Nepal to meet her son Maharaja Dalip Singh in Calcutta - she is given conditional permission to reside in India
Papers regarding Baroda State - responsibility for relations with the Gaikwar of Baroda is re-transferred from the direct control of the Government of India to that of the Government of Bombay
Papers relating to the Punjab - Majors Edward John Lake and John Reid Becher are granted extensions of leave without having to forfeit their appointments in the Punjab Commission
Papers relating to the North Western Provinces - further papers regarding the provision made for the family and dependents of the ex-Nawab of Farrukhabad (includes list of the pensioners with remarks, on pp 41-95)