Shah Shuja ul Mulk, the ex-King of Kabul, is refused an audience with the Governor General, Lord Amherst - his request for assistance to regain his throne is likewise declined - question whether he should be granted an increase in stipend - his secret negotiations with Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
A grant of 50 rupees 'per mensem' is made to the Hungarian traveller Alexander Csoma de Körö to enable him to prosecute his literary researches in Bashahr.
The sum of one lakh of rupees is advanced by the Madras Government to the Naib-i-Mukhtar to defray the expenses of the 'Makhtab' ceremony of the young Nawab of Arcot - the sum is to be repaid in three instalments from the Nawab's share of the Carnatic revenues.
Capture of a gang of Thags near Bilsa in February 1830 by Captain William Henry Sleeman - their subsequent trial and sentencing (includes depositions of the Thag prisoners and on pp 498-99 a map showing the various places where their victims were murdered) (Vol 2)