Further papers regarding the cession of part of the Oudh Tarai to Nepal, Vol 2 - final adjustment of the boundary between the Ceded Territory and Shahjahanpur District (includes, on p 5, a map, MS, coloured, entitled 'Map of the River Sardah from Goosree Ghat to Burmdeo, April 1861')
Further papers regarding the cession of part of the Oudh Tarai to Nepal, Vol 2A - final adjustment of the boundary between the Ceded Territory and Shahjahanpur District - previous papers (includes, on p 27, a 'Map of the Tracts claimed by the Oudh Government in District Shahjehanpore', scale 1"= 2 miles, May 1862, and, on p 179, a sketch map of the Oudh/Rohilkhand boundary between Khajuria and Burmdeo Ghat)
Papers relating to Central Asia - proposal to send a scientific expedition into Chinese Tartary under the command of Captain Edmund Smyth to explore the country north east of Ladakh - initial preparations - memorandum on the proposed expedition by Edward Clive Bayley (Vol 1)
Measures taken or proposed for the suppression of sati and samadh (burying alive) in the Rajputana and Central India States - imprisonment to be resorted to as a punishment instead of fines - offenders to be confined in British jails where necessary, the cost to be borne by the relevant Princely State
Papers regarding the Petty State of Beri (Central India) - death, on 11 May 1861, of the Jagirdar of Beri [Rao Bishnath Singh] - disputed claim to the succession between Bijai Singh and Balbadder Singh - Government of India recognize Bijai Singh as the legitimate successor (includes, on p 9, a genealogical table of the Beri ruling family)
Papers relating to Mysore State - petition to the Secretary of State for India from Alsur Muneswami, a merchant of Bangalore, praying for the restoration of certain property allegedly stolen from him by the Bangalore police authorities (with associated correspondence and copies of previous petitions)
Papers regarding Maler Kotla State (Punjab) - birth of a son, on 10 Oct 1861, to the Nawab of Maler Kotla [Sikandar Ali Khan] - Government of India overrule the allegations of illegitimacy made by the Nawab's cousin [Ibrahim Ali Khan] and recognize the child as heir to the Chiefship
Memorial to the Secretary of State for India from Bilas Rai late Sheristadar of the Deputy Commissioner's Office at Partabgarh in Oudh praying to be re-instated in the service (he had been dismissed from office for complicity in the rebellion)
Government of India forward to London a letter of condolence from the Maharaja of Mysore [Krishna Raja Wodeyar] to Queen Victoria, commiserating with her on the death of H.R.H. the Prince Consort (the text of the letter is not recorded in the Collection)