Mutiny papers relating to Nepal - enquiries by the emissaries of the Raja of Balrampur into the alleged death of the Nana Sahib and his secretary Azimullah - the Resident in Nepal [Lieut Colonel George Ramsay] believes that the Nana may still be alive, hiding out somewhere in Western Nepal
Papers relating to the Punjab - report by the Commissioner in the Trans-Sutlej States [Philip Sandys Melvill] on a meeting of Jaikari Rajputs held at Dharmsala on 12 Mar 1861 for the purpose of promoting equal marriages among the Rajput tribes of the Punjab and preventing infanticide (with associated correspondence)
Papers relating to Oudh - account of the durbar held by the Governor General [Lord Canning] for the Talukdars and chief landholders of Oudh at Lucknow on 5 Nov 1861 - agreement of the Talukdars to use their best efforts to suppress the practice of female infanticide (a list of the 231 Talukdars who signed the declaration against female infanticide appears on pp 21-24, and a list of the 168 Talukdars who were present at the durbar, on pp 25-27)
Letter from HM Foreign Secretary [Lord Russell] to HM Secretary of State for India [Sir Charles Wood] communicating the rules to be observed in the British overseas possessions with respect to vessels of either of the two sides in the American Civil War
Papers regarding the ex-Amirs of Sind - intention of Muhammad Ali Khan, one of the ex-Amirs, to return to Sind towards the end of the year 1861 - memorandum of John Pollard Willoughby on the allowances of the ex-Amirs and the lands to be granted to those ex-Amirs who return to Sind
Papers relating to Central India - report on the finances of Dhar State since it was taken into British administration (with associated correspondence)
Claim of Spain to exercise sovereignty over the Sulu [Xolo] Islands in the Southern Philippines - restrictions placed by Spain on British trade with Sulu
Papers relating to Central India - decision of the the Government of India that the management of Barwani State shall not be transferred to the Bombay Government but shall remain with the Central India Agency
Papers relating to Hyderabad State and the Deccan - measures taken by the Chief Minister of Hyderabad [Salar Jang] to suppress the outrages committed by Rohilla Dacoits in the Deccan - question of the deportation of the convicted dacoits
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')