Papers regarding a murderous attack made on 10 Jan 1869 by Lushai Kukis upon the Nowarband tea garden in Cachar - reports by W W Bailey, District Superintendent of Police, Cachar, and by Mr Edgar, Deputy Commissioner of Cachar - initial measures taken to protect the district (Vol 1)
Depredations by the Kuki tribes on the Sylhet and Cachar frontiers and in Hill Tippera - reports on their various atrocities - Kanhye Singh, a pretender to the throne of Manipur, is thought to be involved - punitive measures taken against them (Vol 3)
Question of the future succession to the throne of Burma - observations of the Chief Commissioner of British Burma [Major General Albert Fytche] - desire of the King of Burma [Mindon Min] to send some of his children to reside in British Territory
Report of Dr Robert Brown, the Political Agent at Manipur, on the severe earthquake which took place in and around Manipur on 10 Jan 1869 (with associated correspondence)
Memorial to the Secretary of State for India from John Lewis Thornton, formerly Deputy Collector and Deputy Magistrate of Betul in the Central Provinces - he requests either 1) to be granted a reward of 18,000 rupees for bringing in the rebel Rajas of Shahgarh and Banpur during the Mutiny or 2) to be granted a jagir of 5000 acres of waste land or 3) to be restored to the service; [with appendices and associated correspondence]
Copy of report to the British Foreign Office from HM Consul General in Bangkok [T G Knox] regarding the changes which have recently taken place in the Government of Siam, following the death of the late King [Maha Mongkut]
Attempts made by the Bhutanese Envoy at Baksa to enlist Nepalese coolies resident in British territory for service in Bhutan, and to purchase ammunition - counter measures taken by the Bengal Government
Petition to the Viceroy of India from Charles H McGill, merchant of Muscat, praying for the assistance of Government in recovering the sum of 40,000 dollars, being the amount of two bills he had negotiated for Syed Salim, the late Sultan of Muscat (with associated correspondence)
Memorial to the Secretary of State for India from William Kelly, Head Clerk in the Commissioner's Office, Multan, praying to be granted an increase in salary and promotion to a higher rank (with associated correspondence)