Death, on 3 Dec 1839, of the Rana of Barwani [Mohan Singh] - succession of his infant son Jaswant Singh - the state is placed under the temporary management of the Political Agent for Bhopawar [Major Edward Pettingal]
Claim of Messrs Baness and Co of Delhi against the Raja of Tijara [Balwant Singh] on account of the detention of their goods on his territory - Government of India support their claim for compensation
Death, on 6 Nov 1839, of Muru Ballar, pensioner on the 2½ Lakh Fund - one third of his pension of 150 rupees 'per annum' is continued to his widow Bya Bai
Papers regarding a band of 250 or 300 armed men who in Apr 1840 assembled near Sangameshwar on the borders of the Satara and Kolhapur territories - military measures taken against them - their eventual dispersal - question of the disposal of captured gang members, etc. Vol 1
The sum of 1650 rupees to be expended on a lithographic reprint of 100 copies each of four Hindustani works for the use of the junior civil servants of Fort St George College (a list of the four titles appears on p 11)
A manuscript copy of the 'Shah Namah' is sent to London by Shah Kamran of Herat as a present for Queen Victoria, also a letter to the Queen from the Shah's Principal Sultana (an English translation of the letter appearson pp 5-8)
Disposal of the presents sent out in 1832 by King William IV and originally intended for the Ras of Abyssinia - the bulk of them are appropriated for the use of the mission recently sent under Captain Harris to the Red Sea (lists of the presents appear on pp 26-30, 33)
Report of the suicide on 23 Jan 1840 of the prisoner Imam Khan, a former servant of the Jodhpur Political Agency who had been found guilty of poisoning and sentenced to transportation for life
Murder of a messenger at the foot of Mount Abu - unrest in Sirohi State - reinforcement of the Erinpura garrison - proposal that Sirohi should be transferred from the Mewar to the Jodhpur Political Agency