Papers relating to Ajmer-Merwara (Rajputana) - alleged conflict of jurisdiction in Nasirabad Cantonment, the NWP Government exercising civil authority and the Bombay Government military authority
Papers relating to the Nagpur Territory - correspondence between the Commissioner of Nagpur [Major Edward King Elliot] and the Government of India regarding certain watans etc. held by the late Raja of Nagpur [Raghuji III] in the districts of Poona, Ahmadnagar and Sholapur, and in the Satara Territory - the title of 'Raja Bahadur of Deor' and the lands of Deor are granted to Janoji Bhonsla in perpetuity
Papers relating to Udaipur State (Rajputana) - dissensions between the Maharana of Udaipur [Sarup Singh] and various notables, viz: Mehta Sher Singh and the Thakurs of Bhaisror, Kanor, Deogarh and Bhindar - question of the implementation of the guarantees given by the British Government to certain of the Udaipur Chiefs
Proposal of the Bombay Government that the Rajputana Political Agency be transferred to their jurisdiction - Government of India decisively reject the proposal
Papers relating to Rewa State (Baghelkhand) - Government of India forward to London a silver box containing a kharita (honorary letter) from the Maharaja of Rewa [Raghuraj Singh] for presentation to Queen Victoria, together with a translation of the kharita (neither a copy of the kharita nor its translation are to be found with the Collection)
Papers relating to Hyderabad State - final arrangements for the transfer of the Surapur Territory to the Nizam of Hyderabad [Afzal-ud-daula] - memorial to the Secretary of State for India from Rangama Bai, widow of the late Raja of Surapur, praying for the restoration to her of the Surapur Raj
Papers relating to the Straits Settlements - attacks made by subjects of the Sultan of Johore upon Chinese fishermen from Singapore - question of the jurisdiction exercisable by the Sultan within the Singapore Straits - opinion of the Advocate General of Bengal [William Ritchie] etc.
Papers relating to the Punjab - enquiry of Major William McNeile, Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana, regarding his petition to the Secretary of State for India to be awarded the Order of the Bath
Further papers regarding the transfer of North Kanara District from the Madras to the Bombay Presidency, Vol 2 - administrative arrangements etc (includes, on p 23, a map of the district, MS, coloured, showing boundaries and main roads)
Mutiny papers relating to the North Western Provinces - assignment of lands in Moradabad and Bareilly Districts to the Nawab of Rampur [Muhammad Yusuf Ali Khan] as a reward for his services during the Mutiny - abandonment of the original proposal to assign Kashipur Taluk to the Nawab (includes maps showing the proposed and actual transfers, on pp 23, 45 and 47)