Knighthood and appointment as President, Council of State; appointment as Governor, Central Provinces; observations as to his children's progress; description of tornado at Simla
On deputation as Settlement Officer, Kotah State; opium tour, Calcutta; political situation in Bengal and Punjab; riots; comments on Indian nationalism; the King's visit; his work on the Royal Commission on the Public Services in India; frustration with officials and difficulty in obtaining promo...
Duties as Governor, Central Provinces, based at Pachmarhi and Nagpur; Swarajist politics; his opinion of Lord Reading; Cambridge Honorary fellowship; Rab Butler's academic and political career; Iris Butler's marriage; Rab's and his wife Sydney's visit to India
Visit to Egypt; war service at Campbellpur; deaths in the family; difficulties and disappointments in official career; conflict with senior Punjab civil servants; unrest in Lahore; appointment as President, Punjab Legislative Council; Prince of Wales' visit; appointment as Secretary for Education...
Voyage to India and arrival in Punjab; Assistant Commissioner at Hissar, Karnal, Simla, Hoshiarpur, Lahore and Attock; plague duty at Jullundur; Settlement Officer, Shahpur; engagement and marriage to Ann Smith; birth of their children; family life and travel in Punjab and environs