Explanation given by the Government of India as to why they sanctioned the dispatch of the steamer Hugh Lindsay from Bombay to Suez in contravention of the Court of Directors' orders
Reply of the Pasha of Baghdad [Ali Reza] to a letter from the then Governor General [Sir Charles Metcalfe] which had thanked the Pasha for his co-operation in establishing steam communication between India and England (with associated correspondence)
Government of India decline to lend support to a scheme of the Calcutta and Saugor Railway Company for constructing a harbour at or near Corelier Creek and connecting it by railway to Calcutta
Further papers regarding steam communication between India and Europe, and the breaking up of the Euphrates Expedition - proposed creation of a camel service between Mohammerah and Beirut - question of the remuneration (if any) to be awarded to Thomas Waghorn for forwarding mail via the Red Sea
Complaint of HM Chief Superintendent of Trade in China that the Portuguese Authorities at Macao had given asylum to two deserters from the English ship Pascoa out of Bombay - Government of India decide that the matter must be dealt with by the Foreign Office in London
Correspondence of the Government of India with the Bombay Government regarding the use of the steamers Berenice and Atalanta to carry mail between Bombay and Suez
Statement, dated 10 May 1838, regarding the children of European soldiers (Company's Army and Queen's Army) receiving education at public expense in the Madras Presidency (with associated correspondence)
Appointment of a Commission at Dharwar to investigate certain charges of malversation, extortion and corruption preferred by Thomas Hervy Baber against Ram Rao, Government Akbarnavis at Kolhapur, and other public servants in the Southern Maratha Country (Vol 1)