Request of Raja Balwant Singh, son of the late Raja Chait Singh of Benares, to have his father's lands restored to him, or alternatively, to receive an increase in stipend
Papers regarding the British Detachment serving in Persia -establishment and personnel matters - extracts of Detachment orders, etc. (includes, on pp 116-17, a list of Europeans and Eurasians in the Persian service, 1 Jan 1838, with particulars)
Seizure at Singapore, under an Admiralty writ, of the Cochin-Chinese ship Lung Fong on account of a claim for debt brought by Henry Ravenhill, mariner, against the ship's owner - the damages awarded against the ship, and the legal costs, are defrayed by the Straits Settlements Government
Equalization of the staff allowances of the regimental staff of the three Presidency Armies (includes, on pp 25-26 and 47, tables showing the old and new rates of allowances respectively)
Further papers regarding the constitutional position of the Commander-in-Chief in India [General Sir Henry Fane] when he journeyed beyond the confines of the Bengal Presidency
Report of the Surveyor General of India [Lieut Colonel George Everest] on the progress made in the survey of the Meridional Arc up to Mar 1839 - his recommendation for a remeasurement of the Base Line in the valley of the Manjra near Bidar, etc
Withdrawal of the Customs chaukis from the vicinity of the French Settlement of Chandernagore - Bengal Government reject the claim of the Administrator of Chandernagore [A M Bedier] that goods for Chandernagore unloaded from French vessels at Calcutta should be exempt from customs duty