Attempt by a Special Bailiff of the Sheriff of Madras to assist an inhabitant of Mysore City named Darya Bharti under a writ from the Madras Supreme Court - general question of the authority of the Supreme Courts to issue writs in Princely States
Further papers regarding the claim of Dr Samuel Moody Griffith to compensation for loss of pay allegedly sustained by him when serving with the British Detachment in Persia
Papers regarding the Persian Mission and the British Detachment in Persia - break-up of the Detachment after its return to Bombay - re-employment of the officers and men, etc. (includes, on p 112, a nominal roll of the Detachment in Dec 1839) Mar 1838 in Dec 1839)
Papers regarding Sind - dispatch of two Sindhi engineers by Mir Nasik Khan to repair a canal at Karbala in Mesopotamia - protest of the Resident in Sind [Colonel Henry Pottinger] at the failure of the Amirs to apprehend the murderers of Captain Alexander Hand etc
Papers regarding the wreck, on 18 Jun 1840, off Colaba Island, of the ships Lord William Bentinck and Lord Castlereagh - necessity of improving the navigability of the entrance to Bombay Harbour - minutes of the Governor of Bombay [Sir James Rivett Carnac] and Members of Council [James Farish, Ge...
Further proceedings regarding the practicability of obtaining timber from the Gujarat forests for naval and military purposes - report by Captain John Pepper I.N. on his visit to Gandevi and Mangaldas Bandar
Proposal for reforming the Gwalior Contingent - proposed reduction of the officers' allowances - minute of the Governor General [Lord Auckland] dated 30 Jan 1840 (on pp 9-14) - representation of Captain John Charles Lumsdaine regarding his seniority in the Contingent
Proposal for improving the efficiency of the Cavalry Regiment of the Gwalior Contingent by discharging invalid sowars - reduction in the expenses of the Contingent's medical establishment
Modification of the constitution of the Oudh Auxiliary Force - appointment of Brigadier Thomas John Anquetil to inspect and report on the Local Corps in the Bengal Presidency - minutes of the Governor General [Lord Auckland] and of Major General Sir William Casement
Report of Brigadier Thomas John Anquetil on the 1st Infantry Regiment of the Oudh Auxiliary Force at Sultanpur - report of the Resident at Lucknow [Colonel James Caulfield] on the 2nd Infantry Regiment, Oudh Auxiliary Force, at Sitapur