Papers regarding Kotah State - letter from the Governor General [Lord Canning] to the Secretary of State for India [Sir Charles Wood] defending the relatively lenient treatment meted out to the Maharao of Kotah [Ram Singh] for his conduct during the Mutiny
Papers regarding Bharatpur State - marriage in Dec 1859 of the young Maharaja of Bharatpur [Jaswant Singh] to the daughter of the Maharaja of Patiala - report on the marriage ceremony by the Superintendent of the Cis-Sutlej States [George Carnac Barnes]
Papers regarding Burma - the intervention of the Commissioner of Pegu [Lieut Colonel A P Phayre] enables certain French subjects to leave the Burmese capital of Mandalay - correspondence on this subject between the French Consul at Calcutta [J B Lombard] and the Government of India, etc.
Papers regarding Burma - report of the Commissioner of Pegu [Lieut Colonel Arthur Purves Phayre] on his visit to the King of Burma [Mindon Min] at Mandalay (includes, on pp 7-30, a journal of his stay at Mandalay, 2-23 Nov 1859)
Papers regarding Achin [Atjeh] in Sumatra - Government of India decide not to detach a portion of the China Expeditionary Force for a punitive expedition against Achin (includes, on p 11, a sketch of the Achin river and its defences)
Papers regarding the former royal family of Oudh, Vol 1 - Government of India reject the request of the Ex-Queen of Oudh [Nawab Khas Mahal Sahiba] to be granted a separate pension
Papers regarding the former royal family of Oudh, Vol 2 - financial extravagance of the Ex-King [Wajid Ali Shah] - Government of India inform him that he must expect no increase in his present allowances - the Oudh crown jewels are restored to him
Papers regarding Mysore - memorial from Captain William Fraser Stephens to the Secretary of State for India, dated 8 Dec 1859, protesting against his dismissal from the Mysore Commission (with associated correspondence and a statement of his case)
Papers regarding the Mysore Princes (descendants of Tipu Sultan) and their establishment at Calcutta, Vol 1 - new arrangement for the payment of their stipends, etc. (includes a list of Tipu Sultan's family in Oct 1807, and a list of his surviving grandsons and great-grandsons in Jun 1860)