Papers regarding Dhar State - report on the administration of the State by the Officiating Superintendent [Lieutenant Henry Constantine Evelyn Ward] - prospective marriage of the Raja [Anand Rao] etc. (includes revenue returns)
Rewards bestowed on Havildar Hira Lal and Sepoy Zalim Singh for their loyal conduct on the occasion of the mutiny of the Gwalior Contingent on 14 Jun 1857
Rewards bestowed on 82 meritorious native officers and soldiers in the Punjab, who had been thrown out of employ because of reductions in the Army and Police (a list of the grantees giving personal particulars, details of service and nature of reward, appears on pp 4-9)
Government of India forward to London an Address by the European and native inhabitants of the Punjab to Queen Victoria commiserating with her on the death of H.R.H. the Prince Consort (the text of the address is not with the Collection)
Government of India forward to London an Address of Condolence from the Raja of Kapurthala [Randhir Singh] to Queen Victoria commiserating with her on the death of H.R.H. the Prince Consort (an English translation of the address appears on p 3)
At the request of the Nawab Nazim of Murshidabad [Syed Mansur Ali] Government of India correct a clerical error which had been made in a letter of apology from the Nawab to the Agent at Murshidabad
Further papers regarding the election of Melay Singh as Raja of Moleem - question of the amount of 'nazar' to be demanded of Melay Singh in exchange for his khilat of investiture
Question of the mutual extradition of criminals by the British and French Governments in India - question whether the local convention of 1815 is abrogated by the later, general convention of 1843 (includes, on pp 35-44, a summary of the cases between 1818 and 1856 in which extradition was refused by either Government)