Government of India request an early reply to their letter to London of 22 Feb 1865 regarding the provision to be made for the family of the late Major Robert Roy Adams
Further correspondence regarding the creation of the post of Personal Assistant to the Commissioner of Peshawar (includes on pp 6-8 returns of criminal and civil cases for the Punjab and Central Provinces in 1863-64)
Complaint of the Commissioner of Peshawar [Lieut Colonel John Reid Becher] of the unavailability of good maps of Central Asia - the Government of India request the Secretary of State to send out some reliable maps (includes, on p 7, a list made by the India Office Geographer, John Walker, of the best available maps of Central Asia)
Government of India sanction a reconsideration of the orders passed in 1853 regarding the rent-free tenures held by Syed Hussein Shah of Batala for the support of a khangah or shrine (includes a description of the lands in question, on pp 8-10)
Report of the Agent in Rajputana [Lieut Colonel William Frederick Eden] that the young Maharana of Udaipur [Shambhu Singh] has shown sufficient capacity to be entrusted with the reins of government in the near future
Generally favourable report by the Agent in Rajputana [Lieut Colonel William Frederick Eden] on the fitness of the Maharawat of Partabgarh [Udai Singh] to manage his own affairs - decision of the Government of India that he should take over the management of the State not later than 1 Dec 1865
Death, on 18 Feb 1865, of Unkar Singh, Thakar of the Petty Estate of Matwarh under the Bhil Agency - Government of India recognize his infant son Ranjit Singh as the lawful successor - during Ranjit Singh's minority the state is to be managed by the Ali Rajpur Durbar
Decision that no officer should be appointed to succeed Captain William Bannerman as Commissioner for demarcating the boundary between the Central India Agency and Rewa Kantha