Transfer of the office and duties of the Agent at Surat to the Magistrate and Collector of Surat (includes, on pp 4-7, a memorandum on the Surat Agency)
Claim of Lieut Colonel Colin MacKenzie as one of the hostages in Afghanistan in 1842, to a sum, calculated at the rate of 2000 rupees 'per annum', for the period 5 Jan-21 Sep 1842 - Government of India see so reason to accedes to his request
The Maharaja of Gwalior [Jayaji Rao Sindhia] expresses his intention of adopting an heir and of abdicating in the latter's favour, himself retaining the post of Chief Minister
Government of India strongly advise the Secretary of State for India to reverse his decision not to create a post of 'Personal Assistant to the Commissioner of Peshawar' (includes numerous papers regarding the civil and military administration of the North West Frontier)
Request of the Punjab Government that the decision to appropriate the extra allowances granted to certain Assistant Commissioners in the Punjab may not apply to the present incumbents
Papers regarding the Jigni Estate in Bundelkhand - report on the administration of the Estate for the Sambat year 1921 (ie Jul 1864-Jun 1865) by the Native Superintendent [Pamesri Dass] (with associated correspondence)
Further papers regarding the exchange of territory between the British Government and the Maharaja of Indore [Tukoji Rao Holkar] - delay in completing the valuation of the Wabgaon Estate
Death, on 31 Oct 1865, of the Rais of Sohawal [Lal Sheo Singh] - succession of his grandson [Sher Bahadur Singh] (appended is a memorandum on the Nazarana tax by Sir Charles Metcalfe, 26 Oct 1828, and correspondence of the Government of India, Apr-Jul 1860, regarding the right of adoption by Native Princes)