Proposed grant of pensions to the three widows of Shahzada Sher Muhammad a descendent of Muhammad Shah Durani, the pensions to be backdated to 1 Oct 1864
Petition to the Secretary of State for India from Sahib Singh, a banker of Delhi, praying to be reimbursed the sum of 12,534 rupees allegedly owed to him by the estate of the late Hassan Ali Khan of Jhajjar (with associated correspondence)
Death, in Mar 1865, of Kishore Singh, Thakur of Tappa, an estate in the Gwalior District of Sonkach - Government of India recognize Takht Singh, adopted son of the late thakur's mother, as successor to the estate
Memorial to the Secretary of State for India from Shahzada Muhammad Bashir-ud-din, grandson of Tipu Sultan, praying that the interest of the capital stock sanctioned as a permanent provision for the Mysore Family may be declared exempt from attachment by any civil court (with associated correspondence)
Government of India sanction the grant to the Maharaja of Mysore [Krishna Raja Wodeyar] of 183,500 rupees, to be distributed as gratuities to the palace employees on account of the present dearness of provisions in Mysore (includes lists of the palace establishments, on pp 5-6)
Further papers regarding the last illness and death of the Raja of Kolhapur [Shivaji IV] and the succession of his nephew and adopted son Nagoji Rao Tataya Sahib Patankar who takes the regal name of Raja Ram (includes, on pp 12-13, a genealogical table of the Bhonsla Family)
Proposal of certain merchants of Singapore for the formation of a commercial company for the establishment of telegraphic communication between Moulmein and the Straits Settlements - concessions made by the King of Siam and the Temenggong of Johore (Vol 1)
Further correspondence regarding the proposed establishment of telegraphic communication between Moulmein and the Straits Settlements - question of the system to be adopted (Vol 2)
Papers regarding the emergence of a fanatical Sikh religious sect called the Kukas under the leadership of Ram Singh of Bhaini near Ludhiana - question as to what measures should be taken against them - sale of military stores from the Ferozepore Magazine to the Raja of Jind [Raghubir Singh]