Papers regarding the transfer of the Straits Settlements (Penang, Singapore, Malacca) from the India Office to the Colonial Office, Vol 1 - deputation of Colonel Lousada Barrow to the Straits Settlements to oversee the disposal of Indian military stores
Papers regarding the transfer of the Straits Settlement (Penang, Singapore, Malacca) from the India Office to the Colonial Office, Vol 2 - question of the retention of the Indian Convict Establishment - suggestion that ticket-of-leave men should be allowed to stay on in the Colony
Papers regarding the transfer of the Straits Settlement from the India Office to the Colonial Office, Vol 3 - adjustment of accounts with the Straits Settlements since the transfer
Papers regarding the transfer of the Straits Settlements from the India Office to the Colonial Office, Vol A - memorandum by Major General Orfeur Cavenagh on the repair of military buildings
Papers regarding the transfer of the Straits Settlements from the India Office to the Colonial Office, Vol B - memorandum by Major General Orfeur Cavenagh on the steamers employed in the service of the Straits Settlements
Papers regarding Tonk State - Government of India sanction the proposal of the Agent in Rajputana [Colonel Richard Harte Keatinge] that the administration of Tonk State be made over to the young Nawab [Muhammad Ibrahim Ali Khan], as from 1 Jan 1870, the services of the Assistant Officer to be retained for a further 12 months
Replies of various Agencies to the Government of India's circular letter regarding the practice of kidnapping for immoral purposes - replies from the Political Agent, Manipur, the Resident, Nepal, the Resident, Hyderabad, the Chief Commissioners, Central Provices, Oudh and Mysore/Coorg, and the Government of the Punjab - general consensus that the practice does not prevail to any great extent (includes, on pp 14-18, a return of cases in the Central Provinces, 1864-69)
Papers regarding the North East Frontier - alleged smuggling of opium from Manipur State into Cachar - report by the Political Agent, Manipur [Dr Robert Brown]
Question regarding the conduct of Mr Walker, station master at Nalhati in Birbhum District, who removed an idol from its accustomed place thus causing offence to the native population - Government direct that the idol be replaced on its former site