On taking up appointment as Deputy Secretary of the Home Department, Government of India at Calcutta; his loneliness; promotion prospects; relationship with his brother Harcourt; durbar of 1911, awarded the CVO; social life
First and second tours as Joint Secretary, Royal Commission on the Public Services in India, gathering evidence at Madras, Bombay, Delhi, Calcutta, Kotah and Assam
Visit to Egypt; Public Services Commission's Submission of evidence; effects of First World War on India; war service at Campbellpur and on tour in Attock district; awarded the C.B.; pain of extended separation from Ann and the children; social life
District Commissioner, Lahore; the Amritsar massacre and aftermath; rumours of Afghan uprising; frustration at not obtaining suitable promotion; political situation at Lahore; British policy in Punjab; his meeting with and impressions of M.K. Gandhi
Duties as President, Punjab Legislative Council at Lahore and Naini Tal; instructions for duty during Prince of Wales' visit; durbar; massacres in Punjab and elsewhere; death of Dunlop Smith
Gubernatorial affairs, tours and political intrigues in the Central Provinces; Iris Butler's wedding; staff difficulties; disappointment at not being appointed Governor, United Provinces
Gubernatorial duties; civil disobedience movement; Congress Party's activities; Simon Commission's findings; comments on political situation and unrest; constitutional reform; Governor's conference, Simla