Papers regarding consular appointments - Bombay Government inform the Government of India that Ernest Waller, the Vice Consul for France at Karachi, is a member of a bankrupt firm
Papers regarding the Mewar [Udaipur] Political Agency - removal from political employment of Captain Charles Lionel Showers, the Political Agent in Mewar, on account of his illegal seizure of the Nimbahera pargana (part of Tonk State) and other proceedings
Miscellaneous questions - the civil and military stations at Hissar are to exercise two separate jurisdictions (includes a coloured sketch map of Hissar cantonments) - question of the pensions awarded to the family of Ranjit Singh, a deceased sodhi of Hoshiarpur District - the sentence of death passed on the Hyderabad rebel Sidi Joahir is commuted to transportation for life
Papers regarding Burma - deportation, without trial, from Rangoon to Calcutta, of Muhammad Ismail Khan, a native of Arcot, on account of alleged seditious practices - the Commissioner of Pegu [Major Arthur Purves Phayre] who had been responsible for the deportation, is ordered by the Government of India to refrain from such arbitrary actions in future
Papers regarding the Straits Settlements (Vol 1) - foreign proceedings relating to Penang and Singapore for the fourth quarter of 1858 - petition of Muhammad Nurdu of Province Wellesley - rescue of an English and an American sailor by HMS Nankin - French and Spanish blockade of Turon in China - request of the Sultan of Sulu/Xolo for a second copy of the Sulu-English treaty - recruitment of coolies from Penang to work on the French island of Bourbon [Reunion] - case of Jean Baptiste d'Egremont...
Papers regarding the Straits Settlements (Vol 2) - foreign proceedings relating to Penang and Singapore for the third quarter of 1858 - correspondence with the Raja of Kedah - appointment of a consul for Hamburg at Penang - appointment of a consul for Prussia at Singapore - alleged misconduct of the agent of the Sultan of Johore, etc.etc.
Papers regarding Burma - trial, at Rangoon, of various persons accused of rebellion, dacoity and murder (includes a transcript of the trial proceedings)
Papers regarding Mysore State - petitions from the native inhabitants of Bangalore, the Chitaldroog Division and Mysore City protesting against the intended resignation of Sir Mark Cubbon as Chief Commissioner of Mysore (with associated correspondence)