Papers regarding the Mysore Princes - Sahibzada Feroze Shah, a great-grandson of Tipu Sultan is given permission to reside permanently at Chinsura - he is granted 5000 rupees to cover his relocation costs
Recommendation of the Government of India that the Political Assistant in Bundelkhand [Dr John Proudfoot Stratton] be promoted to Political Agent with a consequent increase in salary from 1150 to 1500 rupees 'per mensem'
Congratulatory addresses sent by the Maharaja of Mysore [Krishna Raja Wodeyar] to Queen Victoria and to the Prince of Wales on the occasion of the birth of a son and heir [Prince Albert Victor] to the Prince of Wales
Murder of an American missionary, the Reverend Levi Janvier, at Anandpur in Hoshiarpur District, on 24 Mar 1864, by an Akali Sikh called Bhag Singh (Vol 1)
A marriage offering and a congratulatory address from the people of Benares to the Prince and Princess of Wales are forwarded to England on the steamer Nemesis (a description of the presents appears on p 11)
Further papers regarding the encroachments of the Dutch on the East Coast of Sumatra - correspondence of the Raja of Assahan and the Temenggong of Batu Basra with the Resident Councillor at Penang [Colonel Macpherson]
Pensions amounting in aggregate to 394 rupees 'per mensem' are awarded to the dependents of the late Maharani Jhanda Kaur of Lahore (a list of the pensioners appears on pp 4-5)