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)
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)
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]
Papers regarding the general defence of the Assam Frontier, with particular reference to the aggressions of the Angami Nagas (a partial duplicate of IOR/L/PS/6/547(15/1A))
Papers regarding the general defence of the Assam Frontier and the policy to be pursued towards the Angami Nagas (includes, on pp 12-15, particulars of outrages committed by Nagas in Nowgong, Gola Ghat and North Cachar, Mar 1854-Apr 1865)
Defence of the south-eastern frontier of Assam against attacks by the Shindus and other predatory tribes - creation of the new post of Superintendent of Hill Tribes in Northern Arakan (includes report and diary of a journey in the Chittagong Hill Tracts by Lieutenant Thomas Herbert Lewin, Nov-Dec 1865, on pp 20-32)
Question of the purposes to which the Abkari revenue of the Secunderabad Cantonment ought to be legitimately applied - disagreement between the Resident at Hyderabad [George Udny Yule] and the Government of India
Complaint of the Maharaja of Indore [Tukoji Rao Holkar] of undue interference by the British Government in matters connected with successions to the Chiefship of Jaora - question of the political status of Jaora vis-a'-vis Indore State and the Government of India (includes on pp 16-18 a list of Malwa Chiefs having direct treaties with the British Government)
Conversion of the life pension of 200 rupees 'per mensem' recently conferred on Khatiya Begam, widow of Nawab Ali Reza Khan Kazilbash, into a grant, in fee-simple, of 2753 acres of land in Rakh Khamba, Lahore District
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