Proposal of George W Hayward, Private Secretary to HE The Viceroy, to explore the Pamir Steppe via Gilgit - his request for Government assistance is refused (Vol 1)
Proposed abolition of transit dues in the Petty State of Mathwar, Central India - objections thereto from the Agent to the Governor General in Central India [Lieut Colonel H D Daly]
Miscellaneous papers relating to the Punjab - payment of one year's interest to the estate of the late Sirdar of Bela on account of a sum of 18,000 rupees deposited by him in the Ambala Treasury
Papers regarding Karauli State, Vol 1 - indebtedness of the Raja [Madan Pal] - the Raja's debt to the Government of India of 117,000 rupees is remitted as a reward for his loyalty during the Mutiny - deputation of Lieutenant Charles Kenneth Mackenzie Walter to Karauli as Political Adviser - his reports to the Agent in Rajputana, etc.
Papers regarding Maler Kotla State (Punjab) - birth of a son, on 10 Oct 1861, to the Nawab of Maler Kotla [Sikandar Ali Khan] - Government of India overrule the allegations of illegitimacy made by the Nawab's cousin [Ibrahim Ali Khan] and recognize the child as heir to the Chiefship
Defence of Charles Umpherston Aitchison against the charge levelled against him in certain newspapers that he had knowingly suppressed certain material facts in his 'Précis of British relations with Bhutan' - copies of the demi-official correspondence of the Honourable Ashley Eden, the Envoy to Bhutan
Papers regarding Mysore State - administration of the Mysore Trust Fund - refusal of the Maharaja of Mysore [Krishna Raja Wodeyar] to receive the interest on the thirty lakhs of rupees invested on account of the Fund
Papers regarding Mysore State - further papers regarding the request of the Maharaja [Krishna Raja Wodeyar] to have the administration of the State restored to him - copies of the correspondence in 1799 between the Governor-General [Lord Mornington] and the Commissioners for the affairs of Mysore, etc.
Papers regarding Mysore State - kharita (formal letter) from the Viceroy [Sir John Lawrence] to the Maharaja [Krishna Raja Wodeyar] conveying the decision of the British Government not to restore the management of the State to the Maharaja