Papers regarding the annexation of the Nicobar Islands, Vol 1 - Government of India instruct Commodore Sir Leopold George Heath to send a Royal Navy vessel as soon as possible to take possession of the islands
Papers regarding the annexation of the Nicobar Islands, Vol 2 - Commander Arthur Morrell of HMS Spiteful is ordered to take possession of the islands - the Superintendent at Port Blair in the Andamans to be responsible for their administration (includes memoranda on the Nicobars by 'HM' [Colonel Henry Man] and 'E C B' [Edward Clive Bayley]
Papers regarding the annexation of the Nicobar Islands, Vol 4 - reports by Commander Arthur Morrell of HMS Spiteful on his proceedings at Nancowry when taking possession of the islands for the British Crown (includes, on p 7, a map on oil cloth, MS, coloured, showing the channel between Camorta and Nancowry Islands)
Decision of the Government of India that since the French Catholic missionaries in Tibet do not apparently require assistance the projected expedition from Assam should be cancelled (includes copy of letter from Father Louis Pierre Carreau at Patang to Thomas Thornville Cooper at Shanghai) (Vol 5)
Further papers regarding the case of Abdul Rahim of Mhow Aimah village in Allababad District - Government of India inform the Secretary of State for India that the NWP Government are no longer prepared to re-employ Abdul Rahim in the public service, objections having been received from the local authorities
Report from the Resident in Nepal [Colonel Richard Charles Lawrence] that the Nepalese mission which set out for China in Aug 1866 has now returned to Katmandu (Vol 4)
Papers regarding Bhopal State, Vol 1, - death, on 30 Oct 1868, of Sikandar Begam, Ruler of Bhopal - installation of her daughter, Shah Jehan Begam, as the new ruler