Memorial of Sir Henry Pottinger to the EIC Court of Directors, dated, London, 30 Jul 1840, complaining of the inadequacy of his salary when Political Agent for and British Resident in Sind (with associated correspondence)
Trial before the Madras Supreme Court of the master and crew of the Maidin Bakhsh on a charge of child kidnapping - they are acquitted on a technicality - report of a regular trade in children between Nagore and the Malay Archipelago (Vol 2)
Letter from Lieut Colonel F A Calvert to the EIC Court of Directors recommending that the Court send out to India some specimens of the silk and glass embroidery manufactured by his firm - in his opinion they will find a ready market among the wealthier classes - dated, Osborne's Hotel, Adelphi, ...
Arrest at Madras of the master and crew of the native brig Maidin Bakhsh on a charge of kidnapping children from the Northern Circars with a view to selling them into slavery at Nagore - general question of the suppression of the slave trade on the Coromandel Coast (Vol 1)
Claim of David W Fraser and Robert J Dring, formerly local officers in the Nagpur Service, to a pension from the Raja of Nagpur (Fraser and Dring's memorial to the Court of Directors is on pp 15-17)
The donation of 30,000 rupees made by Babu Pran Chand for the establishment of a school at Burdwan is refunded to him by Government, the Babu having entertained the mistaken belief that he would recive the title of 'Raja' in exchange
The oil painting which had been sent to England by the late King of Oudh [Nasir-ud-din Haidar] as a present for King William IV is granted by the new King of Oudh [Muhammad Ali Shah] to A D Casanova (includes a Persian copy of the firman confirming the grant)