Complaints preferred against the Maharaja of Bikaner [Sardar Singh] by the mafidars and proprietors of certain villages in the Sirsa District - following the representations of the Government of India the Maharaja agrees to abide by the terms of the original Sirsa settlement
Papers regarding Mysore State - instructions from the Government of India to the Commissioner of Mysore [Lewis Bentham Bowring] regarding the duties of Lieut Colonel Gregory Haines as guardian of the young Maharaja of Mysore [Chama Rajendra Wodeyar] (with associated correspondence)
Correspondence of the Tsungli Yarmen [Chinese Foreign Office] with the British Minister in Peking [Sir Rutherford Alcock] notifying him of the facilities to be afforded to Captain Edward Sladen's expedition in Yunnan - return of Sladen's expedition to Rangoon
Papers regarding Mandi State - memorandum by Thomas Douglas Forsyth, Commissioner of Jullundur, on the maladministration of the state by the young Raja [Bije Sen] - measures taken by the Government of India to effect an improvement
Papers regarding Tonk State - correspondence regarding the grants of land made by the former Nawab of Tonk [Muhammad Ali Khan] shortly before his deposition - decision of the Government of India regarding their disposal (a list of the jagirs, with particulars, appears on p 7)
Memoranda on Central Asia by Thomas Douglas Forsyth, Commissioner, Jullundur Division, viz: 1) 'Trade with Central Asia' Sep 1868 (on pp 3-15) 2) 'Remarks and suggestions relative to proposed negotiations with Russia regarding Central Asia', 7 Oct 1868 (on pp 19-26), (with associated correspondence, also, at end of Collection, a map entitled 'Map showing routes from the Punjab to Eastern Turkistan to illustrate Memorandum by T D Forsyth' scale 1" = 32 miles)
Papers regarding the prevalance in Rajputana of the crime of kidnapping for immoral purposes, with special reference to Dholpur State - report by the Political Agent, Bharatpur [Captain Charles Kenneth Mackenzie Walter] (includes, on p 17, a statement of kidnapping cases heard in Karauli State between 1861-67)
Further papers regarding the political situation at Muscat, Vol 1 - capture of the town of Muscat by the rebel force under Azim bin Ghias, Chief of Rustaq - Sultan Syed Salim continues to hold out in the Muscat forts - visit to Muscat by the British Resident in the Persian Gulf [Lieut Colonel Lewis Pelly] - reports of the Political Agent at Muscat [Captain George Andrew Atkinson] etc
Further papers regarding the political situation at Muscat, Vol 2 - Government of India instruct the Bombay Government that neither Syed Salim or Syed Turki should be allowed to attempt to recover Muscat by force