Completion of the magnetical observatory at Singapore - commencement of observations - report of the Superintendent [2nd Lieutenant Charles Morgan Elliot] - appointment of staff
Further papers regarding the use of lightning conductors to protect powder magazines - correspondence between the Madras Government and the Government of India etc
Papers regarding the proposed Madras Infantry Retiring Fund (includes a printed circular from the Fund Committee to the officers of the Madras Infantry, and a printed pamphlet containing Captain George Greig Mackenzie's scheme for the administration of the Fund)
Papers regarding the promotion of cotton cultivation in the Madras Presidency - employment first in Tinnevelly District then in Coimbatore District of three of the overseers recruited in the United States, viz:- Messrs James Morris, Q N Hawley and Samuel Simpson - question of the creation of an e...
Further papers regarding the disturbances at Nipani - detailed accounts of the insurrection and of the subsequent military operations to recapture the fort (Vol 2)
Rules for regulating the employment of hereditary district officers in the Deccan and Khandesh - duties of despandyas, desmukhs, desais, etc - question of requiring security from them, etc
Proceedings following the capture of Nipani Fort - disposal of the Arab prisoners etc. (includes lists of the prisoners, with remarks, on pp 60-83, 93-94, 125-27, also a printed extract of the Bombay Government Gazette of 9 Mar 1841, on pp 25-26) (Vol 3)