"Aleko appointed Governor of E. Rumelia - Secret Article of Convention with Austria - Conversation with Sultan - Visit to Brusa - Ismail Pasha deposed - Tewfik named Khedive - Rectification of Greek frontiers - Fall of Haireddin Pasha - My private letter to the Sultan - British Fleet ordered to Besika - Alarm of Sultan - Interview with him - Safvet Pasha recalled - Aarifi Prime Minister - Sultan promises reforms - The Armenians - Russian troops evacuate Turkey - Prince Alexander of Battenburg - Insecurity - Visit to Syria."

Section XX is accompanied by a supplement : typescript transcriptions of dispatches by Layard :

"Despatch to Lord Salisbury. 30 July. 1879";

"Despatch to Lord Salisbury. 20 Oct. 1879".