The contents are as follows:

(i) Papers, 1843, concerning teak cultivation in Malabar (folio 1);

(ii) Papers, 1843-1847, including statistics, concerning cotton production in the Madras Presidency (folio 12);

(iii) Paper, 1844, by William Gilchrist, of the Madras Medical Service, entitled 'The question whether there are numerous boulders scattered over the surface of Peninsular-India considered' (folio 123);

(iv) Miscellaneous official papers, 1842-1848, including material relating to Indian princes, regulations for trade and to public works (folio 137).