The contents are as follows:

(i) Papers, 1745-1746, concerning shipping during the Rising (folio 1);

(ii) Permits to ships and bonds by their masters or owners, 1745-1746 (folio 48);

(iii) Passes and certificates, 1745-1747 (folio 53);

(iv) Reports of prisoners held by the City Guard in Edinburgh, February-September 1746 (folio 139);

(v) Papers concerning the Edinburgh Volunteer Regiment, 1746 (folio 172).