The contents consist of correspondence with Lord Curzon, 1905, concerning the handing over of the viceroyalty (folio 1); with Lord Kitchener, 1906-1912 (folio 47); with Sir J R Dunlop Smith, 1908-1913, including accounts of George V's visit to India in 1912 (folio 77); and with Sir Harcourt Butler, 1910-1913, on general aspects of Indian politics (folio 144).