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Bound volume of the topography and statistics of the Rohilcund division, handwritten and containing one printed map. Also contains a letter from P. ('Pilgrim', his pseudonym) Barron, a sugar merchant and supposed founder of Nainital, dated 1842.

Administrative tables collected from the different districts concerning castes. Handwritten and compiled in local languages with some English.

Three items, two of which consist of multiple, loosely tied papers and the other appearing to be a label, all in Arabic script, probably Persian or Urdu. Caste and community census information on local Zamindars from the Varanasi (Benares) District.

Some individual and some loosely tied papers, others being handmade booklets, concerning the survey information of castes and communities of local Zamindars (lords and land holders, usually hereditary) in Gorakhpur District. All in Arabic script, probably Persian or Urdu.

Survey of the various Zamindar caste identities in the local Parganas (administrative units) within the district of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. All written in Arabic script, possibly Persian or Urdu, and with what appear to be official stamps. Many items are in table format, though some are short fragments and others letters.

Hindi letter on cloth-like paper addressed to the kacheri (office) of Elliot at Shimla, dated 1847.

• Two English letters addressed to Elliot, complete with envelope, concerning notes and translations for Elliot's 'Glossary of Terms' - one is signed, but the name is yet to be deciphered.
• Another letter within the file in an Arabic script, possibly Persian or Urdu, with English notes on the reverse in Elliot's hand.
• One fragmentary note in English
• One fragment of English printed material. The articles included in the cut-out are as follows: Commercial Listings, General Orders, 'The Indian Passage' and 'Shiva and the Caves of Elephanta'

An item likely sent to Elliot, listing the population of English counties according to an 1841 census. Handwritten list.

The printed material consists of James Thomason's settlement report on the district of Azamgarh, from 1837 and a copy of a Hindi lithographed newspaper, the 'Shimla Akhbar', of 15th April 1848.

Within this series there are rubbings probably from inscriptions on copper plates, diagrams of agricultural tools and a hand-drawn map of Baiswara.