Minutes of Lord William Bentinck, Governor-General and Commander in Chief, on the composition of the army of India and his opinions as to reorganisation

Nine papers relating to the appointment of a military Auditor General in succession to the late Colonel Imlach and the selection of Colonel J.A.P Macgregor of the 22nd Regiment N.I. to fill the vacancy

Copy of General Orders by the Governor-General of India in Council, concerning the eligibility of officers to hold the appointments of Adjutant-General, Quarter-Master General, Military Auditor General and Commissary General, their deputies and assistants.

Copy of letter from Lord Auckland, Governor General, to Sir Henry Fane, Commander-in-Chief, in answer to a proposal from the latter to brigade the European regiments together, and strongly dissenting from this proposal

Copy of a dispatch from the Governor-General to Sir J. Kane, K.C.B., G.C.H appointing the latter to the command of the army in place of Sir Henry Fane, and issuing instructions for the support of the efforts of Shah Shujah Ool Moolk to re-establish his sovereignty in Afghanistan in opposition to Dost Mahomed Khan and the Chief's of Kandahar: also a copy of a despatch to W.H. Macnaughton, Envoy and Minister at the Court of Shah Shuja, containing instructions regarding policy and actions to be adopted in supporting Shah Shujah on his return to Afghanistan.

Copy of a letter from General Sir H. Fane to the Governor-General, stating his views with regard to the defence of the western frontier of British India, and attaching a memorandum dated May 30, 1837 on the same subject

A memorandum headed "Notes on Afghanistan Affairs" by unknown, a member of the Political and Military Committee of the East India Company, giving an appreciation of the situation resulting from the recent disaster in Afghanistan and arguing against the despatch of a second expedition into that country

Copy of a minute by the Governor-General of India on military arrangements in India, made and being made since the recent disaster in Afghanistan, as well as his recommendations for certain other action to be taken to add to the numbers of efficiency of available force for protection of the Indian frontier.

Copies of two minutes by the Governor-General on the financial condition of the Government

Copy of a minute by the Governor-General on the subject of patronage, with reference to nominations to appointments, made by the Deputy Governor of Bengal in the absence of the Governor General from the Presidency