Memorandum headed "Depot Battalions" on the formation of 18 Depot Battalions consisting of the elderly and infirm men from regiments of Native infantry for the purpose of discharging protective duties in the Provinces

Copies of letters and memoranda concerning a revised scale of wound pensions for the Sepoys of the three presidencies

General Orders of the Commander-in-Chief in India containing orders for carrying into effect the arrangement for remodelling the corps of sappers and miners

Memoranda, letters and reports concerning artillery matters, including supply of ammunition in the field, the use of poles or shafts on drafts of gun-carriages, and the detachment system

Correspondence between the Secretary to Government of India and the Quarter-Master-General and the Surveyor-General of India regarding the extent of land and coast frontier and the area of the British possessions and of those of the native chiefs in India, including a map of the territories

Copy of letter of Governor-General on the question of the annual inspections of the Commander-in-Chief and suggesting that the latter move with a small staff, leaving the permanent military establishment behind, the inspection not taking place until late in December

Correspondence of Lord Hardinge, the Duke of Wellington, Lord John Russell, Lord Clarendon, J. Macdonald, Maule, and Lieut.-General Sir E. Blakeney, relative to Lord Hardinge's accepting and taking up his appointment in Ireland, the situation in that country and measures to be undertaken, including a copy of a memorandum to Lord de Grey by Sir E. Blakeney dated 15 June 1843 on the reinforcements required in Ireland.

Correspondence, and copies of Treasury minutes and memoranda and reports relating to the committee enquiring into (a) the necessity of readily moving a portion of the army serving in Ireland, (b) the provisioning of the army, recommending the provision of a third meal each day, as well as of white bread, and the regularisation of the system of stopping in pay

Notes in Lord Hardinge's hand on "Irish law" (loose)

Sketch of the early life and anecdotes of Sir Henry Hardinge. Includes newspaper cuttings, but largely blank.