Letter regarding Pelly's K.C.S.I [Order of the Star of India], a K.C.B. [Order of the Bath] which Lord Mayo had recommended him for, the pleasantness of his current appointment in India and the courteous and fair treatment by the Government of India within it.2 folios
Letter regarding the unfit condition of school [Lawrence Asylum] and the need to protect the children there from illness and requesting a copy of his minutes and the school sub-committee report.1 folio
Letter regarding the state of the Lawrence Asylum buildings which Pelly fears are endangering the children and offering to step in and help to find the girls there a safer place to attend school and requesting that the school committee attend a meeting at the school the following day to consider possible arrangements.1 folio
Letter regarding Pelly's letter being written on his behalf by a friend owing to his recent eyesight problems; his having asked the Chief's in Rajpootana [Rājasthān] to supply specimens and samples for a museum and the loss of (Britain's) character in many people in India's eyes owing to former international exhibitions held there.The letter has been crossed through and is incomplete.2 folios
Letter regarding the lack of news of Colonel Nixon's return and that any orders the Colonel is given in Bombay would have to conform with the recent rule changes laid down by Government and that any change in Allen's position at Oodeypore [Udaipur] would be issued by Government in conformity with the said new rules.1 folio
Letter regarding an unofficial letter that had been inadvertently included with the official papers and the procedure for withdrawing it.The letter goes on to explain to Carnell the difference between Unofficial and official letters and that although unofficial letters often contained intimations of what the official view might be, if all his officers started taking his unofficial letters as 'sacred' he would no longer be able to write socially to them.The letter also gives details of all the correspondence Pelly has previously referred to and encouraging him to write officially on the matter if he still felt aggrieved.2 folios
Letter instructing Carnell to send Lieutenant Yate on his boundary work immediately owing to the season and the impending weather, and asking if the Colonel had seen a shirt with enamelled studs which Pelly believed he had left behind during his last visit.1 folio
Letter regarding the rapid rate of recent changes in Rajpootana [Rājasthān] and Pelly's intention of meeting the Maharaja of Bickanere [Bīkāner] in the autumn. The letter also discusses the news that a large proportion of complaints and Thakoor [Thakur]'s cases are finally satisfactorily settled.2 folios
Note informing Burton that he cannot at present leave his post and enclosing a copy of a note sent by Major Edward Ridley Colborne Bradford (note not enclosed).1 folio
Letter regarding a pending question on change in the system of customs and whether it relates to salt specifically or is a more general question.The letter also asks if Powlett would be willing to act in Harrowlee [Hāraoti] should Berkeley return home as it could provide a useful sphere for him with plenty of work and an opportunity to sketch those states under his charge for a gazetteer.2 folios