"The first vol. will ... be a retrospective one, taking up events now in progress as far back as 1838 ... to the end of the year 1841" -- Preface.
The vol. for 1842 contains, among other things, staff lists of the Bombay Army, the Bombay Civil Service list as of Dec. 31, 1841, a list of the Indian Navy, and a list of the European and East Indian inhabitants of Bombay.