The contents are as follows: (i) Correspondence, 1851-1892, undated, consisting chiefly of James Taylor's letters to his family in Scotland, with a few addressed to him. The series begins with Taylor's departure from London and describes life on the estates of Naranghera and Loolecondera from the early stages of clearing land in order to plant coffee, to the running of an established estate. There are descriptions of scenery, reactions to news of the Indian Mutiny in 1857, views on how to treat the natives, descriptions of Taylor's experiments in growing tea and of the social and economic effects of the coffee blight, together with some letters on family matters. (Folio 1.) (ii) Miscellaneous papers and press-cuttings, 1849-1892, undated. (Folio 195.)