The contents are as follows:
(i) Accounts, 1787-1910 (folio 1);
(ii) 'Acct. of the length of the New March Dyke between Ancrum & Langnewton', 1767 (folio 68);
(iii) 'A scheme for dividing Roxburgh Kirk', 1754 (folio 69);
(iv) Papers, 1769-1800, concerning the stipend of the minister of Roxburgh (folio 71);
(v) Copy of minutes, 1862-1863, of meetings of the heritors of the parish of Ancrum (folio 76);
(vi) Information (printed), 1812, on the fisheries of the river Tweed in the case of Hugh Scott and others against Robert Kerse (folio 78);
(vii) Description and diagram of a pump, ?1834 (folio 91);
(viii) 'Directions for constructing an Ice House', ?1842 (folio 95);
(ix) Report and notes, 1836, undated, on the plantations and shrubs on Springwood Park estates (folio 97);
(x) Draft advertisement, 1854, for sale of wood (folio 105);
(xi) Note, undated, of grass seeds for fields (folio 106);
(xii) Record, 1854-1858, of rainfall at Springwood Park (folio 107);
(xiii) 'List of game killed on Longnewton, etc.', 1905-1915 (folio 108).