The entries in this daybook cover the periods March 1877 and April-November 1878. The entries are grouped by month but do not follow a chronological order within each month. A few entries have short explanatory notes after them. Miscellaneous notes and accounts, including a statement of the Gold & Stock account, dated January 1873, appear on the last pages. The front cover is labeled "Day Book Journal March 1877 to Nov 1878." The book contains 289 numbered pages.
Blank pages: 248-276, 279, 288-289.
Missing pages: 1-92, 94-96, 107-108, 159-160, 167-170, 235-236, 277-278.