There is an index of recipients at the start of the volume containing the following entries:

Arlès-Dufour & Co.; Anderson, Anderson & Co.; Thomas Bilbe & Co.; Robert Benson & Co.; Robert Barbour & Brother; James Burchell Jnr; Thomas Bell M.D.; Bazain & Co.; Brown & Co.; V. Berchut; Robert Blake Byass & Co.; Bank of New Zealand; Buchanan, Wignall & Co.; Captain Robert B. Baker; Captain C.J. Bolton; Banca International; Bamman & Gamman; Captain Richard H. Brown; John Charles Bowring; Alphonse Bonnal; John & Thomas Brocklehurst & Sons; Adolphe Collin; Alexander Collie & Co.; Cotesworth & Powell; Crawford, Colvin & Co.; Cutler, Palmer & Co.; Revd S. Carpenter; Cramerus & Co.; J. Castello; Chalmers, Guthrie & Co.; H. Clarkson & Co.; John Deverill; William Denny & Brothers; Deverill & Titterton; Archibald Orr Ewing & Co.; Henry Ellis & Sons; Executors of Malcolm Anderson Macleod; William Fruing & Co.; W.H. Forster; J.R. Feder & Sons; Edward Gingele & Co.; McDiarmid, Greenshields & Co.; Allan C. Gow & Co.; James Graham & Co.; Gellatly, Hankey, Sewell & Co.; Francisco Greil; Francisco Garcia Gaston; Gillespie, Moffatt & Co.; Galbraith, Steinger, Pembroke & Co.; George Gibson & Co.; Howland & Aspinwall; Thomas & James Harrison; Horrockses, Miller & Co.; Thomas Newman Hunt; Charles Hope; Hargrove, Fergusson & Jackson; Captain A. Hutchison; Richard Farr Hamilton; Robert Alexander Houstoun; Robert Jardine; F. Johnston; Miles Prendergast Jukes; J. & R. Grant; Janion, Rhodes & Co.; John R. Kelso; Koenigsberg Commercial Association; H. Kendall & Sons; C.H. Knight & Co.; Killick, Martin & Co.; Henry S. King & Co.; London Joint Stock Bank; Captain G. Lecaan; Lloyd Italiano. The Società di Navigazione a Vapore; Samuel Crozier Law; Milsom, Poy & Ch. Berry; Matheson & Co.; Merchant Banking Co. of London Ltd; Samuel Mendel; James Macandrew; James MacCunn; Murdoch's Nephews; Hugh Mackay Matheson; McDiarmid, Greenshields & Co.; L. McKinnon Jnr; W. Milburn & Co.; C.M. Norwood & Co.; G.A.F. Norris; Nicholson & McGill; Nelson, Donkin & Co.; Oriental Bank Corporation; Parrott & Co.; Sir John Pirie & Co.; Matilda Jane Poole; Charles Perceval; Captain Daniel Patridge; J. Prowse & Co.; William Prowse & Co.; William Prowse; Robertson & Co.; Redfern, Alexander & Co.; Floriano Antonio Rangel; Rehden; W.H. Smith; Alexander Stephen & Sons; W. & J. Stewart; James Shepherd & Co.; Ross, Skolfield & Co.; Shaw, Maxton & Co.; Thomas Skinner & Co.; Sandbach, Tinne & Co.; Charles Frederick Still; F.A. Schaefer; William Thom; Turing & Co.; Teighe & Smith; Trustees of Colin Shaw Matheson; Nicanor Tejerino; Temperleys, Carter & Darke; Arkell, Tufts & Co.; Valdeavellano & Co.; Joseph Vettori; W.B. Varco; James M. Wood; Robert Grant Webster; John Williams; Matilda White; Richard Woosnam; William Walker; and John Way.