The volume details the principle financial transactions of the Humber Conservancy Commissioners. An alphabetical index can be found at the front of the volume.

This includes details of salary and expenses payments to: the Conservator of the Humber (D. E. Hume); the Engineer (Martin Samuelson); John Wilkin; the Mate of the s.s. 'Auckland' (George Clark); the Engineer of the s.s. 'Auckland' (Edward Strawson); the Second Engineer of the s.s. 'Auckland' (Robert J. Taylor); the Clerk to the Conservancy (Edward Shimells Wilson); Mr E. Frost; Henry Fordham; Thomas Johnson; the Office Keeper; Thomas Richardson; Mr G. A. Hatfield; Henry Baxter (Clerk of Works at Broomfleet Island); and Frederick Rent.

Conservancy expenses detailed in the volume includes: the removal of wrecks; Broomfleet Island (Foreshores and Jetties); Office Rent; the operation and maintenance costs of the s.s. 'Auckland'; Sundries; Reads Island; the operation and maintenance of the s.s. 'F. B. Grotrian'; election of elected shipowners; printing and advertising; Parliamentary Bills; and Surveys.

Summaries of annual accounts, Government stock, Canadian Stock, the sale of foreshore to the Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, and rent from foreshore and property leases can also be found in the volume.