The volume contains a range of documents connected with the Bill including: copies of the proposed Bill, petitions against the Bill, proposed clauses for inclusion within the Bill, and related newspaper cuttings. It also includes a report by Sir Douglas Fox dated 12 November 1896 (pages 40-51), a report by the Board of Trade (pages 158-159), correspondence with the Board of Trade (pages 358-369), a report from the Parliamentary Committee on Group No. 1 of Railwayd Bills (pages 738-741) and a draft report by the Humber Conservancy (page 742)

An index can be found at the front of the volume.