The item in Hull is a carbon copy of Leiden University Library manuscript L.Or.8321, which is itself a copy of KITLV manuscript Or.164.VIII; it consists of 16ff., typescript, headed ff.224-242. See Ph.S. van Ronkel, 'Aanvulling der beschrijving van de Maleische en Minangkabausche handschriften ... in het bezit van het KITLV', in Bijdragen KITLV, 103/3-4, 1946, pp.578. See further J.L.M. Swaab, 'Beschrijving der Onderafdeeling Redjang' in Bijdragen 72, 1916, pp.460-554. Van Ronkel notes that this list was found by Controleur Swaab in the archives at Kapahiang in the Rejang district. It had been prepared by an unknown researcher from a proforma word-list prepared by K.F. Holle.

The typescript contains a list of 916 words. There are no sub-headings, but the arrangement is as follows:

1-76: Parts of the body; 77-115, mankind and relations; 116-250, verbs and verbal nouns; 251-328, household objects; 329-346, food and cooking; 347-617, nature: animals, plants, minerals, geography; 618-684, law, trade, war; 685-696, shipping; 697-766, adjectives; 767-799, more verbs; 800-852, adverbs, prepositions; 853-916, pronouns, numerals. The last two pages contain 25 specimen sentences, with their Rejang equivalents.