The archive of the Mission in China for the period 1872-1954 contains correspondence and documents relating to the organization. There are also documents on the Boxing Revolution, the international settlements and courts, internal politics, international relations and political affairs. There are also documents on Dutch nationals of Chinese origin, treaties and (customs) agreements, hydraulic engineering and harbour works in China, railways, shipping and aviation, and opium issues. There are also documents on refrigeration and other Indian-Chinese issues (including monthly reports from the Dutch-Indian General Intelligence Service), political issues in Indo-China and the Far East and the course of the Second World War (including documents on Japanese war crimes). There is also an archive on German (and Austro-Hungarian) advocacy, a secret archive, documentation (including a number of cards) and the deposited archive of the military attaché in Chunking,
The archive of the card collection of the Ministry of Navy still contains only a few atlases. Since 1924, most of the atlases have been loaned to the Maritime Museum in Amsterdam. The collection of sea, coast and river maps forms by far the largest part of the archive. The map collection is smaller in size and contains maps of Europe and the other continents. The archive is complemented with a number of maps for a specific purpose, such as military, water and statistical maps. Stellar and physical maps, as well as wind and power maps, are also part of the archive..,
When public limited companies and later private limited companies were established, approval of the statutes by the Ministry of Justice was required. This archive contains files on this granting of approval, largely concerning individual public limited companies, established before 1945 and dissolved before 1983. The content of the files can vary from a single advice to a pack of documents, consisting of articles of association, leftovers, advice, royal decrees and correspondence,