The regulations which allow soldiers who have lost limbs in battle to receive pensions equal to their full pay are extended retrospectively to previous casualties.
Officers, Cadets and Assistant Surgeons of the Madras Army who were employed at the capture of the Cape of Good Hope in January 1806 are allowed to draw Indian Allowances, the amount to be debited to H.M. Government at the Cape.
Papers regarding compensation payable to individuals for losses sustained during the mutiny at Vellore in July 1806 - the Madras Government who have already paid half of the amount claimed request the Court of Directors to authorise payment of the remainder.
Administrative improvements in the Madras Cadet Institution - Lieutenant Charles Stewart to be responsible for instruction in Hindustani - a battalion of Sepoy boys formed for service in the Institution - the Company to meet extra expenses regarding Munshis - textbooks to be supplied from Calcutt...
A junior class is added to the Madras Military Institution [Surveying School] - Lieutenant James Garling is appointed Assistant Mathematics Instructor at a salary of 50 pagodas 'per mensem' - specimens of surveys done by the School are sent home to the Court of Directors.
Debts due to the Company by officers dying intestate are to be discharged before the effects of the deceased officer are deposited in the Company's Treasury.
The grain dealers at Hyderabad are compelled to refund their illicit profits to the Army - the money recovered is given to the Military Male Orphan Asylum, Madras.
Observations of Assistant Surgeon Adam Lockhart Smith on the diseases prevalent among the native troops, with suggestions as to preventive measures (includes statistical returns)
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1806
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