Memorandum by Colonel William Morison, dated 10 Jan 1831, recommending that iron light field artillery should replace the brass artillery now in use in the three Presidency Armies - minute by the Governor General [Lord William Bentinck], dated, 14 Mar 1835, commenting on Morison's proposals, (wit...
Proposal of the Governor General [Lord William Bentinck] that corporal punishment should be abolished in H.M. and the Company's European Regiments in India - he recommends, instead, that a penal company should be established in each Presidency.
Defects in the Madras Lighthouse - suggestion of Vice Admiral Sir John Gore that the Lighthouse be moved outside the Citadel (includes, on pp 67-122, Lieutenant John Thomas Smith's report on the condition of the Lighthouse, with many coloured sketches) [Jun 1820]
Discussions between the King of Oudh [Nasir-ud-din Haidar], his Chief Minister, and the British Resident [Major John Low] regarding the appointment of a successor to the late Captain James Dowling Herbert as Astronomer Royal in Oudh.
Extracts of the Court of Directors' dispatch of 17 Jun 1834, notifying the dismissal of Mordaunt Ricketts from the Company's service, are published in the Calcutta, Madras and Bombay Government Gazettes - the Resident at Lucknow [Lieut Colonel John Low] brings Ricketts' dismissal to the notice of...
Necessity for a more thorough testing of European army officers in the knowledge of native languages - defects in the existing examination system - minute of the Governor General, Lord William Bentinck, dated 19 Mar 1835 (pp 7-12) (includes, on pp 13-18, a printed extract of Bengal Army General O...
Proposal that Bombay and Calcutta should become Free Ports for the China trade - appointment of a Committee for enquiring into the system of customs and transit duties.
Report of the Native Medical Education Committee, Bengal, dated 20 Oct 1834 - establishment of a new Medical College under the superintendence of Mountford Joseph Bramley (the report is on pp 9-84, appendices on pp 85-289)