Reforms consequent upon the abolition of the Northern Chief-ships of Masulipatam and Vizagapatam and the Ganjam Residency. Their replacement by Collectorates. Lord Hobart's visit to the Northern Circars. Necessity for a new Charter of Justice for Madras.
Language allowance granted to the Company's Commercial officers and Junior Revenue officers in the Madras Presidency. Regulation that no person shall be appointed a Collector after January 1796 who is not proficient in one of the vernacular languages.
Sir Charles Oakeley's donation to the Madras Government of two volumes of papers given to him by Marquis Cornwallis relating to the Decennial Revenue Settlement in Bengal.