Papers regarding Chinese cotton. Dr William Roxburgh's reports on the spice plants and other products of Amboina etc. Proposal to increase the cultivation of nutmegs and cloves at Penang and Bencoolen.
Papers regarding the illicit trade between Asia and Europe by ships sailing under neutral colours (includes a report on the private trade between Europe, America and Bengal from June 1796 to May 1802).
New arrangements resulting from the transfer of the administration of Ceylon from the East India Company to the British Crown. Question of the disposal of the cinnamon surplus.
Captain Charles Adam of H.M.S. La Sybelle and Captain Henry Frost of the Company's cruiser Mornington are each presented with a sword by the Insurance Societies of Calcutta for their gallant conduct in capturing the French privateers, La Chiffonne, L'Eugenie and L'Hirondelle.
Regulations for preventing accidents from the explosion of gunpowder on board ships anchored off Calcutta. Conversion of a building at Achipur for use as a gunpowder depository. Regulations for the sale and manufacture of gunpowder within the Calcutta town limits.