Expense incurred for draping the Church at Madras with black cloth on the death of Marquis Cornwallis - a sermon preached by the Reverend Richard Hall Kerr on that occasion is ordered to be printed at the public expense.
Further instructions to the local authorities in Malabar and Canara to assist the officers employed by the Bombay Government in collecting timber for shipbuilding.
A reward of 50 pagodas is given to the commander and crew of a vessel which brought news of the appearance of a French squadron off Point de Galle in Ceylon.
Reform of the coinage in British India - proposed introduction of a uniform currency etc (includes tables showing the rate of exchange between Arcot rupees and star pagodas in the Madras Presidency)
Madras coins are sent for assay to the Calcutta Mint and to the Royal Mint in London - reports on the coins by the Assay Masters at Madras, Calcutta and London.