Papers regarding three revenue questions, viz: 1) the assessment of land according to its quality and not according to its produce 2) the rights of mirasdars and the granting of land on miras tenures 3) the substitution of a money payment for the receipt of revenue in kind
The practice of 'Vet' on Salsette Island, whereby village officers were accustomed to exact unpaid labour from the ryots, is outlawed by the Bombay Government
Bombay Government make a Saranjam grant of villages in Poona District worth 25,000 rupees 'per annum' to Madhao Rao Nilkant Purandheri (a list of the villages selected appears on pp 40-45)
Bombay Government allow the Palanpur State to import opium direct from Malwa under passes to the extent required for the state's own internal consumption
Further papers regarding Dr Alexander Burn's experiments in silk cultivation at Kaira - flourishing state of his Kaira mulberry plantation - he is allowed to take on extra staff - his proposed deputation to the Deccan to consult with Giuseppe Mutti, etc
Continuation of the allowance of 46 rupees 'per annum' which until Aug 1836 had been granted for the upkeep of the mosque and tomb of Imam-ud-din at Pirana in Ahmadabad District
Proposal of the Senior Magistrate of Police at Bombay [John Warden] that a law should be enacted prohibiting the use of ardent spirits by the native population - Bombay Government, after sounding out the opinions of various officials, decide that such an enactment would be inappropriate at present