The Bengal Government approve the proposal of the Surveyor General [Major General John Garstin] that a canal should be cut between the Kalindi and Bara Kulia rivers in the Sundarbans to improve communication between Calcutta and East Bengal.
Construction of a cenotaph at Fort William to the memory of the officers and men of the Company's and King's armies who fell in the Maratha War of 1803-05.
Objections of the Commander in Chief [Lieut General George Hewett] to the Court of Directors' orders of 7 September 1808 forbidding officers to retire in India - request of the Bengal Government that the furlough regulations be revised.
Proposals of the Bengal Government for the re-organisation of the Bengal Pilot Service - suggestion that seamen from the north of England might be recruited as pilots, etc.
Certain Madras Army officers who had been dismissed the service for their part in the recent mutiny are allowed passage money for their return to England.
The Madras Government purchase mathematical instruments, maps and other geographical materials from Captain Thomas Fiott De Havilland, who had been dismissed the company's service, (includes a list of the property).
A donation of three months' pay and batta is granted to the escorts attached to the Raja of Mysore and the Resident, as a reward for their conduct during the Madras officers' mutiny - the Commander of the escort is pensioned on the full pay of his rank and presented with a palanquin (includes a l...