On the recommendation of the Governors of Fort William College, the Bengal Government subscribe to 100 copies of the 'Travels of Abu Talib Khan in England and Ireland', and 150 copies of a corrected edition of the 'Mitakshara'.
The Honourable Captain G Elliot of HMS Modeste is presented with 10,000 rupees for having provided a passage for the Governor General, Lord Minto, and his suite from Madras to Java and thence back to Bengal.
The Madras Government are unable to comply with the request of the Bengal Government, for a schoolmaster, to teach the principles of Dr Andrew Bell and Joseph Lancaster at the Free School, Calcutta, but they forward several works on the Lancastrian system of education, for the use of the school.
Resignation of Dr William Hunter as Secretary of the Fort William College - appointment of Lieutenant Abraham Lockett as Secretary and Examiner and of Lieutenant Archibald Galloway as Assistant Secretary and Examiner - application of Lieutenant Lockett to be reimbursed the amount deducted from hi...
Captain G Elliott of HMS Modeste is granted the sum of 4,000 rupees for having provided a passage for Sir Samuel Auchmuty and his staff from Batavia to Cheribon and Samarang, and thence back to Batavia.
The ship Margaret and Francis is purchased from Messrs Palmer and Co for the China Seas survey - the Bengal Marine Board also authorize the purchase of a brig, to be employed in the survey.