The Magistrate of North Malabar, Thomas Hervy Baber, is authorised to provide the inhabitants of his district with arms and ammunition to enable them to protect themselves against the attacks of wild elephants and tigers.
Papers regarding instances of sati (the self-immolation of widows) - the Judge of Kumbakonam, Charles May Lushington, is ordered to do his utmost to discourage the practice, short of outright prohibition.
The Madras Government reject the petition of some of Poligar prisoners at Penang to be allowed to return to India, with the exception of Kishen Iyen who is permitted to return to Tellicherry (includes a list of Poligar prisoners transported to Penang in 1802, pp 96-99).