Captain Joseph Taylor of the Bengal Engineers is sent to Agra to remove certain inlaid marbles from the palace baths and convey them to Calcutta, the marbles to be used in constructing a receptacle for the bust of the Duke of Wellington (includes a plan of the inlaid pavement, p 28)
Appointment of J.T. Hodgson as Veterinary Surgeon to the Governor General's Body Guard - he is to select and train eight Assistant Apothecaries as Veterinary Surgeons for the Light Cavalry Regiments.