Letter from Major Thomas Fiott De Havilland to the Court of Directors regarding the construction of a drainage tunnel on the north east side of Fort St George citadel.
Purchase of a barometer and thermometer by the Surveyor General's Office to enable Lieutenant Benjamin Swain Ward to calculate the height of the Nilgiri mountains.
Decision that a copy of every work relating to the Tamil language published by the Fort St George College Press, should be furnished to the Missionary Society at Colombo, also that a copy of every work from the same press should be presented to every Scientific and Religious Society in India.