Lieutenant Andrew Fraser is allowed the expenses incurred in transmitting certain natural history specimens to Madras to be forwarded to the Edinburgh Museum - they are shipped free of charge on the Astell.
The Madras Government reject the request of the Reverend William Reeve to receive extra remuneration for amendments to his English-Kanarese dictionary - he is permitted to receive 4200 rupees, the estimated value of 70 copies.
The Madras Government subscribe in advance for 50 copies of a work by Captain James Michael entitled 'The Mahratta Interpreter'. Request of the Board of Fort St George College that a fount of Marathi types be sent out from England.