The sentiment of the Government of India on the representation of the Commander in Chief that inconvenience was experienced in carrying into effect sentences of imprisonment awarded under the provisions of Act XXIII of 1839
Correspondence regarding certain modifications made in the system of pay and promotion in the class of native medical pupils in the Madras Presidency, with a view to assimilating that branch of the Subordinate Medical Service with the class of medical apprentices
Scope & Content:
Includes a list of 35 native medical pupils who commenced their studies at the Medical School in July 1842
Correspondence relating to the grant of honorary rewards to Native officers of the Army, and the sanction of the Government of India for the selection of a Native officer for employment on the personal staff of the Commander in Chief with the full batta of his rank
Scope & Content:
The officers recommended for reward were: Subadar Major Ramasawmy of the Gun Lascars, Subadar Major Camarasawmy Sirdar Bahadur of the Sappers and Miners, and Subadar Sheik Nutter of the 36th Regiment of Native Infantry
Captain Best of the Corps of Engineers directed to proceed to Singapore to report upon the particular works which might be required for the defence of that Island
The arrangement adopted in consequence of the proposition for substituting the Indian maund for the garee measure in the Salt Department, with a view to simplifying the transactions of the Salt Department at the Madras Presidency