Measures adopted to encourage the cultivation of pepper in Malabar Province - abolition of the tax on pepper vines - temporary suspension of the export duty on Malabar pepper.
J.H. Baber, the Sub-Collector in the Wynaad District, receives a reward of 2,500 pagodas for his part in the successful operations against the Pyche Raja of Cotiote - 3,000 pagodas are distributed among the troops employed on these operations.
The Company's monopoly on the sale and manufacture of salt is extended to Malabar and Canara. Arrangements for the importation of Goanese salt into Canara.