Assassination of Lieutenant Arthur Manaton Ommanney of the Guide Corps, at Mardan, on 3 Oct 1865, by an itinerant fakir called Dost Muhammad - the assassin is summarily tried and executed (includes transcript of the trial)
Report received from Singapore that the French Government may be contemplating territorial annexations in the Gulf of Siam - the report is subsequently discounted
Government of India reverse their earlier decision and allow the elephant kheda establishment in Bilaspur District, Central Provinces, to continue in being until the end of March 1866
Further papers regarding the exchange of territory between the British Government and the Maharaja of Indore [Tukoji Rao Holkar] - delay in completing the valuation of the Wabgaon Estate
Further papers regarding the dacoities committed on the Allahabad/Rewah frontier - capture of Lalu Singh, one of the three ringleaders, at Amethi, in Sultanpur District, on 10 Oct 1865