Papers regarding progress in the construction of powder mills at Madras - expense of employing the staff of servants and labourers is estimated at 870 pagodas 'per mensem' - compensation is paid to the heirs of workmen who were killed in an explosion at the mills.
Minute of the former Commander in Chief, Madras, Sir John Cradock, on the state of the fortifications and military stations in the Madras Presidency (with associated correspondence).