The Bengal Government sanctions the charge of 3,130 rupees which the Envoy at Goa incurred in giving presents to some of the principal Portuguese families.
Captain John Canning is sent on a mission to Rangoon and Amarapura to explain to the Burmese authorities the reasons for the British blockade of the Mascarene islands (includes copies of Captain Canning's correspondence with the Bengal Government and the Burmese authorities).
Owing to the death of his four daughters Prince Mirza Muzaffar Bakht no longer wishes to reside in his present house in Fatehgarh - Government order a new bungalow to be built for him.
The sum of 4,000 rupees is presented by the Company to the Persian prince Sultan Muhammad Mirza the whole of whose property at Lucknow had been destroyed by fire.