On the recommendation of the Court of Directors the Bombay Government send on a consignment of small arms and swords to Abyssinia, via Mocha, as a present for the Ras of Tigré.
Bombay Government grant Mr Lingard 100 bigahs of land on the island of Bassein to enable him to establish a sugar factory and to cultivate nutmegs, coffee etc. - they also advance him the sum of 15,000 rupees and a further sum of 8,000 rupees.