Civil Service of India: Mr L P Shires, a Selected Candidate, who has received permission owing to the state of his health to delay presenting himself for his final examination until 1882, asks when he may receive his allowance and whether he has to return to Cambridge
Emigration to Réunion: Arrival of the Marguerite with coolies from Pondicherry and Karikal; return with time-expired immigrants for Pondicherry and Calcutta
Emigration to Réunion: Opening of the Ordinary Seession of the Conseil GÈnÈral 1881; speech by the Governor; proposed additional grant for the Immigration Service for the year