Certain botanical drawings presented by the Company's Botanist and Naturalist Dr Benjamin Heyne are forwarded by the Madras Government to the Company's Library in London.
Publication of the report of the Acting Astronomer, Captain John Warren, on the results of certain experiments with ships' time-keepers - decision that the chronometers of all marine officers should be handed in to the Company's Observatory with a view to establishing their respective rates (incl...
The Madras Government again recommend to the Court of Directors the claim of certain Armenian merchants of Madras to remuneration arising from the capture of the ship Angelique in 1798.
The Committee of Managers of the Native Hospital at Madras request extra financial help from the Madras Government - proposal of the Superintendent, Dr John Underwood, that the property of the hospital building should be transferred to the Company.