The Madras Government purchase mathematical instruments, maps and other geographical materials from Captain Thomas Fiott De Havilland, who had been dismissed the company's service, (includes a list of the property).
Objections of the Commander in Chief [Lieut General George Hewett] to the Court of Directors' orders of 7 September 1808 forbidding officers to retire in India - request of the Bengal Government that the furlough regulations be revised.
Proposals of the Bengal Government for the re-organisation of the Bengal Pilot Service - suggestion that seamen from the north of England might be recruited as pilots, etc.
The Bengal Government approve the proposal of the Surveyor General [Major General John Garstin] that a canal should be cut between the Kalindi and Bara Kulia rivers in the Sundarbans to improve communication between Calcutta and East Bengal.