Introduction of a community tax by the Bengal Government the proceeds to be used to improve the local police administration rather than on public works.
Report on the administration of the police in the Calcutta division [Orissa and Bengal] (includes crime statistics giving name of criminal, nature of crime, sentence of the court, etc).
A separate jurisdiction is formed for the town of Cochin and its dependencies, under a Judge and Magistrate - dispute with the Raja of Cochin regarding the town's boundaries (includes extracts from earlier records relating to the town's administration).