Papers regarding the construction of lighthouses and the disposal of the lightships Planet and Torch - appointment of Captain Joseph Taylor of the Bengal Engineers to superintend the construction of the lighthouse on Sagar Island, (includes sketch of part of the gimbal on the lightship Planet, p ...
Captain William Maxfield's chart and instructions for sailing from False Point and Point Palmyras to the Sand Heads, are forwarded to London by the Bengal Government.
The cenotaph to the memory of the late Lieutenant Peter Lawtie, which was originally intended to be placed in the Calcutta Town Hall, is placed instead in St. John's Cathedral.
Formation of a local corps of Malays and Buginese at Prince of Wales Island consisting of 300 men - objections of the inhabitants of Penang to the formation of the corps.
Plant collecting in Nepal; employment of Orphan School youths
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‘The two plants collectors deputed to Nepaul in the year 1817 permitted to continue some time longer at Catmandoo, and to have their allowances increased from Rs. 24 to 48 to one and from Rs. 16 to 32 to the other. Proposition of the Superintendent of the Botanic Garden for employing some of the...
A deduction of 7,500 rupees 'per annum' (in addition to the amount already deducted on account of Hankar) is made from the Jumna of Raja Dalil Singh, Zemindar of Mainpuri, as a reward for his services during the war of 1804-05.
A letter from Captain R. Cairns of the ship Neptune relating the discovery by him in June 1818 of a reef between the Great Barrier and Wreck Reefs (latitude 21° 58'S, longitude 154° 20'E) is published by the Bengal Government for the benefit of mariners.