Appointment 'pro tempore' of Assistant Surgeon George Hyne as the Company's Naturalist and Botanist - his eventual replacement by Dr James Shuter - question of Dr Shuter's salary and accommodation etc.
Doubts expressed by the Madras Medical Board regarding the curative properties of a mineral spring discovered on land belonging to Captain William Garrard at Bangalore.
Measures taken to remove the obstructions to navigation on the Matabhanga and other rivers connecting the Ganges with the Hooghly - appointment of a Supervisor and Collector of Tolls for the Ichamati, Matabhanga and Churni rivers, Vol 1.
The Company's Astronomer at Madras, John Goldingham, is directed to furnish the Surveyor General of India, with any information the latter requires - request for certain instruments to be sent to the Madras Observatory from England - increase in the pay of the Observatory Writer.