Employment in England of Captain George Everest, the Superintendent of the Great Trigonometrical Survey - correspondence of Everest with East India House, etc.
The Penang Government intervene to free certain slaves who had been imported from the island of Nias - measures taken to suppress the slave trade in the Straits Settlements.
Action brought at Penang by Messrs Carnegy and Co. on behalf of Messrs Fergusson and Co. of Calcutta regarding the loan of certain godowns to Government for military accommodation - necessity for greater precision in concluding renting contracts.