Further papers regarding the Bombay Annuity Fund - question whether in certain circumstances subscribers to the New Fund should be allowed the benefits of the Old Fund (includes a list of subscribers to the New Annuity Fund, pp 28-31).
A subscription is raised by certain prominent native inhabitants of Bombay for the endowment of 'Sir Edward West's scholarships and prizes' - the money is made over to the Bombay Native Education Society.
The Bombay Government allow John Curnin to stay on in Bombay to supervise the completion of the observatory there - they pay for his subsequent passage to England and advance him money for the purchase of astronomical instruments.
The northern rooms of the new Bombay Town Hall are appropriated as a library and museum for the Literary Society - request that certain articles be sent out from Europe for the completion of the library.
Papers regarding the coal mines of Cutch - report of Captain John Hawkins - discovery of a new mine by R Money and report on the same by Captain Carlyle Clark - investigations by Ensign Henry McCulloch into the coal deposits of Cutch also the deposits on the island of Bani Yas in the Persian Gulf...