Further papers regarding the children of the Bencoolen Orphanage who were sent to reside with Dr Joshua Marshman and his son at Serampore (includes a list of the children in Feb 1828 with their respective ages, p 21)
Lieutenant Robert Moresby's chart of the Laccadive Islands and his report are forwarded to London - proposal survey of the Maldive Islands and adjacent channels - Lieutenants Brucks' and Haines's chart of the Coast of Persia and a chart of the entrance to the Euphrates are also forwarded to London.
Abandonment by Captain Thomas Macan of his plan to publish a collated edition of the 'Shah Namah' - he is not required to pay back the 7,000 rupees that had been granted to him.
The Bombay Government transmit to the Court of Directors a copy of the Articles of War adopted for the use of the Bombay Marine (the Articles are recorded on pp 67-102)
Proposal that the line of the new canal from the Hooghly to the Sundarbans should be altered and the Salt Water Lake drained and embanked - minute of the Governor General, Lord William Bentinck - proposal that an eminent Civil Engineer should be sent out from England to advise the Government (inc...