Continuation of the Great Trigonometrical Survey towards Calcutta - measurement of a base line of verification near Barrackpore - construction of towers, etc. etc.
Further papers regarding the Great Trigonometrical Survey - general statement of progress - arrears of computation - establishment questions - appointment of Joshua De Penning as Head Computer, etc.
Papers regarding surveys carried out by officers of the Quartermaster General's Department in the Bengal and Madras Presidencies - progress of the Great Trigonometrical Survey - proposed abolition of the offices of Deputy Surveyor General at Madras and Bombay, etc. (includes list of maps furnishe...
Further papers regarding surveys - question of the fitness of certain officers for employment on the Great Trigonometrical Survey, etc. (includes list of Officers and Uncovenanted Servants attached to the Revenue Surveyor General's Department, pp 77-78)
Further papers regarding surveys - question of the establishment attached to the Great Trigonometrical Survey - Lieutenant Bentley Buxton's surveys in Cuttack District.
Papers regarding the legal proceedings taken against Joseph William Hoar, Organist at St. Helena, for failing to comply with the Militia laws and for various other illegal acts - Hoar is suspended from the service and returns to England.
Favourable report on the Silk Establishment at St Helena - decision not to extend the mulberry plantations - appointment of Lieutenant James John Pritichard as Superintendent of the Silk Establishment during the absence of Philip Vallé, on sick leave in England.
Survey of the Nagpur Territories by Edward Weston and Francis Brooke Norris - survey of Hyderabad State - general statement regarding the progress of surveys in the Bengal Presidency - progress made by Joseph Olliver towards connecting Calcutta and the Great Meridional Arc by a chain of triangles...