The Governor-General meditates the Occupation of the Portuguese Settlement of Goa. —Geographical Position of Goa .-- Its Importance to the French after the Loss of Mahe . - Designs of Tipu Sultan upon the Portuguese Territory . — Marquess Wellesley opens Communications with the Governor of Goa . – Occupation of the Place by the British . Description of the Old and New City of Goa, or Panjim . - Letters of Earl of Mornington to the Viceroy.-- Sir Alured Clarke to his Lord ship, respecting Goa . - Earl of Mornington to Joshua Uhthoff, Esq. British Envoy–to Col. Sir William Clarke.- Marquess Wellesley to Joshua Uhthoff, Esq . — General Wellesley to the Envoy at Goa.

The Governor-General sends a Public Embassy to Persia.-- Negotiations. —Treaty concluded by Captain ( afterwards Sir John) Malcolm . Communications with the Imaum of Muscat –Benefits expected therefrom . - Secret Inclinations of the Imaum.- Private Letter of Lord Clive to Marquess Wellesley, communicating the fact that the Imaum of Muscat had sent an Embassy for Arms, Ammunition, and Military Stores, to the French at the Mauritius.