| Surname | Sands |
| First Name(s) | William John |
| Date of Rank as Writer | 1797, Oct 9 |
| Execution of Covenant | 1797, Feb 14 |
| Notification of appointment from the Honorable the Court of Directors | 1797, Mar 1 |
| Arrived in India | 1798, Feb 18 |
| Date 5 | 1798, Mar 30: Assistant to the Secretary to the Board of Revenue. |
| Date 6 | 1798, Dec 17: Assistant to the Register of Ghazeepore. |
| Date 7 | 1799, April 22: Assistant to the Judge and Magistrate of Jaunpore. |
| Date 8 | 1802, Mar 11: Assistant to the Register of the Court of Appeal at Benares. |
| Date 9 | 1804, June 25: Officiating Register and Assistant to the Magistrate of Allahabad. |
| Date 10 | 1804, Aug 1: Register and Assistant to the Magistrate of Agra. |
| Date 11 | 1804, Nov 27: Officiating Register of the Court of Appeal and Circuit at Bareilly. |
| Date 12 | 1805, May 9: Register of the Court of Appeal and Circuit at Bareilly. |
| Date 13 | 1806, Feb 21: Officiating Judge and Magistrate of Etawah. |
| Date 14 | 1806, July 5: Officiating Judge and Magistrate of Cawnpore. |
| Date 15 | 1807, Jan 26: Officiating Judge and Magistrate of Moorshedabad. |
| Date 16 | 1807, May 15: Officiating Judge and Magistrate of Cawnpore. |
| Date 17 | 1807, Aug 14: Collector of Bareilly. |
| Date 18 | 1809, Oct 13: Officiating Collector of Shahabad. |
| Date 19 | 1810, July 20: Collector of Allahabad, and Continuing to Officiate as Collector of Shahabad. |
| Date 20 | 1816, Aug 23: In Charge of the Custom House at Agra. |
| Date 21 | 1818, Jan 23: In Charge of the Custom House at Allahabad. |
| Date 22 | 1820, Dec 8: Third Judge of the Provincial Court of Appeal and Circuit at Benares. |
| Date 23 | 1821, Sept 21: Officiating Second Judge of the Provincial Court of Appeal and Circuit at Benares. |
| Date 24 | 1822, Jan 25: Second Judge of the Provincial Court of Appeal and Circuit at Benares. |
| Date 25 | 1827, Jan 1: Proceeded to Europe. |
| Date 26 | Retired on Annuity, January 2nd, 1827. |