A guide to the India office records, 1600-1858 / by William Foster.

  • Great Britain. India Office
Date:
1966
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A guide to the India office records, 1600-1858 / by William Foster. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    On the dissolution of the Committee of Shipping, marine matters were for a time dealt with by the Examiner’s Depart- ment, under the superintendence of the Revenue, Judicial, and Legislative Committee; but in December 1837 the business was transferred to a new Marine Branch of the Secretary’s Office, under the Finance and Home Committee [q.v.] To this period belong the following volumes of the Afarine Miscel- luneous series :— Minutes of the Court of Directors or of Committees relating to marine affairs, Oct. 1837-Aug. 1858 (vols. 56-68, indexed). Court Minutes and papers on the same subject, 1844-59 (vol. 71). COMMITTEE OF LAW SUITS. The Minutes of this Committee for 1704-9 and 1711-12, together with Court’s references to it for 1704-9, and some earlier papers of a similar nature, will be found in vol. 23 of the Home Miscellaneous series. The remaining minutes have apparently been destroyed. SECRET COMMERCIAL COMMITTEE. MINUTES. 1815=24 (1 vol.). Including draft despatches approved. ‘This volume is in the Political Department. FINANCE AND HOME COMMITTEE. The sphere of this Committee, as laid down in 18384, included all financial correspondence with India; the management of the Indian Debt; correspondence with Government Departments on financial subjects ; bills of exchange on or from India and China, and remittances from those countries ; the provision for dividends ; the audit of the Indian and home accounts ; all matters connected with the home establishment, including the superintendence of the treasury; the East India College ; any questions regarding China; the cognizance of law suits; and any applications from civil servants regarding pay, furlough, rank, &c. As already mentioned, correspondence on marine matters came under its superintendence from 1837. MINUTES. 1834-59 (51 vols.). There is a gap between April and October 1856. A separate index is available in 47 volumes, of which that for April— Oct. 1857 is missing.