Legal papers.

(1) pp. 1-6, Causes and Suits depending 7th May 1685. On p. 6 is a list of Interlopers who in 1685 acknowledged their guilt and petitioned the King for pardon. (2) pp. 7-110, Minutes of the Committee of Law Suits 13th May 1687 to 11th Dec. 1712. (3) Opinions of Counsel on pp. 111-3, mode of reckoning Duty on Company's Imports 1st and 5th Dec. 1712; pp. 114-5, Payments for information relative to Clandestine Trading 28th March 1712/3; pp. 115-6, Qualifications of Directors 11th Feb. 1713/4; pp. 117-22, Payment of Annuities under the Two Million Act, 9th June 1714; p. 123, Forfeiture for Illicit Trading 5th June 1714; pp. 123-5, Company's right to export Ammunition, &c., free of Custom; p. 126, Will of Sir William Langhorne 20th Sept. 1715; pp. 126-8, Right to license Company's ships to trade beyond Company's limits, 2nd and 3rd Dec. 1715; pp. 129-30, Payment of Duty on Wrappers, 2nd Jan. 1717/8; pp. 130-4, Invasion of Company's Franchise, 5th July 1721; pp. 134-9, Proposals for Exclusive Trade to South-East Africa, 3rd Oct. 1721; pp. 139-41, Abatements to Buyers, 22nd Sept. 1721; p. 142, Seizure of the Bristol Privateers Duke and Dutchesse, 12th Oct. 1711; p. 143, Seizure of the Postilion for Illicit Trade, 3rd Oct. 1721; pp. 144-8, Possible Claim against the Company by the Executors of a defaulting Supercargo, 20th Oct. 1719. (4) pp. 149-54, Master's Report on the Case of the Company against Charles Dubois and others 1720.

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