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Financial papers.

Catalogue reference: IOR/H/456

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IOR/H/456
Title
Financial papers.
Date
1783-1800
Description

(1) pp. 1-723, Proceedings of a Committee (William Petrie, Thomas Cockburn, Robert Clerk and N. E. Kindersley, Cecil Smith being Secretary) appointed to enquire into the Finances of the Madras Presidency 20th Sept. 1798 to 26th March 1800, including letters to or from Lord Mornington (Governor-General), Lord Edward Clive (Governor of Madras), Josiah Webbe and G. H. Barlow (Secretaries), J. Stracey, A. Falconer, D. Campbell and G. Buchan (Sub-Secretaries to Government), Capt. F. Pierce (Secretary to Military Board), G. Ricketts, E. Samuel, Thomas Myers, Peter Speke (Vice-President and Deputy Governor of Bengal), James Taylor (Secretary to Finance Committee), Robert Malcolm (Commercial Resident at Vizagapatam), R. Dillon (Do. at Maddepollam), J. H. D. Ogilvie (Do. at Ganjam), R. Fullerton (Do. at Ingeram), M. Sonnerat (Late Chief of Yanam), W. C. Jackson (Secretary), and Military Committee (George Harris, Patrick Ross, W. Sydenham, John Richardson and Barry Close). (2) p. 250, Paper on the Mint; p. 423, Paper Currency; p. 511, Extracts from a Manuscript, written in 1783, on Scarcity of Specie, Paper Currency and Banking.

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Q/ISC/32
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Language
English
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1 volume
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Financial papers.