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Bengal customs.
Catalogue reference: IOR/H/217
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This record is a file about the Bengal customs. dating from 1773-1781.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- IOR/H/217
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Title (The name of the record)
- Bengal customs.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1773-1781
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Description (What the record is about)
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(1) pp. 1-716, Extracts from Letters, Bengal Revenue Consultations, &c., &c., forming an Appendix to H/216. (2) pp. 29-51, President's (Hastings') Minute 9th to 23rd March 1773 proposing a Plan for the future arrangement and management of the Customs. (3) pp. 83-93, Account of the several Chaukis inland and on the river dependent upon the Bucksbunder at Hugli. (4) pp. 191-6, Remarks by Capt. Rennell (Surveyor-General) on a Map of the Dacca District prepared by him to show the routes by which Tobacco may pass from the Northern Districts 25th Aug. 1773. (5) pp. 244-76, Plan for the management of the Customs proposed by John Mackenzie and the Commissioners of Customs 22nd May 1781. (6) pp. 460-5, Minute by E. Wheler on complaints relative to the Customs 18th Sept. 1781. (7) pp. 612-4, Danish proposals for collecting Customs on the Danish Trade in Bengal, Behar, and Orissa. (8) pp. 653-67, Henry Vansittart to Governor-General and Bengal Council 2nd Oct. 1781 on the rights of foreigners relative to the Trade in Salt. (9) pp. 683-709, Report by W. Larkins (Accountant-General) on the Monthly Cash Accounts of the Commissioners of Customs.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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- 6
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 volume
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Unrestricted
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/c0a9e3db-b7f5-4816-8b2d-69c648761774/
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IOR/H/212-221
Administration of Warren Hastings
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Bengal customs.