Warren Hastings.

(1) pp. i-iv, List of Contents. (2) pp. vii-ix, Stephen Lushington (Chairman) to H. Dundas 17th June 1795 (Original) forwarding for confirmation by the Board of Control a Resolution of the General Court granting Hastings an annuity of £5,000. (3) pp. 1-52, Printed Papers relative to the payment of Hastings' Law Expenses; pp. 53-75, Extracts from Court Minutes 14th Oct. to 2nd Dec. 1795 on the same subject. (4) pp. 79-84, Board of Control to Directors 13th Jan. 1796, disapproving Court of Proprietors' Resolutions to give Hastings an annuity and pay his Law Expenses. (5) pp. 87-90, Stephen Lushington to Dundas 19th Feb. 1796 urging the Board to assist in extricating Hastings from his pecuniary embarrassment, Grant of Annuity of £4,000, 1st March 1796. (6) pp. 91-3, Joseph Cawthorne (Under-keeper of Greenwich Park) to Board of Control 1st June 1795 (Original), Objects to Directors disposing of the Company's Funds without previous sanction from the Board of Control. (7) pp. 135-250, Extracts from Acts as to the disposal of the Company's Funds; pp. 251-4, Francis Russell's opinion. (8) pp. 255-61, Correspondence between Directors and Board of Control 26th Feb--13th March 1795 respecting the manning of the Company's ships taken into the service of Government. (9) pp. 263-77, Opinions of Sergeant J. Adair (20th Oct. 1794) and George Rous (14th Oct. 1794) on the right of the Directors to use the Company's money for raising troops for Government. (10) pp. 279-89, Printed Statement of Hastings' Law Expenses.

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