The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 4John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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BOARD AND COMPANY 315 to provide the funds for their payment , a Declaratory Act was promptly passed , legalising the ministerial view of the question.1 In the appointment of governors to the subordinate presidencies , too , he used the ...
BOARD AND COMPANY 315 to provide the funds for their payment , a Declaratory Act was promptly passed , legalising the ministerial view of the question.1 In the appointment of governors to the subordinate presidencies , too , he used the ...
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The more general practice of the court " , Canning wrote during his short tenure of the Board of Control , " is to look for their governors rather among persons of eminence in this country than among the servants of the Company ...
The more general practice of the court " , Canning wrote during his short tenure of the Board of Control , " is to look for their governors rather among persons of eminence in this country than among the servants of the Company ...
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Since 1774 the investment had been under the supervision of the Board of Trade . Originally a body of eleven members , very im- perfectly controlled by the Supreme Council , the Board of Trade had been reorganised in May , 1786.
Since 1774 the investment had been under the supervision of the Board of Trade . Originally a body of eleven members , very im- perfectly controlled by the Supreme Council , the Board of Trade had been reorganised in May , 1786.
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