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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Page 189
... Court of Proprietors was raised from £ 500 to £ 1000 and was restricted to ... directors were henceforth to be elected for four years , and one - fourth of ... directors were to lay before the treasury all correspondence from India ...
... Court of Proprietors was raised from £ 500 to £ 1000 and was restricted to ... directors were henceforth to be elected for four years , and one - fourth of ... directors were to lay before the treasury all correspondence from India ...
Page 315
... court of directors so as to shield the person in yours from any unpleasant interference on their part.2 The fact was that each part of the Home Government could make the position of the governor - general intolerable if it pleased ; so ...
... court of directors so as to shield the person in yours from any unpleasant interference on their part.2 The fact was that each part of the Home Government could make the position of the governor - general intolerable if it pleased ; so ...
Page 316
... court of directors . In the last resort and in matters of real importance the ministry could enforce its will on the most factious court of directors or on the most independent of governors- general ; while no governor - general was now ...
... court of directors . In the last resort and in matters of real importance the ministry could enforce its will on the most factious court of directors or on the most independent of governors- general ; while no governor - general was now ...
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