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EAST INDIES.

BOOK I.

BENGAL, MADRAS, AND BOMBAY.

CHAPTER I.

GOVERNMENT (ENGLISH AND INDIAN) OF BENGAL, MADRAS,

AGRA AND BOMBAY-THE COURTS OF DIRECTORS-AND PROPRIETORS- THEIR RELATIVE AUTHORITY-BOARD OF CONTROL-DUTIES OF THE CIVIL SERVANTS-LAW COURTS,

&c. &c.

THE government of the British possessions on the continent of Asia, is vested at home in two powers with co-ordinate authority,-viz. the East India Company, and a Ministerial Board, termed Her Majesty's Commissioners for the affairs of India, the latter being devised by Mr. Pitt as a check upon the political proceedings of the former. A few words will be requisite to explain this complex authority.

THE COURT OF DIRECTORS.-The more immediate governing power of British India, and consequently the patronage attached thereto, is vested in the Court

EAST INDIES.-VOL. II.

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