Powers of attorney, bonds of indemnity and other legal instruments
Scope & Content:
All Powers of Attorney contain the current address of the signatory. This is especially useful for the period 1838-c.1875 when home addresses are generally missing from pension payment books etc. They begin to appear regularly in pension payment books from c.1875 onwards.
Registers of documents lodged in connection with deceased estates of home and overseas servants of the East India Company/Government of India, and their dependants, who died in the UK/Europe while in receipt of salary, leave pay or pension. The series is not 100% complete. The majority of entries...
The information in these books duplicates the information in the corresponding books of the Accountant General's Department. But the audit books for the period up to 1860, although often poorly maintained with closely written material much of which is crossed out, occasionally record information ...
Records compiled in the Accountant General’s Department connected with currency reserves and exchange equalisation, in liaison with the Financial Department