Letters 141-142 President Joseph Collett at Fort St George to the Court thanking them for appointing him to succeed President Edward Harrison and reporting his arrival there on 27 August onboard the Catherine.
Letter 147 Petition of the merchants and dealers in coffee to the Court requesting that the Court will not sell any of its damaged or private trade coffee until September 1717.
Letters 152-153 Consul John Loggan at Ostend to the Chairman reporting on three richly laden ships returning there from the East Indies. Related papers attached.
Letter 155 Thomas Lewes at East India House to Thomas Woolley advising that the Committee of Shipping have examined and approved a first and third mate for the Hanover.
Letter 156 Captain Thomas Wotton and Richard Holden to the Court requesting that they order the private trade on board the Bouverie [Desbouverie] and Mary to be sold.