Letters to East India Company on various marine subjects
Scope & Content:
Report on the Admiralty Jurisdiction of the Governor General and Council of Bengal and on the powers of the East India Company’s supercargoes in China over the commanders of country ships; ships in the East India Company’s service; rates of freight; memorandum on bill for granting British registr...
Comprises: (a) Proposal to improve the Port of London; (b) Act of George III for continuing the East India Company's charter, with index; (c) Other acts of George III concerning importation and exportation of goods from and to India or China in ships not British built; regulating trade with India...
The Deck Log covers the voyage to Madras and Calcutta (Captain Henry Cleaver Chapman): 7 June 1830, Downs; 17 September 1830, Madras; 12 October 1830, Calcutta; 4 January 1831, Kedgeree; 8 March 1831, St Helena; 12 May 1831, Downs. The Deck Log includes a list of the ship's company (folio 164)....