Compiled in accordance with Act 53 Geo III c.155 s.64 in order to distinguish clearly the Territorial and Political accounts from the Commercial expenditure of the East India Company. The first volume opens with a copy of the agreed plan for the division.
East India Company and India Office General Ledgers
Scope & Content:
The 'core' accounts of the East India Company, compiled from entries in the General Cash Journals series [IOR/L/AG/1/5] and the General Commerce Journals series [IOR/L/AG/1/6]. Includes General Ledger Abstracts 1926-1955, and supplementary Cash Ledgers 1817-1824.
East India Company and India Office Remittance Journals
Scope & Content:
From 1922 to 1930 the journals were divided into Volumes 1 and 2; from 1930 onwards all the entries were made in Volume 1 only. A full explanation of the divisions from 1922/3 onwards is not known, and they do not always correspond with the divisions of the ledgers in L/AG/1/4/8-39.