Laws and Acts of Parliament relating to India and the East India Company or affecting the work of the Accountant General's Department. The Acts do not all relate to India, many being Acts concerning general procedure in the United Kingdom for making payments, obtaining receipts and discharges,...
Accountant's Office Orders and Regulations Guard Book
Scope & Content:
The volume includes: Court Minutes about the method of preparation of Court Warrants and the method of keeping the Company's cash account at the Bank of England, 1709; lists of staff who are to 'wait Court' for the purpose of making warrants, c.1815; five lists of all staff of the Accountant Ge...
Minutes and Authorities of Committees for Payments by the Accountant General
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Minutes and reports of Company committees, sometimes in original, giving decisions on cases submitted by the Accountant General which were not covered fully by practice or regulations.
Birth, marriage and death certificates submitted in connection with applications for pensions
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The certificates were most likely submitted with applications for pensions for the widows and children of officers of the East India Company, both at home and abroad, under the category of General Pensions. The death certificates are generally from 1810 onwards. Company employees to whom the ce...
Actuarial Data compiled for a valuation of pensions transferred from the Government of India to the United Kingdom Government under the terms of the Pensions (India, Pakistan and Burma) Act, 1955
Report on the work of the Accountant General's Department, April 1929
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Internal memorandum by two members of the department, recording the scope and division of the department's work, particularly the Accounts and Estimates section, with suggestions for reorganisation.
Guard Book of Notes and Regulations of the Treasury (later Cashier's) Department
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Notes on payments to banks, individuals and staff members; lists of staff authorised to sign various authorities for payment; lists of bonds of indemnity in the Accountant General's custody in 1890