Condition of the agricultural and labouring classes during the last decade, North-West Provinces, with Appendices: Area under cultivation; Area irrigated; Wells; Revenue collections; Coercive processes; Prices of wheat, salt, &c.; Wages
Warren Hastings. Minutes of the House of Commons, 1 February 1787
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Duplicates of some of the Papers included in IOR/L/PARL/2/8. Appointment of Mr Larkins as Accountant-General in Bengal (2 papers). Opium contract, Mr Mackenzie’s (1780); Contract with Messrs Young and Heatley. Oudh Affairs: Letters from Mr Bristow (22 January 1777). Warren Hastings’ proceedings w...
War with Tipu Sultan and assumption of the Revenues of the Carnatic
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Conduct of the forces under Brigadier-General Mathews; Disputes between Tipu Sultan and the Raja of Travancore; Cranganore and Jaycottah; Information communicated by Sir A Campbell; Attack on Travancore; Treaties with the Marathas, the Nizam, the Nawab of Arcot, and Raja of Travancore (19 papers).
Raja Chait Singh’s Kist; Demand for Raja’s Cavalry; Advances to officers on the march Remission of money to major Camac; Captain Eaton’s complaint – Letter from Resident at Benares, &c.
Political situation in India; View of the general situation on return of Colonel Upton from Poona, July 1777, and probable disposition of several powers interested in disputes between British Government and the Marathas; Accounts, 1772-7. Territorial revenues, bond and other debts; Distribution o...