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IOR/G/34/1

Record Id:: 040-000177482
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 036-000177481
MDARK:: ark:/81055/vdc_100000001280.0x000005
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Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/G/34/1
Title:: Miscellaneous original and copy papers and reports accumulated at the Board of Control offices.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:: India Office Records
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-000173250
036-000177481
040-000177482
Is part of:: IOR/G : East India Company Factory Records
IOR/G/34 : Factory Records: Straits Settlements

IOR/G/34/1 : Miscellaneous original and copy papers and reports accumulated at the Board of Control offices.
Contains:: IOR/G/34/1 ff.1-68 : Draft outline of proposed Royal charter for the administration of justice at Penang, [1806].
IOR/G/34/1 ff.69-118 : Copy Royal warrant for the preparation of a charter establishing a court of judicature at Penang, [1806].
IOR/G/34/1 ff.119-38 : EIC case for counsels' opinion on whether it is competent to create the proposed establishment at Penang or whether the…
IOR/G/34/1 ff.139-40 : Copy Order in Council 31 May 1726 reciting the Law Officers' report on the EIC's petition for a charter of justice for…
IOR/G/34/1 ff.141-42 : Copy of Law Officers' report 7 Dec 1752 on the EIC's petition for a new charter of justice for their settlements in…
IOR/G/34/1 ff.143-46 : Copy report by Francis Light, Madras 1 Feb 1769, on the trade of Riau and the possibility of a factory at Bintang.
IOR/G/34/1 ff.147-48 : Extract letter from Capt James Scott to George Ramsay, Sep 1780, describing a 'fine bay within the island of Praim near…
IOR/G/34/1 ff.149-52 : Copy memorandum from Francis Light to Andrew Ross, Madras 10 Apr 1784, describing the recent Dutch attack on Riau and…
IOR/G/34/1 ff.153-54 : Copy memorandum from Light to Ross, Madras 18 Mar 1784, about French views on promoting relations with Pegu and…
IOR/G/34/1 ff.155-58 : Copy memorandum from Light to Ross, Madras 30 Mar 1784, describing the island of Junk Ceylon [Phuket].
IOR/G/34/1 ff.159-74 : Copy Bengal proceedings and correspondence Apr-Aug 1784 on a possible settlement at Riau under Capt Thomas Forrest. duplicate…
IOR/G/34/1 ff.196-203 : Copy letter from Francis Light to the Governor-General, Calcutta 25 Jan 1786, reporting affairs at Riau and the possibility…
IOR/G/34/1 ff.204-07 : Copy EIC orders for a settlement at Phuket or Pennang, [1786].
IOR/G/34/1 ff.208-11 : Notes on treaties between the EIC and Kedah in 1786, 1791 and 1802.
IOR/G/34/1 ff.212-38 : Copy Bengal proceedings and correspondence Nov 1786-Aug 1800 on land tenure at Penang; collected by the EIC Examiner's…
IOR/G/34/1 ff.239-40 : 'Plan of the north end of Jeraja island shewing the bay proposed for establishing a marine yard and naval storehouses and…
IOR/G/34/1 ff.241-64 : Copy report on Penang by Capt Alexander Kyd, Bengal Engineers, Calcutta 1 Sep 1787.
IOR/G/34/1 ff.291-303 : Extracts from A short account of the settlement, produce and commerce of Prince of Wales island in the Straits of Malacca,…
IOR/G/34/1 ff.304-63 : Copy of 'A memoir on Prince of Wales' Island, considered political and commercially; compiled from official documents…
IOR/G/34/1 ff.364-74 : 'Some account of Quedah (pronounced Kuddah) and of the adjacent countries,' [1790].
IOR/G/34/1 ff.375-78 : Explanatory directions for the chart of the South Channel from Prince of Wales's Island to sea, Home Riggs Popham RN…
IOR/G/34/1 ff.379-518 : Copy of the first part of Maj Alexander Kyd's report on the settlements at Penang and the Andamans, Calcutta 4 Mar 1795,…
IOR/G/34/1 ff.519-48 : Copy of the second part of Kyd's report, comparing Penang and the Andamans as potential naval bases, Calcutta 2 Nov 1795.
IOR/G/34/1 ff.549-60 : Notes from Wissett's memoir on Penang, forwarded to him by John Meheux, Chief Clerk at the Board of Control, 23 Apr 1806.
IOR/G/34/1 ff.561-601 : Further copy of Wissett's memoir, with appendix of notes from Leith.

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Hierarchy:: 032-000173250[0034]/036-000177481[0001]/040-000177482
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Record Type (Level):: File
Extent:: 1 volume
Digitised Content:: http://www.eastindiacompany.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Details/BL_IOR_G_34_1
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Languages:: English
Scripts:: Latin
Start Date:: 1769
End Date:: 1795
Date Range:: 1769-1795
Era:: CE
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