Bombay, acquisition of, 18; first
coinage of money, 19; munici-
pality and mayor's court, 31, 32;
subordination to Bengal, 45, 64;
recorder's court, 71; legislative
power first granted, 72; supreme
court, 80; code of regulations,
84, 329; legislative power with-
drawn, 84; marine force, 98;
legislative power restored, 102;
high court, 103, 237-251; com-
mander-in-chief abolished, 108,
130; constitution of government,
114, 187-190; legislative council,
118, 213-223; staff corps, 130;
subordinate civil courts, 137;
salary of governor, councillors,
judges, &c., 225, 272; advocate-
general, 251; ecclesiastical estab-
lishment, 252-254.

Regulations, 72, 84, 121, 329.
Booty, charter regarding, 34-36.
Borrowing powers of Secretary of
State, 163, 164.

Boundaries, power of governor-
general to alter, 194, 195.
British India, definition of, 263, 265.

subjects, may not lend to Na-
tive States, 71, 256, 257; defini-
tion of, 205, 235, 373, 381; classes
of, 348, 349; British jurisdiction
over, in Native States, 379-393.
See also Christians and European
British subject.

Bryce, J., referred to or quoted, 10,
323.

Buddhist law, 332-335.
Burgesses at Madras, 22, 23.
Burke, Edmund, 60, 71.
Burma, chief commissionership, 93;
legislative council, 118; lieute-
nant-governorship, 93, 114; legis-
lative council, 119; subordinate
civil courts, 137; constitution of
government, 191-196; constitu-
tion of legislature, 213-218; busi-
ness at legislative meetings, 218-
223.

C.

Cadetships, reserved for sons of

Indian officers, 155.
Calcutta, municipality and mayor's
court, 32; introduction of English
law into, 32, 33, 323; treasury
transferred to, 43; jurisdiction of
supreme court, 46, 53, 55, 56; trial
by jury, 48; college at, 76; bishop
of, 78, 131, 252-254; high court,
103, 126, 137, 237; head quarters

of Government of India during
cold season, 114; presidency
magistrate, 138.

Cantonments, British jurisdiction in,

394.

Capitulations, 353-361.

Caste, reservation as to, in criminal
law, 57, 325, 326.

Casting vote, of governor-general,
45, 182; of Secretary of State,
149; of governors of Madras and
Bombay, 190.

Central Provinces, chief commis-
sionership, 93, 114, 115; subor-
dinate civil courts, 137; constitu-
tion of government, 191, 194.
Cession of territory, 35, 36, 145, 196,

207.

Chaplains, first appointment of, 28;
from Scotch Church, 254.

Charles I licenses Courten's Asso-
ciation, 15.

Charles II's relations with the
Company, 16-20.

Charter, first granted to Company
by Elizabeth, 4-10; made per-
petual by James I, 14; rival com-
panies, 15, 24-30; of Cromwell,
15, 16; of Charles II, 16-20;
English Company, 28; United
Company, 30; judicial, 32; re-
garding booty, 34, 36; regarding
cession of territory, 36; of supreme
court, 46-48; parliamentary re-
newals, 69-91; of high courts,
103, 104.

Chesney, Sir George, quoted or re-
ferred to, 33, 102, 109, 114, 268.
Chief commissionerships, establish-
ment of, 93; appointments to, 115.
court for Punjab, 266.
Child, Sir Josiah, 16, 24, 25.
China trade, preserved to Company,
75, 77; finally withdrawn, 81.
Choultry justice room, in early
Madras, 17.

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Christians, jurisdiction of high court
outside British India, 246, 247;
grants may be made to any sect,
254.

Church of England, legislation
affecting, 252-254.

of Scotland, chaplains of, 254.
Civil procedure, code of, 87, 137, 332.
service, constitution of, 123-
125, 234-237; appointments re-
served to, 272, 273.

Clerk of the peace at Madras, 22.
Clive, Lord, 34, 37, 42.
Clode's Military Forces of the Crown.
60, 69, 72, 270.

Commissions, judicial, under early
charters, 14.

military, power of governor-
general to grant, 267-271.
Committee of secrecy to be ap-
pointed by directors, 63.

Committees

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directors, of original

Company, 4, 6, 18, 26; of Indian
council, 110, 150.

Common law applied to presidency
towns, 323.

Commonwealth, relations of Com-
pany with, 15, 16.

Company, incorporated by Eliza-
beth, 3-10; renewal of charter
by James I, 13; power to exercise
martial law, 14; competition with
Dutch, 15; Courten's rival As-
sociation, 15; Cromwell's rela-
tions with, 15, 16; charters of
Charles II, 16-20; grant of Bom-
bay, 18; territorial sovereignty,
18, 24, 37; grant of admiralty
jurisdiction, 19, 20; rivalry of
New Company, 24-30; incor-
poration of English Company, 28;
union of Old and New Companies
as United Company, 29, 30; ex-
tension of monopoly, 30, 31; judi-
cial charters, 32; Mutiny Act
and Articles of War, 33, 34;
charters regarding booty and
cession of territory, 34-36; grant
of the diwani, 37; recognition of
territorial acquisitions, 39; Regu-
lating Act, 41-50; Fox's India
Bill, 61; Pitt's India Act, 62-66;
creation of Board of Control, 62,
63; parliamentary renewals of
charter, 69-91; sovereignty of
Crown asserted, 77; territorial
possessions in trust for Crown, 81;
monopoly of China and tea trade
abolished, 81; government trans-

ferred to Crown, 94-98; formal
dissolution, 106.

Conditional appointments, 132, 229.
Consecration of bishop in India, 253.
Consular jurisdiction, 353-361.
Contract Act, 334.

Contracts by Secretary of State, 98,

108, 167-175.

Control, Board of, first established
62, 63; remodelled, 69; abolished,
97.

Coorg, administration, 115; native
Christians, 332.

Copyright, restriction on local legis-
latures as to, 120, 219.
Cornwallis, Lord, governor-general
and commander-in-chief, 67, 268.
Council (executive) of Governor and
Governor-General of Bengal, 42,
44, 45, 55, 64.

(executive) of Governor of
Bombay, 42, 64, 83; constitution,
114, 189, 190.

(executive) of Governor of
Madras, 42, 64, 83; constitution,
114, 189, 190.

(executive) of Governor-Gen-
eral, of India, first constituted,
84; remodelled, 102; executive
legislation, 105, 118, 211; aug-
mented, 106, 108; constitution,
112-114, 176-187.

Council of Secretary of State, first
constituted, 95; tenure of office,
104, 105, 106; reduction of mem-
bers, 107; constitution and duties,
109, 110, 146-153; majority of
votes required for grant of revenue,
160; majority of votes required
for issue of securities, 163; ma-
jority of votes required for dis-
posing of property and making
contracts, 167.

-(legislative) of governor-general,
first constituted, 91; remodelled,
99, 100; powers extended, 101,
102, 104, 105; augmented by
nominated representatives, 107;
constitution, 115-118, 197-213.

(legislative) of Bengal, first
authorized, 103; augmented by
nominated representatives, 107;
constitution, 118, 119, 213-223.

(legislative) of Bombay, first
constituted, 102, 106; augmented
by nominated representatives,
107; constitution, 118, 119, 213-
223.

(legislative) of Burma, first con-
stituted, 118; constitution, 213-
223.

Death sentences must be confirmed
by high court, 138.

Debt, public, restriction on legis-
lature, 120, 208, 219.

Deed, resignation of governor-
general to be by, 226.

Deeds to be executed by three mem-
bers of council of Secretary of
State, 167.

Definitions in digest, 263-266.
Departments, of India Office, 110;

of Government of India, 112, 113.
Deputy commissioner, district offi-
cer in non-regulation province,
135.
Digest of statutory enactments
relating to India, 144-322.
Dioceses, King may vary limits of,
252.

Directors of Company, originally
styled committees, 6, 18, 26; first
styled directors, 28; qualification,
42; four years' term, 44; required
to submit papers to Secretary of
State, 46; committee of secrecy,

63, 82; power of appointing and
removing governor-general, 64,
76; patronage, 66, 79, 82; dispute
with Board of Control, 68; dis-
patch from Court, explaining Act
of 1833, 89; number reduced
from twenty-four to eighteen, of
which six appointed by Crown,
90; patronage taken away, 92; to
elect seven members of first coun-
cil of Secretary of State, 95.
Discussion of financial statement,
117, 208, 209.
Dispatches from India to be ad-
dressed to Secretary of State, 152.
District, unit of administration,
135, 136; restriction on transfer
of, 195.

councils, 136.
judge, 138.
magistrate, 138.

Divisions, of high court, 128; of
provinces, 135.

Diwani, grant of, 37; meaning of,
43 n.

Adalat, Company's court, es-
tablished by Warren Hastings,
44; Impey judge of, 55; merged
in high court, 103, 126.
Double government of Company
and Crown, 66, 94.

Dual government of Bengal, 37.
Dundas (Lord Melville), 61, 69, 73.

Escheats, 160, 169.
European British subject, British
jurisdiction over, in Native States,
241, 246, 392; definition of, 349,
382, 383.

foreigners in Native States,
British jurisdiction over, 242,
393.

Evidence Act, 332.
Executive Council, of Governor and

Governor-General of Bengal, 42,
44, 45, 55, 64; of governors of
Bombay and Madras, 42, 64, 83,
114, 188-190; of Governor-Gene-
ral of India, 84, 102, 105, 106, III-
114, 118, 177-186, 210.
Executive legislation, by Governor-

General in Council, over scheduled
districts, 105, 118, 211; extra-
territorial powers, 387-398.
Extraordinary member of council,
III, 179,

commander-in-chief,

180; Governor of Madras or Bom-

113.

viceroy,

Enlistment Act, 344, 348.
Jurisdiction Acts, 353, 376.
Foreigners, may be expelled from
British India, 88; definition of,
373, 374; British jurisdiction over,
in Native States, 392.
Forfeitures, 159.

Fort St. George. See Madras.

William. See Bengal.
Fortifications, power to Company to
erect, 17.

Fourth (legislative) member of
council, 82, 83.

Fox's East India Bill of 1783, 61.
French territory not included in
'India,' 265.

Furlough, regulations by Secretary
of State, 132, 234.

G.

Gentu. See Hindu.

Gifts, prohibition against receiving,
49, 255, 256.

Godolphin, Lord, award of, 2, 29, 30.
Government of India = Governor-
General in Council, 112, 176.
Governor-General of Bengal, 44, 45.

of India, first appointment, 82;
power to appoint president of
council in his own absence, 99,
185; sanction required for certain
legislation, 100, 208; assent re-
quired to every Act, 100, 209;
power to invest himself with
powers of council, when absent
from head quarters, 101, 185, 186;
power to make ordinance without
council in emergency, 101, 212,
213; sanction required for certain
legislation by local legislatures,
102, 103, 219; assent required to
every Act of local legislatures,
103, 222; regulations for scheduled
districts, 105, 211, 212; power to
overrule council, 106, 182; power
to make rules for nomination of
additional members of legislative
councils, 107, 214; supreme mili-
tary authority, 129, 176; exercise
of foreign jurisdiction by, 388.
See also Council of Governor-
General.

Governors of factories, first ap-
pointed under charter of Charles
II, 16 powers, 16, 17, 18, 32, 42.

of Madras and Bombay, may
communicate with Secretary of
State, 152; constitution, 188-190;
legislative powers, 213-223. See
also Madras and Bombay.
Guardians and Wards Act, 336.

Holland, early rivalry with, 4, 8,

15.

Holland's Jurisprudence, 264.
House of Commons. See Parliament.
Hunter, Sir W. W., referred to or
quoted, 108, 109.

I.

Imperial service troops. 142.
Imprisonment, exemption from, of
high officials, 247.

India, definition of, 263, 264, 390.
Indian civil service, 125.

financial system, 133, 134.
waters, definition of, 200.

Inheritance, law regarding, 326, 328,
330, 332, 337, 340.

Insolvency, law of, for presidency
towns, 90.

Interlopers, legislation against, 17,
26, 31, 78, 88.

Interpellation in legislature, 117,
118, 209, 221.

Invasion, revenues may be applied
for repelling, without consent of
Parliament, 161.

J.

James I, charters of, 13, 14.
James II, charters of, 20-23.
Jenkyns, Sir H., referred to, 343,
355

Jews, law regarding, 329, 333.
Judge-advocate, first appointment
of, 19.

Judges, of high court, 126, 127; sub-
ordinate, civil and criminal, 137,
138.

Judicial commissioners, 137, 266.

Committee. See Privy Council.
Jury, trial by, 14, 48, 138.
Justices of the peace, first appoint-

ment of, 32, 48; jurisdiction of,
79; need not be covenanted civi-
lians, 81; jurisdiction over Euro-
pean British subjects, 138.

K.

Kathiawar, British jurisdiction in,
265, 395, 396.

Kaye, Sir J., referred to or quoted,
14, 66, 89.

Khojas, customs of inheritance,
340.

King, British India governed by and
in name of, 144. See also Queen.

Legal member of council, 83, 84, 91.
Legislature. See Council (legisla-

tive).
Letters patent, of high courts, 103.
Levant Company, 12, 13, 355-358.
Lex Loci Act, 327.

Licences, for sale of spirituous
liquors, 70; to non-official Euro-
peans in India, 75, 78, 87, 88.
Lieutenant-governor, first appoint-
ment of, for North-Western Pro-
vinces, 89, 90; for Bengal, 90;
for the Punjab, 91; constitution
of government, 96, 191-193; for
Burma, 114; constitution of legis-
lature, 213-223; business at
legislative meetings, 218-222;
salary, 272.

Limitation Act, 332.

Limits, power to alter, of provinces,

194, 195; of presidency towns, 196.
Loans, prohibition against British
subject lending to Native State,
71, 256, 257; power of Secretary
of State to raise, 163.

Local Government, definition of,
263, 265.

London, venue for trial of crimes by
officials, 257.

Lyall, Sir A. C., referred to or
quoted, 3, 10, 67.

M.

Macaulay, History quoted, 16, 26,
27; secretary to Board of Control,
81; first legislative member of
council, 83; head of Indian Law
Commission, 87; chairman of
committee that framed regula-
tions for civil service examina-
tions, 92.

Madras, in seventeenth century, 17;
municipality, 22, 23; mayor's