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mission made in behalf of such per- 

 sons, they are to transmit the ap- 

 plications to the Board of Commis- 

 sioners, who, if they see no valid 

 objection to granting the permis- 

 sion, may authorize the said per- 

 sons to proceed to any of the com- 

 pany's principal settlements, pro- 

 vided with a certificate of sanction 

 from the directors. The Court of 

 Directors, however, may make re- 

 presentations concerning such per- 

 sons to the Board of Commissioners ; 

 and those persons on arriving in 

 the East Indies are to be subject to 

 the regulations of the local govern- 

 ments. Further, the governments 

 in India may declare the certifi- 

 cates and licences of such persons 

 to be void, if they shall appear by 

 their conduct to have forfeited their 

 claim to protection. 



XXXVII. Governors in India 

 not to authorize the residence of 

 any of his majesty's subjects with- 

 in the company's linaits, without a 

 licence of the Court of Directors, 

 except under particular circum- 

 stances. 



XXXVIII. The Board of Com- 

 missioners may authorize persons 

 to reside within certain limits out 

 of the company's government. 



XXXIX. His majesty's subjects 

 may go and reside without licence 

 at places more southward than 1 1 

 degrees south latitude, more west- 

 ward than 64' degrees east longi- 

 tude, and more eastward than 150 

 degrees. 



XL. UnlicenceJ persons trad- 

 ing to or going within the limits 

 of the company's charter, other- 

 wise than as allowed by this act, 

 to be subject to the penalties of 

 illicit traders. 



XLI. Ships driven by stress of 

 weather or accidents, within the 



proscribed limits not to be sub- 

 jected to forfeiture. 



XLII. The Board of Commis- 

 sioners invested with full power to 

 superintend and control every 

 instruction and regulation relative 

 to the company's colleges and se- 

 minaries. 



XLIII. toXLVIII. Relate to 

 the schools, seminaries, and col- 

 leges of the Company in India and 

 England. 



XLIX. to LIV. Church esta- 

 blishment in India. A bishop and 

 three archdeacons to be appointed ; 

 their salaries ; episcopal jurisdiction 

 to be limited by letters patent from 

 the king; pensions to be allowed 

 after fifteen j'ears service. 



LV. Application of the revenues 

 arising from the territorial acquisi- 

 tions in India. The order of pre- 

 cedence appointed is, 1st, in main- 

 taining the military force ; 2. in 

 paying the interest of debts owing . 

 by the company in England ; 3. 

 in paying the expenses of the com- 

 pany's establishments at their set- 

 tlements ; -t. towards the liquida- 

 tion of the territorial debt of the 

 company, its bond debt at home, 

 or such other purposes as the di- 

 rectors, with approbation of the 

 Board of Control, may order. 



LVI. A sum equal to the pay- 

 ments made from the commercial 

 funds at home, on account of terri- 

 torial charges in the year preced- 

 ing, is to be annually issued in 

 India for the purpose of invest- 

 ment or of remittance to England. 



LVII. Application of the pro- 

 fits of the company in Great Bri- 

 tain, 1. in the payment of accepted 

 bills of exchange ; 2. in providing 

 for the payment of other debts ( the 

 principal of the bond debt except- 

 ed) ; S. in payment of the divi- 



