The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-04-27 00:00:00


THE INDIAN RESOLUTIONS.

TO BR PROPOSED HT THE ORANOILLOR

OF THE EXCHEQUER ON FRIDAY NEXT.
1. That, aa the territories under the government of
the East India Company are by law to remain under
such government only until Parliament shall otherwise
provide, this House ii of opinion that it is expedient
that the transfer of such government to the Crown
should now take place, in order that the direct super•
intendence of the whole empire may be placed under one
executive authority.
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2. That for this purpose it is expedient to provide that
Her Majesty, by one of her principal Secretaries of State,
shall have and perform all the powers and duties relat-
ing to the government and revenues of India which are
or may be now exercised and performed by the East
India Company, or by the Court of Directors or Court
of Proprietors of the said Company, either alone or with
the approbation of the Coruiniationers for the affairs of
India.
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3. That Inch Secretary of State shall be responsible
for the Government of India and the transaction of
business in the United Kingdom relating thereto in the
same manner and to the same extent as any of Her
Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State are responsible
in the several departments over which they preside.
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4. That, in order to assist ouch Secretary of State in
the discharge of his duties, it issexpedient that a Council
be appointed of not less than twelve nor more than 18
members.

5. That, in order to secure the greatest amount of
knowledge and experience in the manageinent of the
affairs of India, it is advisable that the principal por-
tion of the members of the Council shall have served in
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India

for a term of years to be limited by statute.

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B. That, with a view to the efficiency and independ-
aims of the Council, it is expedient that it should be
partly nominated and partly elected.

7. That the members of the nominated portion of the
Council shall be selected by Her Majesty, subject, as a
general rule, to the qualification above expressed, and
one half at the least of the elected members shall possess
the like qualification.
S. That the members of the elected portion of the
Council shall be chosen by a conatituency composed of
persons who have previously held military commissions
or civil appointments in India, in Her Majesty's service
or in that of the Government of India, or who may
possess a direct interest, to an amount to be specified,
In some property charged or secured on the revenues
or territones of India.
9. That the Council shall be presided over by the
Secretary of State, or by some member of the Council to
be nominated by him as Vice-President.
10. That arrangements shall be made from time to
time by the Secretary of State and the Council for the
meetings of the Council, for the mode of procedure at
such meetings, and for the distribution and transaction
of business.

11. Thst all despatches, letters, orders, inn commu-
nication' shall be addressed to the Secretary of State,
and shall be open to the inspection of every member of
the Connell, except such se are now by law addressed to
the Secret Committee of the Court of Director'.
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12. That the recommendation of persons for first ap-
pointments shall be made to Her Majesty by the Secre-
tary of State, with the concurrence of the Council ; and
the same rules shall be observed in the making of such
recommendations u have been followed by the Court of
Directors in the making of such appointments.

13. That, for the purpose of accaertelning the fitness of
persons for the several appointments for which they
may be so recommended, the same rule. for the exami-
nation of cadets and of clerks shall be adhered to which
are now followed by the Court of Directors of the East
India Company, until the same be altered by the Sec-
retary of State and Council of India.
14. That provisions shall be made for transferring to
the Crown all the real and personal property of the
oompsny, except their capital stook, and the dividend
thereon, so as to vest the same in Her Majesty, for the
purposes of the Government of India; for (continuing
the charge on the revenues of India Alone on the divi-
dend on the capital stock of the said Company until the
redemption thereof, and of all the territorial and other
debts and engagements which Are payable by the Coin-
pany out of the revenues of India ; for auditing the ac-
counts of the home Government of India, under the
direction of Her MAjesty's Treasury ; for laying such
accounts Annually before Parliament ' • and for securing
the preference given by the 3rd and 4th of William IV.
to the dividends on the capital stook of the said Company
and the right of the said Company to demand the to.
deception of such dividends, and their right on the
Security Fund undiminished and unaffected by the
transfer to the Crown of the direct Government of Her
Majesty's Indian possessions.