g over the affairs of the
East India Company. 2. Regulations to be applied to India. 3. The
erection of a court in England for the trial of offences committed in
India.

The first of these heads consisted of a board of control, which was to
be composed of six commissioners, holding the rank of privy-counsellors,
and comprising the chancellor of the exchequer and one secretary of
state; and four others holding offices of such emolument as precluded
the necessity of a salary. The members of this board were to be
appointed by the king, and removable at his pleasure; and they were
authorised to check, superintend, and control the civil and military
government, as well as the revenues of the company. It was their duty
also to inspect and countersign all the despatches transmitted by the
court of directors to the different presidencies. The directors were
enjoined to pay all due obedience to the orders of this board, touching
the civil and military government and revenues; but in case such orders
should at any time in the opinion of the directors, relate to matters
not connected with these points, they were left at liberty to appeal to
his majesty in council, whose decision was to be final. In all cases
of secrecy, and particularly such as related to peace or war with the
native powers of India, the commissioners were to have the power of
sending their orders to the local government of India, through a secret
committee of the court of directors, which committee could in this
case only be considered as the vehicle of instruction to the local
authorities of India.

The regulations applicable to India related to the government. Pitt
proposed that the government in each of the three stations should
consist of a president and counsellors; that the president of Bengal
should be governor-general; that the commander-in-chief should be one
of the council, and next to the governor-general; and that the
commander-in-chief at Madras and Bombay should take similar rank at each
of those stations. The government of Bengal was to have control over
the other presidencies, and the appointment of governors,
commanders-in-chief, and other members of the council, was to be vested
in the directors; they, together with the king, having the power of
recalling the governor-general, as well as every other person employed
by the company. All promotions, whether civil or military, were to be
made according to seniority, and in progressive succession,