A Short View of the Laws Now Subsisting with Respect to the Powers of the East India Company

The East India Company was an English, joint-stock company founded in 1600 to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia), and later with East Asia. It gained control of large parts of the Indian subcontinent, colonised parts of Southeast Asia and Hong Kong, and kept trading posts and colonies in the Persian Gulf Residencies. This book is a short summary of the laws enacted with respect to the powers of the East India Company to borrow money under their seal, and to incur debts in the course of their trade, by the purchase of goods on credit, and by freighting ships or other mercantile transactions.