Bulletin des actes administratifs des Établissements français de l'Inde. Vol. 12, issues 69 to 71 (1839)

Vol and Issue: Vol. 12, issues 69 to 71

Scope and content: This volume contains notification nos. 803 to 886. Many of them pertain to the navy: accounting procedures and guidelines for expenses and revenues of the navy, including expenses for naval welfare; service of the infantry troops; debt of officers; gauging of ships etc. Some other topics covered are: prohibition on the export of Indian cultivators to other colonies; reduction of the posts (i.e. comptoirs) of Mahé and Yanaon to simple lodges (loges) [decision that is overturned in 1841]; decision relating to the notable judges (juges notables) and the welfare committee (comité de bienfaisance); method of proceeding in the courts of the French establishments in India; translation of Hindu laws in force on the Coromandel coast; salaries; fees for judicial interpreters; customs duties etc.