| Title |
Royal Commission on Indian Currency and Finance 1913-14 |
| Reference |
JMK/ID |
| Creator |
Great Britain and Ireland. Treasury. Royal Commission on Indian Currency and Finance. |
| Covering Dates |
1868–1914 |
| Extent and Medium |
1 box; paper |
|
| Content and context |
This series consists of administrative papers originating from J.M. Keynes' duties while part of the Commission on Indian Finance and Currency, as well as related papers. |
| King's/PP/JMK/ID contains: |
|
1
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Correspondence with Commission members and former India Office colleagues, with related papers. This file includes correspondence with Lionel Abrahams, Basil Blackett, Austen Chamberlain and R.W. Gillan on such subjects as Abrahams and J.M. Keynes' memoranda on the establishment of a state bank, drafts of the Commission's report and J.M. Keynes' absence through illness in January 1914.
Creator: Various.
104 items in envelope; paper. |
Mar. 1913-May 1914 |
|
2
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Memoranda and background papers circulated to Commission members. This file includes a printed letter from Stafford H. Northcote to the Governor General of India on the collapse of the Bank of Bombay, 1868; notes of witnesses' evidence; Indian monetary statistics and a memorandum on a gold mint, 1913.
Creator: Northcote, Stafford H.
17 items in envelope; paper. |
1868–1913 |
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3
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Notes on Indian banks and currency. This file includes autograph manuscript documents on the subjects of an Indian state bank, silver and gold currency, Indian clearing house returns, 1909-12 and the Indian bank rate, undated.
6 items in envelope; paper. |
1909–1912 |
|
4
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Memorandum on the proposals for the establishment of a state bank in India. This file contains autograph manuscript, typescript and printed versions of the memorandum by J.M. Keynes. The typescript version has been annotated by E. Cable.
6 items in envelope; paper. |
Oct. 1913 |
|
5
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Drafts and proofs of the Commission's report. This file includes several proofs annotated by J.M. Keynes and other Commission members, as well as an autograph manuscript and typescript memorandum by J.M. Keynes on the Commission's paper currency proposals, Feb 1914.
Creator: Great Britain and Ireland. Treasury. Royal Commission on Indian Currency and Finance.
26 items in envelope; paper. |
1913–1914 |
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6
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Press cuttings. This file contains cuttings relating to the progress of the Commission's work and its report.
Creator: Various.
25 items in envelope; paper. |
1913–1914 |
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