CHAPTER V.. The Plantation Councils of 1670 and 1672.

THE PLANTATION COUNCILS OF 1670 AND 1672.

Influence of Ashley and Locke 96 Revival of Council for Foreign Plantations, 1670-1672 97 Membership 97 Commission and Instructions 99 Meetings and Work 101 Select Council of Trade and Foreign Plantations, 1672-1674 106 Membership 106 Commission and Instructions 107 Meetings and Work 109 Causes of the Revocation of the Commission of Select Council, 1674 111 Later History of Plantation Control, 1675-1782 112

APPENDICES.

I. Instructions, Board of Trade, 1650 115 II. Instructions, Council for Foreign Plantations, 1670-1672 117 Additional Instructions for the Same 124 III. Draft of Instructions, Council of Trade and Foreign Plantations, 1672-1674 127 IV. Heads of Business; Councils of 1670 and 1672 133

BRITISH COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS, AND COUNCILS OF TRADE AND PLANTATIONS, 1622-1675.