Viceroy: Lord Lansdowne

The Age Of Stars

Silver rupee, Presidency Banks, and money drawn on India from London.

Vol. XVThe edition of 1889 · Crown Rule2 records
Viceroy
Lord Lansdowne
Secretary of State
Lord Cross

Bank of Bengal rate

6.99%

+1.53 pts on 1888

Bank of Bombay rate

6.73%

+1.03 pts on 1888

Bank of Madras rate

6.88%

+1.27 pts on 1888

Council Bills

₹22.42 cr

+7.3% on 1888

Home Charges

£15.1m

−2.7% on 1888

From the record

A quiet year in the ledgers

No dated event for 1889 has yet been extracted from the sources. The paper prints what is documented and leaves the rest blank, rather than guessing.

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