Blankard, John, Provost Marshal of Jamaica, 
470 
Blathwayt, William, surveyor and auditor general 
of the revenues for New England, 61 
[399], 144 [59], 152 [112], 120 [286] 
Board of Council 
proposed to hear Quebec appeals, 295 [154] 
Board of Trade, 157 [153], 177-78, 216, 232 
[88], 233, 234 [95], 270, 301, 347, 349, 
360, 379, 386, 393, 398, 405, 407, 410, 415, 
418, 427 [60], 428 [61], 443, 446, 555, 
558, 582, 662 
administrative control of colonial courts, 346- 
48, 660 
administrative jurisdiction, 134, 345 
advice in judicial matters, 302, 306, 345, 348, 
369, 430, 432, 444-45, 450, 458, 558-59 
appeals, complaints, etc., referred to, 137, 
138, 140, 141, 153, 158, 184, 202 [386], 
203 [387]. 217, 280, 344-45. 443. 444, 
450, 557. 611 
appeals from, security required, 450 
charges against nonroyal colonies, 146-47, 
148 [90], 150-51,348 
commission, 134-35, 344. 345 
complaint jurisdiction, 135, 197, 202, 345, 
346-47 
composition, 134 
counsel, 349; see also Fane, Francis; Jackson, 
Richard; Lamb, Matthew; West, Richard 
drafting of boundary commission instructions, 
445, 450-51 
drafting of instruments governing appeals, 
348 
established, 72, 134, 135 
failure to achieve reforms, 663 
frame of government for Senegal and Gambia, 
268 
functions, 312 [268] 
influence of, decline, 349 
inquiry into basis of vice-admiralty jurisdiction, 
182-83 
inquiry into colonial judicial procedure, 345- 
46 
inquiry into legislative divorce in Mass., 583 
inquiry into royal proclamation power in 
colonies, 570 
inquiry into royal repeal of confirmed colonial 
acts, 571 
inquiry into state of colonial paper currency, 
601 
inquiry into status of Guadeloupe, 499 
instructions to governors, see Governors' instructions 

judicial jurisdiction declined, 344-45 
nomination of boundary commissions, 445, 
45°. 459 
nomination o£ colonial councilors by, 
348 
nomination of commission of review, 428 
on appeals by customs officers, 139 
on binding effect of appealable minimums, 
225 [58] 
on control of vice-admiralty jurisdiction, 184- 
85 
on employment of boundary commissions, 
453. 456» 457. 461. 462 
on Gibraltar judicial system, 268 
on interpretation of governors' instructions 
of 1753, 409, 411, 414 
on Jamaica chancery appeals, 236-37 
on legal effect of treaties, 531 [34] 
on Md. intracolonial appeals regulations, 
253 
on membership of N.J. assembly, 598-99 
on nonappellate judicial acdon by Council, 
154, 202-3 
on provision for legislative review in Pa. 
charter, 635 [570] 
on reform of Barbados appeals regulations, 
218, 219 
on reform of Barbados chancery appeal rules, 
217-18 
on reform of Jamaica council, 228 [71] 
on reunion to crown of nonroyal colonies, 
147. 151 
on right of appeal in Connecticut, 141 
on right of appeal in N.Y., 159-60 
on right of appeal in R. 1., 141 
on special verdicts, 154 
on vice-admiralty appellate forum, 178, 183, 
348, 662 
on Va. governor's instructions, 614-15 
on wood-cutting in Mass., 332 
powers, 134-35, 344-49 
procedure 
consultation of crown law officers, 139, 144, 
145, 178, 180, 181, 184, 225 [58], 229, 
232 [88], 301, 305 [226], 349, 425, 
558 
report, 141, 144, 184, 187 [307], 202, 
203 [387], 253 
review of colonial legislation, 155, 222, 249 
[183], 251, 253, 348-49, 455-58, 461, 
487, 492, 504, 523, 532, 533-36, 549 
[121], 583-85, 592, 597, 606 [430], 607, 
608 [439], 609 [445], 611-12, 629-30, 
632, 633 [563], 636, 640, 641 
Bochiler, Stephen, 51 
Bollan, William, counsel, Massachusetts agent, 
164 [191], 294 [144], 330, 421 [16], 431 
[84, 86], 435, 451, 584-85 
on bill of 1748/9 for enforcing governors' 
instructions, 602 [401], 603 [402]