Chapter II

CONTROL OF TRADE AND PLANTATIONS DURING THE INTERREGNUM.

The Council of Trade, 1650-1653 24
Plantation Affairs controlled by the Council of State, 1649-1651 30
Standing Committee of the Council for Plantations,
1651-April, 1653 33
Plantation Affairs controlled by the Council of State,
April-Dec., 1653 35
Trade controlled by Council of State and Parliamentary Committees,
Dec., 1653-June, 1655 36
Importance of the years 1654-1655 36
The great Trade Committee, 1655-1657 38
Parliamentary Committees of Trade, 1656-1658 43
Plantation Affairs controlled by Protector's Council and Council
of the State, 1653-1660 43
Special Council Committees for Plantations, 1653-1659 44
Council Committee for Jamaica and Foreign Plantations, 1655-1660 44
Select Committee for Jamaica, known later as Committee
for America, 1655-1660 45
Inadequacy of Control during the Interregnum 47

CHAPTER III.

THE PROPOSALS OF THE MERCHANTS: NOELL AND POVEY.

Career of Martin Noell 49
Career of Thomas Povey 51
Enterprises of the Merchants, 1657-1659 53
Proposals of Noell and Povey 55
"Overtures" of 1654 55
"Queries" of 1656 58
Additional Proposals, 1656, 1657 58