XV. Secretaries and other officers of Company to become officers of Council of India—subject to any changes afterwards made by Privy Council and sanctioned by parliament.
XVI. Secretary in Council to make all subsequent appointments in the home establishment.
XVII. Compensation to such officers of the Company as are not retained permanently by the Council.
XVIII. Any officer of the Company, transferred to the service of the Council, to have a claim to the same pension or superannuation allowance as if the change of government had not taken place.
Duties and Proceedings of the Council.
XIX. Council to conduct affairs of India in England; but all correspondence to be in the name of the Secretary of State.
XX. Secretary of State may divide the Council into committees.
XXI. Secretary of State to sit and vote as president, and appoint vice-president.
XXII. Five to be a quorum; meetings convened by Secretary of State not fewer than one each week.
XXIII. Secretary of State to decide questions on which members differ. Any dissentient member may require his opinion to be placed upon record.