PREFACE.
The object of publishing these Journals independently
of the Calendar of State Papers, Colonial, has been explained in the first volume issued (1704–9).
The Journal is now carried down to October 1718.
This volume has been printed under the supervision of
Mr. K. H. Ledward, an Assistant Keeper of the Records,
who has also compiled the Index.
H. C. MAXWELL LYTE.
Public Record Office,
25th July, 1924.