Authorization for the appointment of a Finance Committee was given by the Standing Committee on 14 Sept. 1972 (see SC/72/7, Item 33). The first references to the committee in Council minutes are on 8 Feb. and 15 Mar. 1973 (see CM/73/1-2). After 22 Oct. 1975 the committee was entitled, Finance and Development Committee.
Minutes and committee papers, 1974-83, held as follows:
Ref. Date of meeting
- 13 May 1974 - Budget 1974
FC/74/1 nothing held
FC/75/1 25 Feb. 1975
FC/75/2 23 June 1975
ibid ibid, Item 8: Financial performance to end-May 1975
FC/76/1 27 Jan. 1976 nothing held
FC/76/2 18 Feb. 1976
FC/76/3 3 May 1976 nothing held
FC/76/4 7 June 1976
- 13 Sept. 1976
- 26 Apr. 1977
Item 10 records: It was noted the old Development Committee had before 1974 initiated most of the subsequently successful new developments ... Since January 1974 the Committee had largely confined itself to acting as a financial control ... the next phase in the RAI's development needed a new expansionary strategy.
- 17 Nov. 1983
- 13 Dec. 1983 nothing held
Correspondence and papers have not been sorted, Nov. 1993.





