Half yearly Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries: 1st November1854, BCCI_Report_1854B, English


Description :

The report discusses the Administrator General's repeal of the Usury Laws. Besides, the regulation of export and transit duties, and extension of  river moorings is suggested. There is severe critique of the Oriental and Peninsular Company. There are copies of correspondences on the canal systems, East Indian Railway, stocks, and telegraph system. There is also a report of the Chambers' funds.

Title : Half yearly Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries: 1st November1854
Reference Number : BCCI_Report_1854B
Digital file name(s)(.pdf) : BCCI_Report_1854B.pdf
Digital file name(s) tiff : BCCI_Report_1854B_001 to BCCI_Report_1854B_037
Digital file name(s) jpeg : BCCI_Report_1854B_001 to BCCI_Report_1854B_037
Digital folder name : BCCI_Report_1854B
Ancillary Title : nil
Volume and issue number : 1854 half-yearly report
Date(s) : 1st November, 1854
Extent (Pagination) : 1 - 9, Appenidx: I - xlv
Volume and issue number : 1854 half-yearly report
Medium of copies : Photographed digital images [24 bit, 400 dpi, uncompressed, colour, Tiff]
Medium of original material : Paper, printed in black and white
Creator(s) - Author(s) : BCCI Committee headed by Jas J. Mackenzie
Publisher : F Carbery Bengal Military Orphan Press
Subject : Half-yearly financial report of the BCC&I, Economics, Finance, Colonial history, Calcutta under the British
Physical Condition : brittle pages
No of Leaves : 31 + 4 coloured binding pages + covers + spine + extra page
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] With cover : 14.7 x 23.7 x 0.6
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] Without cover : 14.2 x 23 x 0.3
Note on item : BCCI_Report_1854B_037 has a strip of paper stuck on top of the page. BCCI_Report_1854B_033 is a picture of the same page.
Languages of material : English
Scripts of material : Roman
Contributor(s) - Owners of the original material : The Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries
Creator(s) of digital copy : Arnab + Aki + Sujata + Amritesh
Catalogued by : Soumashree
Date(s) of the digital copy : January 28, 2014
Place where copy was made : SCTR, JU, Kolkata
Present storage location : BCC&I Kolkata
Software : Canon EOS Utility , Adobe Lightroom 5
Hardware : Canon EOS 60D
Keywords : Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Trade Records, Colonial Trade Records, Imperial Trade Records, British Trade Records in Kolkata, British Raj in Kolkata.