Half-yearly Report, Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries: 1st May, 1856, BCCI_Report_1856A, English


Description :

The report publishes accounts of the Bank of Bengal, of Treasury Balances, and the Government Budget. It further discusses the Mutlah, the Peninsular and Oriental Trading Company's steamers and their detainment, the Marine Registry Office, Strand Bank, shipping of silver to Burma and the Arraccan, possiblity of the creation of a lighthouse near Ceylon, as well as a report on the Committee's funds.

Title : Half-yearly Report, Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries: 1st May, 1856
Reference Number : BCCI_Report_1856A
Digital file name(s)(.pdf) : BCCI_Report_1856A.pdf
Digital file name(s) tiff : BCCI_Report_1856A_001 to BCCI_Report_1856A_047
Digital file name(s) jpeg : BCCI_Report_1856A_001 to BCCI_Report_1855B_047
Digital folder name : BCCI_Report_1856A
Ancillary Title : nil
Volume and issue number : 1856 half-yearly report
Date(s) : 1st May, 1856
Extent (Pagination) : 1 - 11, Appendices: I - lxi
Volume and issue number : 1856 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 David Cowie, Vice-president
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 : good, spine damaged partially
No of Leaves : 42 + 4 coloured binding pages + covers + spine
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] With cover : 14.8 x 23.7 x 1
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] Without cover : 14.4 x 23.4 x 0.5
Note on item : The report contains a few oversized pages.
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 29, 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.