Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries from 1st May - 31st October 1861, BCCI_Report_1861, English

Description : The report addresses Samuel Laing, and contains subjects such as modification of conditions of sale of opium, transmission through telegraph of commercial intelligence to London through the Bombay Reuters, establishment of timber purchasing agency in Rangoon and Moulmieh, reduction of duty on foreign maunfactured tobacco, trade and famine reports by Colonel Baird Smith, report of Mr. Patterson Saunders on cotton cultivation in the Doab, vote of thanks and a portrait of Mackinlay and an alteration of the Chambers' rules.
Title : Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries from 1st May - 31st October 1861
Reference Number : BCCI_Report_1861
Digital file name(s)(.pdf) : BCCI_Report_1861.pdf
Digital file name(s) tiff : BCCI_Report_1861_001 to BCCI_Report_1861_070
Digital file name(s) jpeg : BCCI_Report_1861_001 to BCCI_Report_1861_070
Digital folder name : BCCI_Report_1861
Ancillary Title : nil
Volume and issue number : 1861 report
Date(s) : 1st May 1861 - 31st October 1861
Extent (Pagination) : 1 - 30, Appendices: I - xc
Volume and issue number : 1861 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 W.S Fitzwilliam, President
Publisher : Sanders, Cones, and Co.
Place of Publication : No. 23 Loll Bazar, Calcutta
Subject : Half-yearly financial report of the BCC&I, Economics, Finance, Colonial history, Calcutta under the British
Physical Condition : spine shows discolouration in parts, there is a piece of paper stuck to the title page - it has been removed and replaced with acid-free paper, the book is in a good condition
No of Leaves : 65 + 4 coloured binding pages + covers + spine
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] With cover : 14.1 x 23.4 x 1.2
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] Without cover : 13.9 x 22.5 x 0.6
Note on item : A sticker, in all likelihood, is present on the title page of the item. As it is not a part of the document, it has been covered with a piece of paper and then digitised.
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 : February 03, 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.