Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries from 1st November 1874 to 30th April 1875, BCCI_Report_1874_1875, English


Description : The report contains the proceedings of the Half-yearly General Meeting of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries held on Wednesday, 5th May 1875. It discusses the budget for 1875-76, revision of customs tariff, proposed abolition of customs duties on cotton yarn and manufacturers imported into British India, proposed alteration in telegraph regulations, jute warehouses, detention of the overland mail at Suez, abuses in the suburban canal department, proposed official testing and verification of English weights, publication of ships manifetss in daily import returns, opening the custom house during Poojah holidays, case under Section 27 of the Customs Act, alteration in the form of declaration of value by importters, custom house daily lists of imports and exports, overpayment of duty refund of which has been refused, additonal particulars required by the collector of custoims in shipping bills and bills of entry, survey of river Hooghly, holidays to be observed in the small cause court, Merchant Shipping Act, Hooghly bridge tolls, funds of the Chamber, revised tonnage for the port of Calcutta, schedule of commission charges, members of the Chamber, rules and regulations of the Chamber.
Title : Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries from 1st November 1874 to 30th April 1875
Reference Number : BCCI_Report_1874_1875
Digital file name(s)(.pdf) : BCCI_Report_1874_1875.pdf
Digital file name(s) tiff : BCCI_Report_1874_1875_001 to BCCI_Report_1874_1875_087
Digital file name(s) jpeg : BCCI_Report_1874_1875_001 to BCCI_Report_1874_1875_087
Digital folder name : BCCI_Report_1874_1875
Ancillary Title : nil
Volume and issue number : 1874-1875 Report
Date(s) : 1st November 1874 to 30th April 1875
Extent (Pagination) : 1-5, 1-131, Appendix: i-xvi
Volume and issue number : 1874-1875 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 J C Murray, President
Publisher : Cones & Co.'s Press
Place of Publication : No 19, Loll Bazar
Subject : Half-yearly financial report of the BCC&I, Economics, Finance, Colonial history, Calcutta under the British
Physical Condition : Overall condition is good, black spots on some pages due to chemical reaction, pesting.
No of Leaves : 83 + binding pages + cover + spine
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] With cover : 23.6 x 14.5 x 1.2
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] Without cover : 23.4 x 14 x 0.9
Note on item : The last few pages of the document are severely damaged.
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 : Aki + Amritesh + Arnab + Sujata + Soumashree + Chandrima
Catalogued by : Chandrima
Date(s) of the digital copy : March 13, 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.