Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries for the year 1930, Vol. 1., BCCI_Report_1931_Vol_I, English

Description : The item contains the proceedings of the annual general meeting as well as the annual report of the chamber for the year 1931. The items included are : Members present, president's specch, resolutions taken, election of committee, representation of the Chamber in various organisations, The Royal Exchange, The Licensed Measurers Department of the Chamber, The Chamber Tribunal of Arbitration, Chamber Surveys. The General Section include : The Retrenchment Committee, Strength of the Police in Bengal, Bengal Flood Distress Relief Fund, The Associated Chambers of Commerce of India and Ceylon. The Political and Constitutional section includes : The general situation and the round table conference, the organisation and representation of the european community in India. The Law and Legislation section includes : The Indian Income Tax Bill, Issues related to Income Tax, The Indian Partnership bill, Letters Patent of the High Court, The Indian Bar Councils, The Presidency Towns Insolvency Act, Proposed amendment of the law of evidence regarding commercial docuement, protection of the seller, The Indian Air Force bill, The Foreign Relations bill, The Indian Explosives rules, The Indian Electricity Act, 1910; The Indian Boiler regulations, 1921; Acetylene Plants, The Indian Accountancy Board, Proposed Life Insurance Companies Act, Dividing Insurance Societies, The Bengal Motor Vehicles Tax bill, The Bengal jute Bill, The Bengal Agriculture and Sanitary Improvement bill, The Bengal Opium Smoking bill, Bengal Local Self Government bill, Bengal Municipal Bill : related issues. The Customs section includes : The Sea Customs Act, 1878; The Tariff Board, protection to the manufacture of gold and silver thread, lamettas etc.; Import duty on Cotton yarn, the bamboo paper industry act, imports on Australian Wheat. The Marine Section includes : The Indian Merchant Shipping Act, 1931 & 1923; The Indian Ports Act, 1908, The Indian Lighthouse Act, 1927, International Convention respecting load lines, International Labour conference, Calcutta Port commissioners, Port of Calcutta, the Suez Canal dues, mail services between Calcutta and Rangoon. The Posts and Telegraph section includes : The Telegraph Service, increase of rates for foreign telgrams, charges for the registration of telegraphic addresses, the air mail service with England, The V.P post system, business reply envelopes, posting of machine frankesd articles. The Railways section includes : The Indian railways Act, Railways Rates, Railway board, speed on railays, The Indian railway Conference Association. The Finance section includes : The Silver position, The Financial situation in September, The Emergency budget, the Currency Notes. The Industrial section deals with : Royal; Commission on Labour, Internatioanl Labour Conference, Industrial Strikes, The Indian Factoreies Act. The Municipal Section deals with : The Calcutta Municipal Electoral Roll, The garden Reach Municipality bill, proposed Improvement trust for Howrah, Calcutta Municipal Bill, buffallo Cart traffic, the Malaria Menace, Calcutta traffic. The Miscellaneous section includes : Indian Stores Department, proposed Central jute Committee, The Indian Oil Crushing Industry, Imperial Council of Agricultural Research, Forest Research Institute, Crop forecasts, Indigo forecasts report, royalty on lac by sea from burma, United States customs Regulatios, Tea in United Kingdom, Complaints with reference to Jute Goods shipped South Africa, jute goods in Australia, legalisation of documents for shipment to turkey. Indian trade Commissioner at Milan. The other sections included are : The Other sections included are : Membership, Finance and Accounts, Appendix, List of Members, rules and regulations of the Chamber, Tribunal of Arbitration of the Chamber.
Title : Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries for the year 1930, Vol. 1.
Reference Number : BCCI_Report_1931_Vol_I
Digital file name(s)(.pdf) : BCCI_Report_1931_Vol_I.pdf
Digital file name(s) tiff : BCCI_Report_1931_Vol_I_001 to BCCI_Report_1931_Vol_I_221
Digital file name(s) jpeg : BCCI_Report_1931_Vol_I_001 to BCCI_Report_1931_Vol_I_221
Digital folder name : BCCI_Report_1931_Vol_I
Ancillary Title : nil
Volume and issue number : 1931, Vol. 1
Date(s) : 1931
Extent (Pagination) : pp I to pp VIII (Contents), 2 pages without pagination, pp I to pp XXI, 3 pages without pagination, pp 1 to pp 159, 3 pages with out pagination pp 1 t
Volume and issue number : 1931, Vol. 1
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
Publisher : Criterion Printing Works
Place of Publication : 8, Jackson Lane, Calcutta
Subject : Yearly financial report of the BCC&I, Economics, Finance, Colonial history, Calcutta under the British
Physical Condition : Yellowing pages, some pages are loosely bound, presence of foxing marks.
No of Leaves : 213 + 4 binding pages + cover + spine
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] With cover : 23.5 x 15.3 x 2.9
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] Without cover : 22.9 x 14.9 x 1.9
Note on item : Notes written in pencil are present in BCCI_Report_1931_Vol_I_004.
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 : Sayan
Date(s) of the digital copy : 16-Sep-14
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.