Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries for the year 1927, Vol. 1., BCCI_Report_1927_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 1927. 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 Salt importers Association of Bengal, The Statutory commission on the Reforms, The Auxulliary and Territorial forces, The Articles of Association of the Chamber, The Late Lord cable, The Associated Chambers of Commerce ofIndia & Ceylon. The Law and Legislation section includes : The Indian Income tax Act, 1922 : Various sections and amendments; Provident Funds, The Presidency Towns Insolvency Act, 1909; proposed amendment of the Law of Evidence regarding commercial documents, The Code of Criminal Procedure, The Indian Registration Act, 1908; The Indian Succession Act, 1925; The Transfer of Property Act, 1882; The Indian explosives Act, 1884; The Indian Petroleum Act, 1899; The Indian Electricity Act, 1922; The Administrator General's Act. 1913; The Indian Limitation Bill, The Indian Bonded Warehouses Bill, The Volunteer Police Bill, The Slander of Women Act, The Hindu Child Marriage Bill, The Bengal Land Developement Bill, Primary Education in Bengal, The Indian Mines Act, 1923; The Bengal Mining Settlements Act, 1912; The Bengal Mining Settlements Bill, The Wagering Associations Bill, The Bihar and Orissa Mica Bill. The Customs Section includes : Protection for the Steel Manufacturing Industry, The Indian Cotton Textile Industry, Imports into India through the Kathiawar Ports, The Evasion, by smuggling, of the payment of Import Duties, The Sea Customs Act : Various sections; proposed revision of the form of tariff schedules, The Import tariff schedule, Import Duty on Cotton Blankets, British Spring Steel, steel hoops, The Export Duty on hides and the proposed introduction of a hides export cess, The Merchandise Marks Manual, The Merchandise Mark Act, revision of the list on Cotton peice goods, allowances to Customs House appraisers, annual revision of the import and export tariff schedules. Marine section deals with : Howrah Bridge, Calcutta Port Commissioners, limits of thew port of calcutta, Wireless direction finding station for the port of Calcutta, The Future administration of Shipping and navigation in India, lighthouse administration in India, lighting facilities in general, The International sanitary Convention, the buoyage and lighting of coasts, The Indian Ports Act, examinations for certificates of efficiency as life boatmen, the medical examination of deck passengers, The Indian Merchant Shipping Act, 1923; Vesseils entering United States ports with alien crews, mewthod of collecting landing and shipping dues at Tuticorin, The Grand trunk Canal Project, propose dstorm warning station at Namkhana, shipments of coasting steamers, the hours of work on board ship, the clearance of goods under indemnity, oil pollution of Portuguese territorial waters. The Posts and Telegraphs section includes : reduction of cable rates, deffered cables, The English Mails, receipts for registered letters and Parcels, delay in delivery of postal matter on account of Customs inspection, receipts of parcels at the G.P.O, Calcutta; Embossed Commercial envelopes. The Railways section deals with : the position of railways in the matter of motor road services, wagon supply in Eastern Bengal Railways, Calcutta Chord Railways. The Finance Section deals with : The Gold Standard and Reserve Bank bill, Amendment of Currency Notes, The Indian Stamp Act: Various issues; The Industrial section deals with : The disposal of mining concessions, The Indian Factories Act : Various issues, The Workmen's Compensation Act, The Indian Trade Union Act, The Indian Boilers Act, The Cotton Industry Act, The Board of Control for Apprenticeship Training, government competition with private enterprise, The International labour Conference, 1928. The Municipal Section deals with : traffic control in calcutta, fire brigade stations, buffalo cart traffic, bridges over Calcutta canals, The Bengal Telephone Service. The Miscellaneous section includes : The Roads Developement Committee, The Importation of Wireless telegraphy Apparatus, The Water Hyacinth, Elashin Nullah, The Indian Cinematograph Committee, The Opium Enquiry Committee, The Sea Borne trade returns of British India, definitions of trade terms in different countries, the World Motor Transport Congress, London; The Barrackpore Trunk Road. The Other sections included are : Mmebership, Finance and Accounts, List of Members, Committees and Sub-Committees, along with their reports; rules and regulations of the Chamber, tribunal of Arbitration of the Chamber.
Title : Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries for the year 1927, Vol. 1.
Reference Number : BCCI_Report_1927_Vol_I
Digital file name(s)(.pdf) : BCCI_Report_1927_Vol_I.pdf
Digital file name(s) tiff : BCCI_Report_1927_Vol_I_001 to BCCI_Report_1927_Vol_I_207
Digital file name(s) jpeg : BCCI_Report_1927_Vol_I_001 to BCCI_Report_1927_Vol_I_207
Digital folder name : BCCI_Report_1927_Vol_I
Ancillary Title : nil
Volume and issue number : 1927, Vol 1.
Date(s) : 1927
Extent (Pagination) : pp I to pp VIII (Contents), 2 pages without pagination, pp I to pp XVI, 2 pages without pagination, pp 1 to pp 152, 2 pages without pagination, pp 1a
Volume and issue number : 1927, 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, torn, worm eaten,
No of Leaves : 199 + 4 binding pages + cover + spine
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] With cover : 24.5 x 15.4 x 2.4
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] Without cover : 23.6 x 15 x 1.6
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 : Aki + Amritesh + Arnab + Sujata + Soumashree + Chandrima
Catalogued by : Sayan
Date(s) of the digital copy : 14-Oct-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.