Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries from 1st May to 31st October 1870, BCCI_Report_1870, English

Description : The report contains the proceedings of the Half-yearly General Meeting of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries held on Thursday, 8th December 1870. It discusses income tax, appeals against assessment for income tax, port improvement trust, new jetties, working hours for landing and shipping cargo, proposed system of street tramways, enfacement of government promissory notes for payment of interest in London, subject to deduction of Indian income tax, registarttion of government currency notes, analysis of the currency, telegraph station between Calcutta and Atcheepore, overland mail service between India and Great Britain via Brindisi, postal cards, members of the Chamber, funds of the Chamber, chedule of commission charges, tonnage schedule for the port of Calcutta, members of the Chamber, rules and regulations of the Chamber.
Title : Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries from 1st May to 31st October 1870
Reference Number : BCCI_Report_1870
Digital file name(s)(.pdf) : BCCI_Report_1870.pdf
Digital file name(s) tiff : BCCI_Report_1870_001 to BCCI_Report_1870_062
Digital file name(s) jpeg : BCCI_Report_1870_001 to BCCI_Report_1870_062
Digital folder name : BCCI_Report_1870
Ancillary Title : nil
Volume and issue number : 1870 Report
Date(s) : 1st May to 31st October 1870
Extent (Pagination) : 1-15, 1-71, Appendix: i-xv
Volume and issue number : 1870 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 R Bullen Smith, 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, broken spine, foxing, soggy pages
No of Leaves : 57 + binding pages + covers + spine
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] With cover : 24 x 14.6 x 1
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] Without cover : 23.5 x 14.3 x 0.4
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 + Sujata + Soumashree + Chandrima
Catalogued by : Chandrima
Date(s) of the digital copy : March 14, 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.