Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries from 1st May to 31st October 1873, BCCI_Report_1873_part II, English

Description : The report contains the proceedings of the Half-yearly General Meeting of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries held on Saturday, 29th November 1873. It discusses the Labor Districts Emigration Bill, octroi duties, proposed revision of Customs' Tariff and Act, trade with Yarkund, survey of shipping, pilot service, spoiled stamps, cotton standards in London, Usury laws, High Courts' Criminal Procedure Bill, proposed extension of the telegraph to Bassein and thence to Diamond Island, proposed extension of the telegraph from Cuttack to False Point, proposed system of numbering bills of Lading, proposal to test the competency of men in charge of machinery moved by steam power, reporting of vessels in the river by the commercial code of signals, survey fees, American and Indian rice, samples of oils and resins from British Burmah, samples of raw India rubber from the Shan states of Burmah, specimen of the gum of the Jeeka tree from Cachar, cotton grown at the Nicobars, cotton grown from foreign seed in the Cuttack delta, cotton grown in the are irrigated by the Orissa canals, cotton grown in Baraset, whether Dammer is liable to spontaneous combustion, members retired, funds of the Chamber, revised tonnage schedule for the port of Calcutta, schedule fo commission charges, members of the Chamber, rules and regulations fo the Chamber
Title : Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries from 1st May to 31st October 1873
Reference Number : BCCI_Report_1873_part II
Digital file name(s)(.pdf) : BCCI_Report_1873_part II.pdf
Digital file name(s) tiff : BCCI_Report_1873_part II_001 to BCCI_Report_1873_part II_158
Digital file name(s) jpeg : BCCI_Report_1873_part II_001 to BCCI_Report_1873_part II_158
Digital folder name : BCCI_Report_1873_part II
Ancillary Title : nil
Volume and issue number : 1873 Report
Date(s) : 1st May to 31st October 1873
Extent (Pagination) : 1-9, 1-271, Appendix: i-x
Volume and issue number : 1873 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 bad, pages are pested, yellow spots
No of Leaves : 153 + binding + cover + spine
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] With cover : 23.2 x 14.5 x 2.4
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] Without cover : 22.5 x 14.1 x 2
Note on item : Handwritten note is present in BCCI_Report_1873_part II_085.
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.