Report of the Committee of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries from 1st February 1891 to 31st January 1892 Vol. II Documents and Correspondence, BCCI_Report_1891_1892_Vol_2, English

Description : The report contains documents and correspondence on the legislative Acts of the Governor-General of India in Council; Law - mining legislation, office of registrar of Calcutta, Shama Churn Sen's Case, stamps on promissory notes, Indian Factory Act, Indian Merchandise Marks Act; Courts - Small Cause Court, Madras City Court; working of the port - administration, pilots and pilotage, river channels, lighting Nynan Bar, throwing silt into the river, lights at the sandheads, proposed rule regarding flats, bills of health, space for lascar crews, deposits to meet port charges, mates receipts, shipping passes, Bills of Lading, salt, sweat damage in jute cargoes, storage of tea, Sunday working; Port Trust - administration, permanent bridge at Calcutta, jetty by-laws, dock charges, export coal traffic, petroleum boat traffic, Chittagong Port; Marine - Native Passengers' Ships Act, cyclones in the Bay of Bengal, weather chart, emigration, classification of masters and engineers of inland steam vessels, certificates of competency to Serangs and second class engine drivers, life saving apparatus, exemption from survey of small inland steam vessels, survey of passenger accommodation of inland steamers, fees for survey of vessels under Acts VI and VII of 1884; Railways - transactions guaranteed railways, East Indian Railway Grand Chord Line, demurrage at Howrah, block at Howrah, levy of via charge at Chitpore, transfer of Port Trust Railway lines to Eastern Bengal State Railway, Bengal Central Railway, returns of railway traffic, local coal movements, tramways; communications in Cachar; financial matters - the silver question, income tax, working of the Mints, local purchase of stores; miscalleneous - opium, agricultural implements, corn trade in Calcutta, prices of wheat, Buxar wheat, fire brigade, boiler inspection surplus fees, boiler inspection rules, boiler insurance and steam power company, holiday fees, holidays, joint stock tea companies, preparation of fibres, commercial education, native languages examinations, University examinations, certificates of origin: Italy, Waghorn Fund; Imperial institute.
Title : Report of the Committee of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries from 1st February 1891 to 31st January 1892 Vol. II Documents and Correspondence
Reference Number : BCCI_Report_1891_1892_Vol_2
Digital file name(s)(.pdf) : BCCI_Report_1891_1892_Vol_2.pdf
Digital file name(s) tiff : BCCI_Report_1891_1892_Vol_2_001 to BCCI_Report_1891_1892_Vol_2_485
Digital file name(s) jpeg : BCCI_Report_1891_1892_Vol_2_001 to BCCI_Report_1891_1892_Vol_2_485
Digital folder name : BCCI_Report_1891_1892_Vol_2
Ancillary Title : nil
Volume and issue number : 1891-1892 report, Volume 2
Date(s) : 2nd February 1891 to 31st January 1892
Extent (Pagination) : i-xvii; 1-930
Volume and issue number : 1891-1892 report, Volume 2
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 : Cones & Co.'s Press
Place of Publication : 300, Bow Bazar Street
Subject : Half-yearly financial report of the BCC&I, Economics, Finance, Colonial history, Calcutta under the British
Physical Condition : The first few pages are torn. The spine is loose and damaged and the binding is rather tight. The reverse of oversized pages are not paginated in pages 779, 907, 908.
No of Leaves : 480 + 4 binding pages + covers + spine
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] With cover : 23.8 x 15.7 x 5
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] Without cover : 23 x 15.6 x 4.8
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 : Soumashree
Date(s) of the digital copy : May 21, 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.