Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries Vol. 1, for the year 1900. , BCCI_Report_1900_Vol_I, English

Description : The document contains the proceedings of the annual meeting of the Chamber. The report consists of the following issues : Statutory Notice from Queen Victoria. The Committee report consists of the following items, such as, Introduction, Changes in the Committee during the year, legislative council of India, Bengal Legislative Council, the municipal corporation, imperial institute, representation of Burma, the war in South Africa, contemporary assasinations and deaths, british commericial agents abroad, commericial intelligence branch, Fourth Congress of Chambers, the special jury list, special holidays, licensed measurers department, general and peice good arbitrations. The Law and Legislation section contains : Authentication of Power of Attorney, Banker's Book Evidence Act, Bills upon poison, civil appeal, mines, ports, emigration. The Customs section contains : wastage allowance on salt, Import Tarrif Act, condition of Petroleum Depot at Budge Budge, issues related to Kidderpore dockyard. The Municipal Section consists of : smoke issue of Calcutta. The Railways Section contains different issues related to railways, like wagon related issues, assam- bengal railways etc. The Financial section consists of the following issues : rupee coinage, circulation of small coins, circulation of currency. The Miscellaneous section contains issues related to : peice goods trade, appointment of state entymologists, commercial education, trade with Persia, customs duty on Indigo at Egypt, membership, royal exchange, capital account.
Title : Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries Vol. 1, for the year 1900.
Reference Number : BCCI_Report_1900_Vol_I
Digital file name(s)(.pdf) : BCCI_Report_1900_Vol_I.pdf
Digital file name(s) tiff : BCCI_Report_1900_Vol_I_001 to BCCI_Report_1900_Vol_I_184
Digital file name(s) jpeg : BCCI_Report_1900_Vol_I_001 to BCCI_Report_1900_Vol_I_184
Digital folder name : BCCI_Report_1900_Vol_I
Ancillary Title : nil
Volume and issue number : 1900, Vol 1
Date(s) : 1900
Extent (Pagination) : v-x, pp 1 to pp 32, then I to iv, then pp 37 to 733
Volume and issue number : 1900, 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 : Caxton Team Printing Works.
Place of Publication : 1, Mission Row, Calcutta.
Subject : Yearly financial report of the BCC&I, Economics, Finance, Colonial history, Calcutta under the British
Physical Condition : The condition of the document is extremely poor and damaged. Several pages of the document could be photographed as the pages are either missing or damaged. Pp 612 to pp 613, pp 628 to pp 635, pp 640 pp 645, pp 652 to pp 657, pp 660 to pp 671 , pp 672 to
No of Leaves : 179 + 3 binding pages + cover + spine.
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] With cover : 24.6 x 15.1 x 5.5
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] Without cover : 24 x 15 x 5
Note on item : Few pages of the document have not been photographed due to the bad condition of those 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 : 6-Jun-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.