Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries for the year 1926, Vol. 1., BCCI_Report_1926_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 1926. The items included are : Members present, president's speech, 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 British Imperial Council of Commerce, The Army in India Reserve of Officers, Report of the Indian Taxation Enquiry Committee, The Associated Chambers of Commerce of India and Ceylon. The Law and Legislation section includes : The Indian Arbitration bill, Federation of Chamber of Commerce under the British Empire, The Civil Procedure Code : Order XXI; The Presidency towns Insolvency Act, 1909, 1920; The Indian Companies Act, 1913 : various sections; The Indian Electricity Rules, 1922; The Indian Succession Act, 1925; The Indian Succession Act, 1925 : Various sections; Calcutta Rent Amendment Bill, The Calcutta Domestic Servants Registration Bill, The Wagering Associations Bill, The Bengal Motor Vehicles Tax Bill, 1925; Thefts from godowns, The Punjab Legislative Council, The Indian Petroleum Act, 1889; The Indian Explosives Act, 1884. The Customs Section includes : Protection for the Steel Manufacturing Industry, The Indian Cotton Textile Industry, The Sea Customs Act, 1878 : Various sections; Import Duty on : sheet silver, white gold, printed advertising materials, cotton blankets, artificial silk yarn, matches; proposed export duty on lac, proposed immature spirits restrictions act for India, Revision of the List of Cotton peice goods, annual revision of the tariff valuations in the mport and Export tariff schedules, Calcutta Custom House : Bills of Entry, Customs treeatment of Indian goods in Turkey, The League of Nations. The Marine section includes : The Calcutta Port Bill, The Howrah Bridge, Port of Calcutta : Working Hours, Calctta Port Trust propoerty, Medical Examination of deckm passengers, The Bengal Pilot Service, proposed storm warning station at Namkhana, Wireless Station at Victoria Point, light house administration in India, Shortages of Imported Goods, The Indian Ports Act, 1908;im Traffic to the Hedjaz, The Indian Merchant Shipping Act, bill to further amend the Indian Merchant Shipping Act, 1928; Employment of Indian seamen in Northern latitudes, proposed marking of the weight on package carried on board ship, The Indian Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1925. The Posts and Telegraphs section includes : foreign dutiable articles imported by post, receipts of registered parcels and letters, proposed insured box service, The English Mails, Thefts of Postage Stamps, The International telegraph Conference, 1925; foreign telegrams, average transit times of cables between places in India and London. The Railways section deals with : terminal facilities at Howrah, wagon supply at Kathihar, propose dmeter gauge line form Dacca to Aricha, slack season rates for Jute, railway communication in Dooars, extension of braod gauge to Siliguri. The Finance section deals with : The Royal Commission on Indian Currency & Finance, Currency Legislation, proposed amendments of Currency notes, purchases of Sterling by Government, rate of exchange for bills drawn in foreign currencies, stamp duties, The Indian Stamp Act, 1899; The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. The Industry section includes : The Indian Factories Act, 1911, The Indian Boliers Act, 1923; prompt payment of Wages, imposition of fines upon industrial workers, american cotton in Punjab, The Cotton ginning and pressing factories act, The Cotton Duties Act, 1896; The Destructive Insects and Pests Act, welfare works on Industrial Concerns, The Third International Labour Conference, The Royal Commission on Agriculture. The Municipal section includes : proposed reserve of motor vehicles for military purposes, Inland coal Colombo, regulations applicable to commercial travellers in India, The Metereological Department, The Indian Stores Department, The Indian Trade Journal, Importation of White Oil, The Miscellaneous section enlists : The Sea borne trade returns of British India, The Dacca Narayanganj road, The British Social Hygeine Council, Beri Beri, The Water Hyacinth, Elashin Nullah, Commercial Education, delivery orders of manufactured goods, british industries fair, tenders for crown colony requirements, Portuguese East Africa. The Other sections included are Memberships, finance and accounts, List of Members, Rports and Subcommittee reports, Tribunal of Arbitration of the chamber.
Title : Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries for the year 1926, Vol. 1.
Reference Number : BCCI_Report_1926_Vol_I
Digital file name(s)(.pdf) : BCCI_Report_1926_Vol_I.pdf
Digital file name(s) tiff : BCCI_Report_1926_Vol_I to BCCI_Report_1926_Vol_I
Digital file name(s) jpeg : BCCI_Report_1926_Vol_I to BCCI_Report_1926_Vol_I
Digital folder name : BCCI_Report_1926_Vol_I
Ancillary Title : nil
Volume and issue number : 1926, Vol. 1
Date(s) : 1926
Extent (Pagination) : pp I to pp IX (Contents), 3 pages without pagination, pp I to pp XIX, 3 pages without pagination, pp 1 to pp 200, 2 pages without pagination, pp 1a to
Volume and issue number : 1926, 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 : Worm eaten, yellowing pages, foxing marks present, dry pages.
No of Leaves : 224 + 4 binding pages + cover + spine
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] With cover : 24.3 x 15.3 x 2.8
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] Without cover : 23.5 x 15.1 x 2
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 : 13-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.