Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries for the year 1928, Vol. 2., BCCI_Report_1928_Vol_II, English

Description : The item contains documents and correspondences of the Chamber , for the year 1928. The General section includes: The Statutory commission, The Memorandum and Articles of Association of the chamber. The Law and Legislation section includes : The Indian Income Tax Act : Various sections and related issues. Provident funds and income tax, The Insolvency Acts, The Indian High courts Bill, Bill to amend Indian Merchadise Act, 1890; The Indian Limitation Act, 1908; The Indian Petroleum Act, 1899; The Indian Electricity Bill, The Interest Bill,The Indian Patents and design Bill, The Dangerous Drugs Bill, The League Of Nations. The Customs section includes : The Sea Customs Act, 1878; Assessment of Customs Duty on Cables containing, stamp fee on patent medicine; Import tariff schedule, Indian Tariff board. the Marine section includes : Bill to reserve coastal traffic of India, The Indian Merchant Shipping Act : related issues, proposed revision of the rules relating to pilgrim ships, the recruitment of Sea Men, The Bengal Pilot Service, The River hooghly, rules for survey of steamships, wireless direction finding station, The Grand trunk Canal Project, bill to amend inland steamer vessels act, The Madaripur- Bhil Channel and Lower Kumar river, proposed storm warning stations in Namkhana, drinking water on inland steam or motor vessels, The International Labour Conference. The Posts and telegraphs section includes: The Use of Code words in Telegrams, The Cable and beam Services, the homeward mails, delay in the delivery of postal money orders, route for parcels to the Phillipine Islands.The Railways section deals with : railway freight on Coal, railway rates for Coal, railway bridge over Meghna River. The Finance section deals with : The Gold Standard and The Reserve Bank bill, The Negotiable Instruments Act, The Indian Stamp Act. The Industrial Section deals with : The trade dispute Bills, Trade Unions, The Workmen's compensation Act, The Industrial Station At howrah, The Indian Boilers Act, The Indian Mines Act, The Employment of of Women underground in mines, The International Labour Conference, The Bengal State Aid to Industries, The Cotton Industry Statistics Act. The Municipal Section includes : Bridges over Calcutta Canal, Traffic control, condition of roads and pavements in the business quarter, buffalo cart traffic. The Miscellaneous section includes : The Chandpur River, The peice goods trade, importation of artificial ghee, proposed establishment of Indian Accountancy board, marks of identification of Manilla ropes, The United Kingdom Merchandise Marks Act.
Title : Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries for the year 1928, Vol. 2.
Reference Number : BCCI_Report_1928_Vol_II
Digital file name(s)(.pdf) : BCCI_Report_1928_Vol_II.pdf
Digital file name(s) tiff : BCCI_Report_1928_Vol_II_001 to BCCI_Report_1928_Vol_II_316
Digital file name(s) jpeg : BCCI_Report_1928_Vol_II_001 to BCCI_Report_1928_Vol_II_316
Digital folder name : BCCI_Report_1928_Vol_II
Ancillary Title : nil
Volume and issue number : 1928, Vol. 2
Date(s) : 1928
Extent (Pagination) : pp I to pp V (Contents), 3 pages without pagination, pp 1 to pp 605.
Volume and issue number : 1928, Vol. 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 : 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 : yellowing pages, presence of foxing marks.
No of Leaves : 308 + 4 binding pages cover + spine
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] With cover : 23.5 x 14.9 x 4
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] Without cover : 22.9 x 14.8 x 3
Note on item : Handwritten notes are present in BCCI_Report_1928_Vol_II_004. Certain pages have oversized corners: BCCI_Report_1928_Vol_II_020 and BCCI_Report_1928_Vol_II_021.
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 : 20-Oct
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.