Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries for the year 1929, Vol. 1., BCCI_Report_1929_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 1929. The items included are : Members present, president's specch, 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 Statutory Commission, The Indian Statutory Commission, Discriminatory Legislation, The Memorandum and Articles of Association of the chamber, The Crichton Trust, The Ross Institute and Hospital for Tropical Diseases, The Floods in Assam. The Law and Legislation section includes : The Indian Income Tax Bill : Various Issues, liability of provident fund payments and Savings to British Income tax, The Insolvency acts, The Indian High Court Bill, The Transfer Of Property Act, 1882; The Indian Sale of Goods Bill, The Indian Companies Act, 1913; proposed amendment of the law of evidence regarding commercial documents, letter Patent of the High Courts, The title of the Administrator general, Calcutta Smaal Causes Court, The Indian Patent and Design Bill, bill to penalise the use of pictures of gods and goddesses as trade marks. The Customs section includes : The Sea Customs Act of 1878, The Import Tariff Schedule, Customs assessments of Water sofetning plants, the appraisement of imported consignments, proposed increase of the import duty of raw silk, taxation of patent medicines, restriction on the importation of cotton seed. The Marine section enlists : Bill to reserve Coastal Traffic of India, The Indian Merchant Shipping Act, 1927, Marine Metereology, The International Sanitary Convention, Recruitment of Seamen in the port of Calcutta, The Indian Lighthouse Act, The International Labour Conference, Buoyage and the Lighting of Coasts, The Pilotage Dues Committee, The Condition of River Hooghly, Limits of the Port of Calcutta, The Detention of Boats with Export Cargo, The Grand Trunk Canal project, Number of hours constituting an ordinary working day, The Haj Enquiry Committee. The Posts & Telegraphs section includes : Despatch of dutiable goods by International letter post, receipt of parcels at the General Post Office, Calcutta, The Telegraph Gazette. The Railways section delas with : proposed railwaya act, penalty clauses in State Railway Contracts, delays by railways in the payments of bill, railway rates for fuel oils, railway rates for lubricating oil, mileage coupons, railway transport restriction, servants compartments in railway coaching stock. The Finance section includes : Banking facilities in India, The Negotiable Instruments Act, amaendment of Imperial Bank of India Act, procedurew in connection with acceptance and payments of bill. The Industrial Section includes : The Royal Commission on Indian Labour, The Indian Factories Act, 1922; The Bengal Industrial Developement Bill, the disposals of mining concession, The International Mining Conference, The International Labour Conference. The Municipal section includes : Traffic control, Motor Horns, cattle n Streets, The Calcutta Municipal Bill. The Miscellaneous section includes : proposed central jute committee, proposed legislation to fix standards of quality of jute, whole sale price of Jute, dacoities in Jute districts, The Imperial Council of Agricultural Research, The Indian Stores Department: Various issues, classification of sugar. The other sections included are : Membership, Finance and Accounts, List of Members, Committees and Sub-Committees, along with their reports; rules and regulations of the Chamber, tribunal of Arbitration of the Chamber.
Title : Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries for the year 1929, Vol. 1.
Reference Number : BCCI_Report_1929_Vol_I
Digital file name(s)(.pdf) : BCCI_Report_1929_Vol_I.pdf
Digital file name(s) tiff : BCCI_Report_1929_Vol_I_001 to BCCI_Report_1929_Vol_I_217
Digital file name(s) jpeg : BCCI_Report_1929_Vol_I_001 to BCCI_Report_1929_Vol_I_217
Digital folder name : BCCI_Report_1929_Vol_I
Ancillary Title : nil
Volume and issue number : 1929, Vol. 1
Date(s) : 1929
Extent (Pagination) : pp I to pp IX (Contents), 3 pages without pagination, pp I to pp XVIII, 2 pages without pagination, pp 1 to pp 158, 2 pages of without pagination, pp
Volume and issue number : 1929, 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 : presence of foxing marks, yellowing pages, worm eaten, some pages may be torn.
No of Leaves : 209 + 4 binding pages +cover + spine
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] With cover : 23.6 x 15.1 x 2.5
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] Without cover : 22.9 x 14.7 x 1.8
Note on item : Handwritten notes are present in BCCI_Report_1929_Vol_I_004.
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 : 16-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.