Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries for the year 1933, Vol. 1., BCCI_Report_1933_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 1933. 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 General section includes : The Associated Chambers of Commerce of India, Board of Economic Enquiry, Employers Federation of India, The Jute Futures Market, Federation of Chambers of Commerce of the British Empire, International Labour Conference at Geneva in 1934. The Political and Constitutional section includes : The General situation and the political horizon, Indian Constitutional Reforms, Organisation and representation of the European Commercial Community in the Indian Legislature, Representation of the European community in the General constituencies, Representation of labour employed in Calcutta and the Suburban areas. The Law and Legislation section includes : Issues related to Income Tax, Indian Tariff Bill, Safegaurding of Industries Act, Indo-Japan Trade Negotiations, registration of trademarks in India, Indian Patent Laws, The Bengal Money Lenders Bill, The Indian Khaddar bill, The Trade Disputes Act, Hire Purchase or Conditional sales agreement, Arrest or Imprisonment for Debt, rules regulating the importation, possession and transport of petroleum, Indian Partnership Act, 1932; Bengal motor Vehicles Tax rules, The Indian Petroleum Bill, The Bengal state Lotteries Bill, The Imperial bank of India Act, Presidency Small Cause Courts bill, Bengal Smoke Nuisances Rules Amendment. The Customs section includes : Sea Customs Act : Section 30; Customs duty : related issues, The British Import Duties Act, 1932; ottawa trade Aggrement, Infant foods, Import Duties on Motor Vehicles. the marine Section includes : Indian Merchant Shipping Act : Various issues, New Howrah Bridge: privision of tramway tracks, the Bengal Waterways bill, Indian Dock Labourers Bill, Vizagapatnam port. The Post and Telegraph section includes : Indian Trans-Continental airways service, postal facilites in Mymensigh, Cables to london. The Railways section includes : Railway freight on Coal, railway expenditure, Indian Railways Conference. The Finance section includes : the chamber debenture loan, Cut Currency notes, Reserve Bank of india Bill. The industrial Section includes : The Factories Bill, Government competition with private enterprise, Bengal retrenchment Committee, payment of wages bill, The tariff Board. The Municipal seciton includes : Calcutta Municipal Act and Bill, traffic conditions in Calcutta. the Miscellaneous section includes : Safety devices in Passenger Lifts, late shipment allowance, road Communications in Bengal, Bengal Retrenchment Committee, Imperial Preference, The Sugar Technologist, police protection in principal jute growing centres, The Malaria Menace, Vernacular examinations. 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 1933, Vol. 1.
Reference Number : BCCI_Report_1933_Vol_I
Digital file name(s)(.pdf) : BCCI_Report_1933_Vol_I.pdf
Digital file name(s) tiff : BCCI_Report_1933_Vol_I_001 to BCCI_Report_1933_Vol_I_222
Digital file name(s) jpeg : BCCI_Report_1933_Vol_I_001 to BCCI_Report_1933_Vol_I_222
Digital folder name : BCCI_Report_1933_Vol_I
Ancillary Title : nil
Volume and issue number : 1933, Vol. 1
Date(s) : 1933
Extent (Pagination) : pp I to pp X (Contents), 2 pages without pagination, pp I to pp XV, 3 pages without paginaion, pp 1 to pp 169, 3 pages without pagination.
Volume and issue number : 1933, 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 : Yellowing pages, Condition otherwise proper.
No of Leaves : 214 + 4 binding pages+ cover + spine
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] With cover : 23.4 x 15.1 x 3
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] Without cover : 22.6 x 14.6 x 2.3
Note on item : Handwritten note is present in BCCI_Report_1933_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.