Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries for the year 1934, Vol. 1., BCCI_Report_1934_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 1934. 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 : Proposed appointment of an Advisory committee to the Posts & Telegraphs Department, Federation of Chambers of Commerce of the British empire, Bengal legislative Council, Indian Legislative assembly, The Bihar Earthquake. The political and constitutional section includes : Indian Constitutional Reform, Bengal Electoral Rules, Indian Constitutionasl Reform, representation of the European Community in the Assembly, The law and Legislation section includes : Indian companies Act, Income Tax Act : Various issues, Provident Funds, Bengal Cess Act, 1933; United Provinces Agriculturalists' Relief bill, Debt Legislation in United Provinces, Bengal boiler rules, Trade Disputes Act, Negotiable Instruments Act, The Court Fees, Regtistration of trademarks in India, Indian electricity Act : related issues. The Customs section includes : ottawa trade aggrement, Indian Tariff Amendmnet Act, Sea Customs bill, Shipments to peru, Importation of Jute Sacks into Indo China, Exports to brazil and Poland, Sea Customs Act, Evasion of specific duty on Japanese hosiery, duty on beer. The Marine section includes : waterways in Bengal, Calcutta Hospital Port, Bengal Pilot service, Indian merchant Shipping rules, salt charters, engagement and disengagement of Lascar crews, unificcation of bouyage, Indian Merchant SHipping rules. The Posts and telegraphs sections include : Carriage of mails by air in India, proposed Calcutta Bombay, Air Mail service between Calcutta and Dhaka, Civil aviation, Cablegrams to london, Telephone Trunk calls. The railways section includes : railway risk notes, railway feight on coal, Indian Railway Conference Associaiton. the Finance section includes : Planned Economy, Postal Insurance fees, Indian Stamp Bill. The Industrial section includes : Iron and Steel Duties, Workmen's compensation act, paymnet of wages bill, proposed legislation to regulate eriods of wage, Bengal Factories Rules, International Labour conference, 1935. The Municipal section includes : Howah Municipality, Grand Trunk road, calcutta corporation, proposal that 'Lower Circular road' be renamed as Mahatma Gandhi road. The Miscellaneous section includes : Police Prtection in the Prinicipal jute growing regions, Indian Stores Department, Assignment of Life Assurance Policies, oad communications in bengal, Jute and its Detoriation, trade commissioners, Vernacular examinations, Malaria menace in calcutta. 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 1934, Vol. 1.
Reference Number : BCCI_Report_1934_Vol_I
Digital file name(s)(.pdf) : BCCI_Report_1934_Vol_I.pdf
Digital file name(s) tiff : BCCI_Report_1934_Vol_I_001 to BCCI_Report_1934_Vol_I_242
Digital file name(s) jpeg : BCCI_Report_1934_Vol_I_001 to BCCI_Report_1934_Vol_I_242
Digital folder name : BCCI_Report_1934_Vol_I
Ancillary Title : nil
Volume and issue number : 1934, Vol. 1
Date(s) : 1934
Extent (Pagination) : pp I to pp XI (Contents), 3 pages without pagination, pp I to pp XXII, 2 pages without pagination, pp 1 to pp 203, 3 pages without pagination, pp 1a t
Volume and issue number : 1934, 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, presence of foxing marks.
No of Leaves : 234 + 4 binding pages + cover + spine
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] With cover : 23.3 x 15.1 x 3.4`
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] Without cover : 22.5 x 14.6 x 2.6
Note on item : A stamp has been marked in BCCI_Report_1934_Vol_I_003. Handwritten notes are present in BCCI_Report_1934_Vol_I_004 and BCCI_Report_1934_Vol_I_239.
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 : 31-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.