Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries for the year 1936, Vol. 1., BCCI_Report_1936_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 1936. 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 : Death of His Majesty the King-Emperor George V, Representatives of the Chamber in the Fedration of Chambers of Commerce of the British empire, technical recruits for war purposes, All Bengal Anti-Terrorist Conference. The Political and Costitutional section deals with : Representation of the European community in the New Constitution, Delimitation of Constituencies of federal and Provincial legislature, separation of Burma from India, Indian Costitutional reform, official communication for the European group. The Law and Legislation section includes : Indian Companies Act, Indian Insurance Law, Indian Motor Vehicles bill, Code of Civil Procedure, Bengal weights and and Measures Capacity Bill, The Bengal Non-Agricultural, Wheat Import Duty, Bengal Water hyacinth bill, Indian petroleum Bill, Indian Tea Cess Act, Trade Unions Act, issues related to income tax. The Customs Section includes : Ottawa trade Agreement, commercial relations between India and Japan, report of Indian tariff board, increased taxation on deisel, Import Duty on Safety lamps, Customs tariff, special rebate on Export Coal. Marine section includes : Control of Coastal traffic bill, The Cochin Port trust, pollution of the Sea by oil. The Posts and telegraphs section includes : british procedure for counting words, International telegraph service, air mail services, irregualrity of mail services, phonogram service, barrackpore telephone exchange.-The railways section includes : railway rates, railway enquiry committee, ticket less travel, railway terminal charges, Co-operation between railway recruitmnent board and government. The Finance section includes : Federal Finance, The Financial Position of Bengal, Indian Financial Enquiry, Indian Stamp Act. The Industrial section deals with : The Factories Act, Bengal Factories Rule, Payment of Wages Act, Hazardous Occupations Rule, Workmen's Compensation Bill, International Labour conference, 1937. The Municipal section includes : Culverts over roadside drains, Calcutta Municipal Election, 1936; parking facilites in Clive Street Area. The miscellaneous section includes : Central Jute committee, Central Road Fund, trade with italy, Central Transport Advisory committee, tender specifcations. 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 1936, Vol. 1.
Reference Number : BCCI_Report_1936_Vol_I
Digital file name(s)(.pdf) : BCCI_Report_1936_Vol_I.pdf
Digital file name(s) tiff : BCCI_Report_1936_Vol_I_001 to BCCI_Report_1936_Vol_I_247
Digital file name(s) jpeg : BCCI_Report_1936_Vol_I_001 to BCCI_Report_1936_Vol_I_247
Digital folder name : BCCI_Report_1936_Vol_I
Ancillary Title : nil
Volume and issue number : 1936, Vol. 1
Date(s) : 1936
Extent (Pagination) : pp I to pp X (Contents), 2 pages without pagiantion, pp I to pp XIX, 3 page swithout pagination, pp 1 to pp 207, 3 pages without pagination, pp 1a to
Volume and issue number : 1936, 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 : The print of the item is quite faded, yellowing pages, presence of foxing marks.
No of Leaves : 239 + 4 binding pages + cover + spine
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] With cover : 22.6 x 14.7 x 2.3
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] Without cover : 23.5 x 14.9 x 3
Note on item : A strip of paper is present in BCCI_Report_1936_Vol_I_222.
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-Nov-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.