Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries for the year 1939, Vol. 1., BCCI_Report_1939_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 1939. 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 Chamber of Commerce of India, proposed Bengal provincial advisory board, Bengal industrial Research board. The War section includes : National, Service of European British subjects in India, prohibition on male european british subjects from leaving India, Officer Recruitment, the auxilliary forces, return passages to India for employees on home leave, control of prices, importation of goods into India by War Supply board, prohibition of export of certain items from british india, clearance of goods without relative shipping documents, use of codes in foreign telegram, defence of India rules. The political and constitutional section includes :The Indo Burma order, the European group in the central legislature,The European representation committee, Bengal legislature, The Indian Income Tax Act : Various issues, Civil proceedings, Insurance legislation, The Bengal amusement tax, Bengal shop prices regulation bill, The Bihar repealing Act. The Customs section includes : The Indo-British Trade Agreement, Customs Declarations, The Sea Customs Act, importation of raw rice and products to Sweden. The Marine section includes: Indian Merchant Shipping bill, IndianShipping Committee, hasting Bridge, ,hooghly river shipping gazzette. The Post and Telegrpah section includes : shortcomings of the department, urgent telephone calls,The Air Mails, cost of telegraphic transfers to London. The Railways section includes : Railway contracts, Upcoutry surveys, illegal gratification of Calcutta goods staff, The Finance section includes : Stamp duty on Inland currency, elimination of pies from commercial accounts, the new two -anna coins, renewal of government securities. The Industrial section includes : International Labour Conference, Bengal Maternity Benefit, Air raid precautions in Calcutta Industrial area. The Municipal section includes : Calcutta traffic Control Advisory committee. The Miscellaneous sectionn includes : War risk insurance, Tribunal of Arbotration, conditions of service of motor car drivers employed by mercantile firms, Indian Trade Journal, Indian Cotton. The other section 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 1939, Vol. 1.
Reference Number : BCCI_Report_1939_Vol_I
Digital file name(s)(.pdf) : BCCI_Report_1939_Vol_I.pdf
Digital file name(s) tiff : BCCI_Report_1939_Vol_I_001 to BCCI_Report_1939_Vol_I_252
Digital file name(s) jpeg : BCCI_Report_1939_Vol_I_001 to BCCI_Report_1939_Vol_I_252
Digital folder name : BCCI_Report_1939_Vol_I
Ancillary Title : nil
Volume and issue number : 1939, Vol 1.
Date(s) : 1939
Extent (Pagination) : pp I to pp Xii (Contents), 2 pages without pagination, pp I to pp XXVIII, pp 1 to pp 201, 3 pages without pagination, pp 1a to pp 238a.
Volume and issue number : 1939, 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 , some pages torn.
No of Leaves : 244 + 4 binding pages + cover + spine
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] With cover : 23 x 16.1 x 3
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] Without cover : 22.5 x 15.5 x 2.2
Note on item : The report contains a few oversized pages.
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 : 18-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.