Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries for the year 1939, Vol. 2., BCCI_Report_1939_Vol_II, English

Description : The item contains documents and correspondences of the chamber for the year 1939. The items included are : 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, Upcountry 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.
Title : Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries for the year 1939, Vol. 2.
Reference Number : BCCI_Report_1939_Vol_II
Digital file name(s)(.pdf) : BCCI_Report_1939_Vol_II.pdf
Digital file name(s) tiff : BCCI_Report_1939_Vol_II_001 to BCCI_Report_1939_Vol_II_285
Digital file name(s) jpeg : BCCI_Report_1939_Vol_II_001 to BCCI_Report_1939_Vol_II_285
Digital folder name : BCCI_Report_1939_Vol_II
Ancillary Title : nil
Volume and issue number : 1939, Vol 2.
Date(s) : 1939
Extent (Pagination) : pp I to pp Iv (Contents), 2 pages without pagination, pp 1a to pp 52 a, pp 1 to pp 491.
Volume and issue number : 1939, Vol 2.
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, hoard bound, some pages are slightly brittle.
No of Leaves : 278 + 4 binding pages + cover + spine
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] With cover : 23.1 x 15.5 x 3
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] Without cover : 22.4 x 14.9 x 2.5
Note on item : A handwritten note in pen is present in BCCI_Report_1939_Vol_II_003.
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.