Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries for the year 1940, Vol. 2., BCCI_Report_1940_Vol_II, English

Description : The item contains documents and correspondences of the Chamber for the year 1940. The topics included are : The War section includes : National service for european Soldiers, National Service Act, War risks, Export trade control, Import trade Control. The Political and Constitutional section includes : Government of India Act, 1935. The Law and Legislation section includes : The Excess Profits Tax, Indian Income Tax, provident fund related issues, Super tax, war donations and investments, The Drugs Act. The Customs section includes : Protection of Indian Tin plate industry. The Marine section includes : Calcutta Port Trust commissioners rental charges, hooghly river shipping gazzete. The Posts and Telegraph section includes : Telephonic conversation between Calcutta and barrackpore. The railways section includes : railway rates advisory committee. The finance section includes : Proposed Banking legislation. The Industrial section includes : Payment of wages Act, workmen's compensation for war injury, assurance for protection of industries that started during the War. The Municipal section includes : Parking of Cars in the Business Area, Calcutta traffic Advisory Committee. The Miscellaneous section includes : regulation of Jute Industry, Middle Class Unemployment, Vernacular examinations.
Title : Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries for the year 1940, Vol. 2.
Reference Number : BCCI_Report_1940_Vol_II
Digital file name(s)(.pdf) : BCCI_Report_1940_Vol_II.pdf
Digital file name(s) tiff : BCCI_Report_1940_Vol_II_001 to BCCI_Report_1940_Vol_II_268
Digital file name(s) jpeg : BCCI_Report_1940_Vol_II_001 to BCCI_Report_1940_Vol_II_268
Digital folder name : BCCI_Report_1940_Vol_II
Ancillary Title : nil
Volume and issue number : 1940, Vol. 2
Date(s) : 1940
Extent (Pagination) : pp I to pp III (Contents), 2 pages without pagination, pp 1 to pp 510.
Volume and issue number : 1940, 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 : Printing faded, presence of yellowing marks, shoddy pages.
No of Leaves : 260 + 4 binding pages + cover + spine
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] With cover : 23.5 x 15.5 x 3
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] Without cover : 22.7 x 15.1 x 2.5
Note on item : Handwritten note in pen is present in BCCI_Report_1940_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 : 21-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.