Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries for the year 1942., BCCI_Report_1942, English

Description : The item contains the annual report of the Chamber for the year 1942. The topics included are : Details of the annual general meeting, Election of Committee, Representation of the committees on various bodies. The general sections include : The Associated Chmabers of Commerce. The War section includes : Declaration of Emergency in Bengal, war risk insurances, issues related to A.R.P, Cost of living indices, Identity discs, Defemce of India Rules, petrol rationing, national service, war charities, auxiliary forces, The European British evacuees Order, Evacuees from Burma and Malaya, war Telegram,, food and oil advisory committee. The Law and Legislation section inlcudes : The Excess Profits tax Act, Indian Income tax Act - various issues, trade mark legislation, International tea Control Scheme, Bengal Finance Act, Bengal Criminal Law Amendment. The Customs section includes : Sunday penalty fees, clearance of cargo from the dock. The Marine section includes : Indian Ports Act, shipment of overside cargo, closing of Howrah bridge, booking of cranes, proposed abolition of defferd rebates, lack of labour force. The Posts and telegrams section include : Night delivery of telegram, airgraphs, african clipper service, mails from rangoon, trunk telephone service, telephone communication with barrackpore. The Railways sections include : revision of railway time table. The Finance section include : Currency, sale of share transfer, remittances to non-empire countries. The Industrial section includes : Payment of Wages, The Indian trade Unions, The Workmen's Compensation. teh Municipal section includes : Corporation of Calcutta, General Municipal election of 1943. The Miscellaneous section includes : Recognised Provident funds, Indian Stores Department, pament through collecting sircars, power alcohol Conference, All India Radiom etc.
Title : Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries for the year 1942.
Reference Number : BCCI_Report_1942
Digital file name(s)(.pdf) : BCCI_Report_1942.pdf
Digital file name(s) tiff : BCCI_Report_1942_001 to BCCI_Report_1942_100
Digital file name(s) jpeg : BCCI_Report_1942_001 to BCCI_Report_1942_100
Digital folder name : BCCI_Report_1942
Ancillary Title : nil
Volume and issue number : 1942
Date(s) : 1942
Extent (Pagination) : pp 1 to pp 16, 4 pages without paginaiton, pp I to pp X (Contents), mpp 1 to pp 151.
Volume and issue number : 1942
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, worm eaten, presence of slight foxing marks.
No of Leaves : 92 + 4 binding pages + cover + spine
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] With cover : 23.9 x 15.5 x 1.9
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] Without cover : 23 x 15.3 x 1
Note on item : The report contains a few textured 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 : 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.