Bulletin officiel des Établissements français de l'Inde. Vol. 45, issues 1 to 13 (1872)

Vol and Issue: Vol. 45, issues 1 to 13

Scope and content: This volume contains notification nos. 1 to 487. Some of the topics covered are: rules for the committee in charge of the inspection of Tamil girls' schools; reorganization of the French Department of Navy and Colonies; modifications in the law on the merchant navy; creation of a Council of hygiene and public health in Pondichéry; orders regulating the sale of toddy; presidential decree modifying the constitution of the French establishments in India; instructions on the assignments and duties of the police in Karikal; several orders relating to elections to local councils and to the Colonial Council (which were reinstated in the revised constitution); convening of the elected councils; creation of a village of parias (i.e. untouchables) in Yanaon; distribution of water for irrigation in Yanaon; instructions from the French Finance and Audit departments to the colonies on accounting procedures; tariffs of various local taxes voted by the Colonial Council; instructions for the revision of electoral rolls etc.