Bulletin officiel des Établissements français de l'Inde. Vol. 50, issues 1 to 12 (1876)

Creator

Inde française

Publisher

Imprimerie du Gouvernement, Pondichéry

Date of Publication

1876

Content Type

Periodical
Text

Language

French

Script

Latin

Description

Vol and Issue: Vol. 50, issues 1 to 12
Missing pages: 109-110 (blank pages) and 553-609 (digitized from another copy and stored in the Missing pages subfolder). Issue 1 has a supplement 1bis.This volume contains notification nos. 1 to 329.
Scope and content: Some of the topics covered are: promulgation of the decree on the mode of correspondence between France and the colonies; accounting and financial instructions from the metropolis to the colonies; circulars/decrees on the entry of France and its colonies into the General Postal Union under the Berne Treaty (includes the text of the Treaty); instructions on the application of the decree regarding surveillance by the high police (i.e. political police force); promulgation in the colony of the law on the election of representatives of the lower house, i.e. députés; opening of law courses in Pondichéry; delimitation of electoral constituencies in Pondichéry and several other decisions pertaining to the election of the député and senator from French India; reorganization of the police in Pondichéry; execution/reversal of some judgments given by the courts in French India; ties between the postal services of France and its colonies; convening of elected councils; constitution of a relief fund for macouas (caste of fishermen) etc.

Extent and Format of Original Material

1 volume containing 12 issues, 1 supplement issue and indices; 551 pages & 1 foldout containing table. Dimensions: 20.5 X 13 cm
Height and Weight:The foldout is badly damaged and has been pieced together for digitization
Issues within the volume are arranged chronologically and by issue number. They were published every month. A table of contents is provided at the beginning of every issue. The supplement of issue 1 is bound after that issue. The volume contains chronological, subject and name indices. The Chronological Index lists all the orders chronologically and gives their dates and page numbers. The Subject index is an alphabetical list of subject terms and gives the orders that pertain to that subject along with their dates and page numbers. The Name Index includes the names of people that figure in the list of nominations, promotions, transfers etc. It is arranged alphabetically and gives the page number where the names are mentioned. The three indices are bound at the end of the volume. Issue 7 (July) is wrongly numbered as issue 6.

EAP Project Number

EAP_191

Collection Name

Periodicals of French India (1823/1954)

Level

File

Series Number

Series 1

Series Name

Series 1: Bulletin officiel des Établissements français de l'Inde

Reference

EAP191-1-1-51
Call no.: ETABL-FR 99 (1876) (A)
Accession no.: SS17238

Contributor

British Library (Endangered Archives Programme)
Institut Français de Pondichéry (Owner of the original material)
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (Digitalized by)

Location of Original Material

Institut Français de Pondichéry

Custodial History

This volume was previously owned by the Pondicherry Court Library

Extent of Digital Material

562 TIFF images (31.6 GB) and a Missing pages subfolder containing 58 images (3.26 GB), i.e. a total of 620 TIFF images (34.8 GB)

Date Modified

2010-08

Key

eap191_000053

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Bulletin officiel des Établissements français de l'Inde. Vol. 50, issues 1 to 12 (1876), in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Periodicals of French India, consulted on July, 1st 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/printed-materials/item/369100