Bulletin officiel des Établissements français de l'Inde. Vol. 51, issues 1 to 12 (1877)

Creator

Inde française

Publisher

Imprimerie du Gouvernement, Pondichéry

Date of Publication

1877

Content Type

Periodical
Text

Language

French

Script

Latin

Description

Vol and Issue: Vol. 51, issues 1 to 12
Issue 1 has a supplement 1bis with no month. This volume contains notification nos. 1 to 442.
Scope and content: Some of the topics covered are: penal code of the metropolis made applicable in French India (the entire text of the Penal code is given); leave and service rules for functionaries; several entries pertaining to the preparation of elections for a “deputé” from French India to the French National Assembly; rules on hired vehicles in Chandernagor; decisions regarding the police of Chandernagor and Karikal; organization of the Calvé-Souprayachettyar college in Pondichéry, its internal rules and curriculum; tax exemption for ships bringing food grains to Pondichéry; list of rations and medicines to be loaded on ships carrying Indian emigrants; decree on the legal profession (advocate) in French India; decree determining the powers of the governor with respect to matters of caste and religion; decisions related to the export of the “guinée” cloth from French India; several administrative and financial instructions to the colonies; rules for personnel ; ministerial circulars relating to postal services and to modes of exchanging correspondence; convening of elected councils; tariffs and taxes; competitions for government jobs; nominations etc.

Extent and Format of Original Material

1 volume containing 12 issues and indices; 796 pages & 5 foldouts containing tables. Dimensions: 22 X 13.5 cm
Height and Weight:The foldouts are badly damaged and have 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. Pages 71-86 are wrongly numbered as 17-32 and page 147 as 447.

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

EAP191-1-1-52
Call no.: ETABL-FR 99 (1877) (A)
Accession no.: SS17239

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

814 TIFF images; 45.8 GB

Date Modified

2010-08

Key

eap191_000054

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Bulletin officiel des Établissements français de l'Inde. Vol. 51, issues 1 to 12 (1877), in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Periodicals of French India, consulted on September, 10th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/printed-materials/item/369102