Bulletin officiel des Établissements français de l'Inde. Vol. 69, issues 1 to 12 (1895)

Vol and Issue: Vol. 69, issues 1 to 12

Scope and content: This volume contains notification nos. 1 to 505. Some of the topics covered are: propagation of the “Association of French Women” in the colonies; promulgation of the law on amnesty and of the decree on disciplinary punishments for colonial accountants; creation of some local Christian societies; creation of a trial court (tribunal de première instance) in Chandernagor; several decisions confirming the judgments of courts on matters of caste; decisions of the Council of Administrative Litigation; placing of the Mount of Piety (Mont de Piété) under the special control of the Director of Interior; ministerial circular asking colonies to regularly publish their weather observations in their Journal officiel; institution of an organizing committee in Pondichéry to ensure the participation of the colony in the Exposition Universelle (World Exhibition) to be held in Paris in 1900; authorization to establish the budget of the government of French India in rupees; table converting the fanons and caches (old currency used in French India) into decimal fractions of a rupee; tariffs of local taxes for 1896 and some deliberations of the General Council on various taxes including a tax on intoxicating drugs etc.