Annuaire des Établissements français dans l'Inde. (1905)

Scope and content: The yearbook contains: a concordance of the Indian months with the Gregorian year and astronomical and meteorological data, together with a timeline of important events in the history of French India; physical, geological, historical and topographical information on French India; a chronology of governors and heads of administrative services since 1674; commercial and budget information; a detailed organizational structure of the Ministry of Navy and Colonies including names of the functionaries; names of important functionaries in other French colonies; a detailed organizational structure of the Government of French India, including the names of functionaries in all the departments and services; commercial and agricultural information and names of traders; direct and indirect taxes; postal and telegraph services (including the English Post); transport services (maritime/railways); lighthouse and lighterage charges; societies, clubs and periodicals; list of the agencies of foreign companies; a glossary of agricultural and other terms used in the vernacular languages. The “Partie documentaire” (Documentary Part) contains a compilation of some important constitutional laws and decrees The volume ends with tables containing commercial information, and nominations and transfers, followed by an alphabetical subject index.