Annuaire des Établissements français dans l'Inde. (1921)

Scope and content: The volume starts with a concordance of the Indian months with the Gregorian year for 1921 and astronomical and meteorological data, together with a timeline of important events in the history of French India. It is followed by a chronology of governors and heads of administrative services and an overview of the organizational structure of the Ministry of Navy and Colonies. It then gets divided into 2 parts: an “administrative part” and an “economic” part. The first contains a detailed organizational structure of the Government of French India, including the names of functionaries in all the departments. The second part contains information on: commerce and industry, budget, postal and telegraph services, transport services (maritime/railways), lighthouse and lighterage charges, associations, societies, and periodicals, agencies of foreign companies etc. There is an alphabetical subject index at the end of the volume.