Annuaire des Établissements français dans l'Inde. (1930)

Scope and content: The volume starts with a concordance of the Indian months with the Gregorian year for 1930 and astronomical and meteorological data, together with a timeline of important events in the history of French India. This is followed by some historical and topographical information on French India, a chronology of governors and heads of administrative services and an overview of the organizational structure of the Ministry of Navy and Colonies. The volume then gets divided into 3 parts: “administrative”, “economic” and “documentary”. The first contains a detailed organizational structure of the Government of French India, including the names of functionaries in all the departments and services. Preceding this are 48 pages of tables containing: a) A list of the French cadres of the colonial administration b) A list of the French cadres deputed from metropolitan France. c) Numerical statistics of all French cadres in the colony as on 1st January 1930. 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, and agencies of foreign companies. It is followed by an alphabetical subject index. The third part, which starts with a new page sequence, contains a compilation of some important constitutional laws and decrees. It ends with its own subject index.