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Indian Munitions Board Handbook

1919

The idea was approved by the Government of India and it was decided that as the new deparment would have the opportunity by its work of gauging the resources of the country it should also undertake the duty of dealing with applications for the grant of priority assistance in the manufacture and export of articles from the United Kingdom to India. [...] (11) Clothing Branch.—As the work of the Textiles Branch admitted of sub-division into two distinct sections a new branch was created to deal with all questions connected with the manufacture 'and supply of articles of clothing and the administration of the Army Clothing factories the Textiles Branch retaining control of the purchase in India of textiles required for tie purpose. [...] The following statement shows the total amount expended in India through the agency of the Mud during the year 017-18 and the first six months of 1§18-19: TABLE.—Expenditure of the Indian Munitions Board for the eighteen months ending September 30th 1918. [...] The following examples of new manufacturing industries for which in many cases the plans are already far advanced may be given :- the distillation of coal tar ; the rolling of steel plates and Jhe making of galvanised sheets and tin plates ; the refining of copper and zinc ; the erection of plants for making steel tubes and steel piles ; the manufacture of textile and agricultural machinery ; th [...] The rise in the price of heavy chemicals and the difficulty in procuring the services of competent experts operate in the same direction and also preclude industries such as paper making which were established long before the war from taking all the advantage of the situation created by the war.
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Segment Pages Author Actions
Preface
i-iv T. H. Holland view
History and Organisation of the Board
1-8 unknown view
Relations to Indigenous Industries
9-16 unknown view
Industrial Development in Bengal
17-26 J. C. K. Peterson view
Industrial Development in the Madras Presidency
27-32 C. A. Innes view
Industrial Expansion in Bombay Presidency
33-40 P. J. Mead view
Industrial Development in the United Provinces
41-43 A. H. Silver view
Industrial Development during the War in the Punjab
44-47 C. A. H. Townsend view
The Development of Industries in Burma
48-53 J. P. Hardiman view
The Effect of the War on the Industrial Development of the Central Provinces
54-57 G. L. Corbett view
Chemical Industries
58-122 J. J. Sudborough, J. L. Simonsem view
Metallurgical Industries in India
123-144 L. Fermor view
The Future of Hydro-Electric Power in India
145-155 J. W. Meases view
Electrical and Mechanical Engineering in India
156-159 H. Burkinshaw view
Hides Tanning and Leather
160-170 A. C. McWatters view
Note on the progress of Researches to apply the Natural Tanstuffs of Northern India to the production of War Leathers
171-176 W. A. Fraymouth view
The Future of Tannin Extract in India
177-182 J. A. Pilgrim view
The Supply of Timber and Bamboos
183-192 R. M. Williamson view
Textile Supplies
193-196 A. H. Silver view
Shipbuilding in India
197-201 J. Macgregor view
Supply of Railway Materials from India to Expeditionary Forces
202-205 J. C. Highet view
Petroleum
206-223 W. W. Watt view
The Manufacture of Calcium Carbide Calcium Cyanamide and Cyanides in India
224-245 L. L. Fermor view
Paper Making in India
246-253 M. J. Cogswell view
The Paint and Allied Industries in India
254-260 N. Brodie view
The Manufacture of Glass in India
261-273 Alfred Chatterton view
Cocoanut Industries of the West Coast of the Madras Presidency
274-286 C. A. Innes view
Soap in India
287-305 F. A. Nicholson, A. K. Menon view
The Utilisation of Indian Bitterns
306-312 H. E. Watson, R. L. Wallis view
The Portland Cement Industry
313-318 H. A. F. Musgrave, H. F. Davy view
Lac
319-334 E. C. Ansorge view
An Argument for a Change in the Lac Industry
335-342 W. A. Fraymouth view
Standard Lac Products
343-345 Gilbert Fowler view
The Glue and Gelatine Industry
346-349 Gilbert Fowler view
Industrial Alcohol
350-354 Gilbert Fowler view
Medical and Surgical Requirements their Manufacture in India
355-362 H. Ross view
Jute Sann Hemp and Flax
363-368 R. S. Finlow, D. B. Meek view
Saltpetre Manufacture in India
369-375 J. C. Fergusson view
The Indian Pine Resin Industry
376-378 A. J. Gibson view
Magnesite
379-381 H. E. Watson, J. J. Sudborough view
Mica and Micanite
382-385 G. H. Topper view
Hardware
386-393 H. A. F. Musgrave view
Some Miscellaneous Articles Purchased by the Indian Munitions Board
394-400 B. Collins view
A description of the Tata Iron and Steel Works at Sakchi (Jamshedpur)
401-409 T. W. Tutwiler view
Production of Sandalwood Oil in India
410-417 Alfred Chatterton view

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