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 Messrs. F. HARLEY 6: (0.. Con. tractors. This tiriii is om- til the oldest in the East, luring been established in the year 18.! . and ever stnce continued on er it.~

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heir specialities are l’nulins, Tar- Pallllfl‘o and “ﬁlter-pron! Bap oi .ill descri )ttmis. tor the supply oi which they have long lm~n Contractor~ to the Government ol lntltu. Only the canvas they uSc in “If” ninnu. facture is imporird and this I: the best English make; the waterproot- ing is carried on at two factories in the suburbs of Calcutta owned by the ﬁrm. where they employ some 300 hands. This OPEI'altul] is effected by a special patent process

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which isin their hzinds. The result is a urtnulin into the matiiilzil‘ttire of which no tar enters and which is Consequently entirely tree from adhesive-noses either in the sun or rain. The process is expressly adapted lor mir‘ in hot climates. The [multns so produred are rﬁpt‘t‘t- ally pliable and free of all spun- tancous comlimtihle matter. .\'o Government Expedition has her!) arranged tor many years without a supply at Messrs. Fr. Harley's tar- pnu ins. which were specially order or! for the Bhootan, Abysstnian. Lushai. Giro. Permit. Duﬂla. Cahul. Nag; Nani or. Chitral. Transvaal and China it leditions. and other campaigns. be original launder

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ol the firm was Mr. Felix Harley Who was [Ullll‘tl in the husine» in the ymir [55: in) Mr. Ricli.irll Dziltyniple Lauder ot Glasgow (Sentlnntl) who tirat (nine to liltllil at Truth aniigcr oi the Enst lndoin Railway. Both these gcnllt‘lllell are now decroscd, and the business to now being carried on l)" their heirs. The sin-riulities ut the firm are widely and Well- luiown in India, and among lllt'tl' customers are not only the Government of India but Rail- way Companies and Merchants, tea lacturir-s, etc., intact all who have occasion [or a reliable water-proof article lor the protection of goods or {or any other purpose.

MESél'S. HASHIM ARIFF BROTHERS 5: Cu., Merchants. Calcutta. This ﬁrm was touuded in the year 156! by the three brothers, Hashim Atiﬁ. Cassim Ariﬁ. and (Sholam Mohammad Ariﬂ. who were the descendants oi an Arab family, long settled at Randcr, lormcrly an iude end- eiit seaport on the \Vest Coast, liut non slllt’t' the rise of Surat a suburb ol that city. The three brothers were part oi the family ol five somnl Atiﬂ Ismail Mehtnr. the sole survivor ol the himin at the lit'jnnmltg ol the nineteenth cen- turt‘. Ariﬂ lsmail was the captain and proprietor 01 ll trading schooner ‘ﬂllltlg trnrn Surat. n his death the sons went out to make their hung in the world, rind the three 5|lttH‘”-lllt'nlll|llt'd. coming in Cal- cutta, started the ﬁrm under notice. The original dealings of the firm Wt‘l’t‘ in gcnernl merchandise bet. ween Calcutta. Bombay, Moulniein and Rangoon, and the nrtncrs prospered from the rat. lt wsu not till 1868 that the ﬁrm (ll‘\‘(‘l"h‘tl l'USlnt‘Ss‘ in Silk, and opene hunches at Sydahad (Sluuliulnludl and other placrs in the (ll‘ll’ll‘! ol Murshidzihiul. Meanwhile (haunt Ariﬂ remained in Charge- of the Calcutta business. The silk humwss ptOSpt-n'd and WM euended in 1868 to Amritsar in the Punjab. where Taxi weaving was begun with 5.000 hiind looms it being held desirable liy the ﬁrm to introduce the best methods available into their silk Weav- ing husinei-i, in 1870 ('nssim Ariﬂ undertook a journey to Europe,

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where he irnwlled ull tin-r the (fun- “MM” and England [or the purpose oi si-lei ting ﬂl‘dClllllt‘l‘)‘ ol the latest ltilllt‘lll [or the purpme ot Weav- int; aillc, Hl' returned to India in 138”, iiucl then lllllll the pre- sent mill buildings belonging to what is now the Bengal Silk Mill m, Ltl. Work at the mills was [itimmt'llt‘rd its won the machinery was installed, with the aid ul nine liuropi-nn niiilinen, whom ('risalni Ariti haul lining-lit with him trout Europe. lltishirn Ai'ifi, the eldest brother. died in t887. and Gliolam Mohammad Arm severed his con» nection with the lirm. The good- will oi the firm. including the mills, pass“! into the hands of Cassini An'i'f, who became the sole pro«

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irietor ot the iirni mid the mills.

he silk weaving llllsltlt‘si was con Verted into a limited liiihility rom- painy lii' ('zu‘sim Arill in the your 1807. with n t‘tlllllull til four hiltlis ol lupi‘t‘s divided into 400 s-liatu, which Were nllottml to the members of (Ritalin Atit‘i’s t'aiiiiilv. (‘ussini Aritl and his third SUN. Mr. (i. ll. (3. Arift, who was now nSSut‘mled with him in business, reiiuiined X19 the Managing Agents of the Company The death ut Cussiin Arilt in 1897 lelt Mr. (3. H. (T. Arift the sole pro- prietor ol the firm and the Manago int: Agent ol the Bengal Silk Mills. C0,, Ltl.