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Messts F. W. llElI.GERS& Company. 130, Canning Strcet. Calcutta.

This ﬁrm in amongst the oldest The

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mule. living the Managing Agents ol the Kinnimti Jutu- Mills turn- iam'. Limitcd, Titnghur. on thr- l: l S. Ratlvmy. and .it this Mill then are 650 loomzi working.

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present partners are Messrs. McGowan and Robert Kotthaus. Calcutta. and H. Cunningham. London.

The manufacture of pa '1' in India is an industrv inwhich F. W. Heilgezs ﬁgurhold the lead- in 'tion. i or Pa Migllsmam tang; Limiizdgllot whit-Elf: the are t e an: ‘ng. nts. are um: the largest gain-Ftlills in India. with a yearlynntput ol [H.000 tons of paper.

In the rapidly tlcn'loping Coal industry Messrs. F. W. Heilgers it Company have a wry large inv tarcst. The ﬁrm maintain coalint: depots at Colombo and the principal Indian Ports. They are Managing Agents tor tour Coal (‘umpanim namely. the Borrea. the Standard. the ndal and the Khas Jherria. in which a considerahle amount at capital is invested. In addition to the above Companies. Mcssn Heilgers & Company arr Agents for the Ingta. the Nuni and the Baruboai Collie-fies. so that their connection with the Coal industry is a very extensive one.

Mm. F. W. Heilgusar Co. are also largely intensted in the jute

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The Saihati jute Mills Pompany, Limited. also under the manage- ment of this ﬁrm. are now building .1 Mill at Naihati. A5 exporters of “ Hessians." gnnnies and jute yams. Messrs. F. W.

Heilgers & Company do a large lHL'blMSS. and other industries also engage their attention. Insurance [onus another Department at this firm's husmirss. and they hold Agrtmcs tor the Oriental lnsurv
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.bsurancc (I... and the South British Fire and Marine lnsuranca Co. Moms. F. W. Hedger: {it (In. an: aim the Calcutta Agants for the Florin Rulmttino Line of Steamship.

'l'he ll'l‘.\(iHL'R PAPER MllLS (Young-n); Limited. if n l r. it t t a. lime Mills, situntud at 'l'iitightit nod Knulunnru on Iht: Eastern Bengal State Railway. were established In I882. with a capital of Rs. xb.oo,ooo, and an: the largest Paper Mills in India. ﬁtted throughout in the most complete manner with the latest machinery by Bertrams, Limited, of Edinburgh. Mes-mu I". W. Heilgers 8': C0,, of Calcutta. are the Managing Agents, and were the ﬁrst to introducr into In din the manufacturing of paper from the Babui grass (Pollinia poda), an innovation which has proved 0! great practical utility and advantage to the industry. In 19:: the Titaghur Company absorlred the old Imperial Paper Mills Company. Limited, at Bhatpani, E. ll. R52. which had a capital of R5. i2,oo,coo, and in 1905 the Titaghur Company acquired the machinery and good-will of the Bally

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