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 llr. Ahrnedbhai also owns many villages. sweral miles in area near Navsari called " Sealord ” (arm; the sea. They lorrnerly belonged to Hears. Ford. Bicltersett. Cleveland. Little and others. who acquired them from the Government. and were bought by Mr. Ahmedbhai [roar Honors. the Sealord Company. He is the sole proprietor of two mills one at which. “ The Victory Sills." is at Bombay and has 42. co spindles: the other. the " pinning and Weaving lulills. " is at Colombo. the only one at its kind in Ceylon : this mill is largely patronised by visitors. the visiting lees amounting to a lew tinusands of rupees annually. The sole proo prietor oi sei'eral pressing and

THE CYCLOPEDIA OF lNDIA.

u among the Western nations at .urope. Possessed at an ancient syotem at their own tor the conduct oi commercial aﬁairs. they haw.- ted thereon the methods at .uropean business houses and taken their place in line with the most advanced commercial communities in the world. Among the other sound concerns which the awaken- ing of modern In on has called into being is the mperial hint-inc Tra rt and Fire Insurance Co.1 l.d. ihe japanece nation has taken itinillylto seai-horlne and Ill; many tnes o 9 eat in steamers hatiingptrom t emf the Rising Sun has rendered neces- sary the establishment of national business houses 'ng on marine insurance on Western lines. The

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Murat-woe Hut-run ginning factories at Surat. NaAvsarl. ate um. hmednagar. Kra. wand Southern Haratha. Hubli. Gadag. Kopbai. and other places: he also a. large estate at Kmar in addition to and valuable landed pro.

gerties ta Colaba and out oi the art in Bombay.

The IItPERIAI. MARINE TRANSPORT .9: FIRE INSUR- ANCE Lil.—The marhh. hie

'uso t apnesepeop ism mm better evidenced than in the manner in which they have assimilated the wiggles ot the system oi business has grown

abovenamed Company undertake an extensive business in this line. Their Fire Insurance business is alsolarge. The subscribed capital at the Corn- puny is 3.000.000 yen. and the id up capital 750.000 yen. The end Ofﬁce 0! the Imperial Insurance Comlany is at No. 11.3 ' ' Kaya- bacho. Nihon-bashi-Ku. Tokio. and there are hm and agencies in _ a ny have also Agent‘s: Bombay, Messrapa Gaddum & Co..acting in that capac- ity for the Bombay Presidency. The following gentlemen constitute the Board of Bhutan : liners. “mimosa Takei. Shinkichi Hiya. shima, Iaennosuke Yasudn, Zenza- bmo Yasuda. Thereis alsoa Con- sulting Committee upon which the gentlemen below named serve: Messrs. Zenjiro Yaouda. Sanenori Sinoda. Hamburo )lomiyamn. Taniro Knkinuma. Snnayoslti Olm- moto. and Show Tsulnthara. )Ir. Harono Munroe acts as Manager oi the Company with “ears. Rintaro Komon and llamki Hikidu as subﬂutagers.

AKRON ot Cie.. llerchants. ntta. This tinn was estab. lished in .338 by Horst-s. Charles ambon Charles Aubert. as port and Im Merchants. but

theymere not established he- tore the turned their atten. tion to mini In the

Central Pronncesandint Deccan. where they have been extraordi- narily mind. they were the pioneers ot In r9o4. a Compaaywas promoted to

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work their Central Provinces Manga- nese de msits on a larger scale and named he Central india Mining Co.. Ld., who employ over 2.000 cooiies. Their exports o ore during the last [our years amounted to own- one lakh of tons. Besides these. Messrs. jamhon et Cie. are Solo Proprietors oi the largest Manganese mines in the Deccan.and the export Manganese to Europe an also to America. Their mines are titted with an aerial ropewny. 3.000 [out long. to connect their own railway siding with the mines situated t.ooo ieet ubow the level at the plain. itali- gnneseisa uiciriy growing industry in india an Messrs. Jambon ct Cie. are probably the Jar est dealers in the article. In their cam mines besides it considerable Euro staﬂ. they (ind om )ioyment form-er Son workmen. Bot partners areex- mrts in the business. their experience ring been acquired in Europe as well as in indin. Besides manganesc. Messrs. jumbon ct Cie. own I linicstone deposits at Hausa thur and Kuibona in the district 0 Man- ghum and ﬁbre qzarries in Chota 'agpore. 0 er enterpnses' Messrs. Jamboh‘get Cie. formed in the your 1905 in London the “Indian Oil Products, Ld.." which is devoted to the extraction of oil from seeds and oily materials. They are also dealers in oil seedsnndoﬂ cakes. For thepurpose of oil manufacture they have erected buildings at Xarcoldanga. near Calcutta. These works are thoroughly to date. and the factory is neary amodei one where certain tent processes are employed for o taining oil and [or improvt oil cakes lor manuring rposes. essrs. Jambon in addi- ion are agents lor the celebrated Ripolin Enamel Paints which are so extensiVely used [or painting tram- way and milwnv carriages all over India. and for the Decauvillo Light Rniiwa M. Charles Jnmhon is Conse' du Commerce Exterieur do in France. Consul for Republica Orientale del Uruguay. Vice-Con- sul for Portugal. and Agent of the French Government (or the Indian Emigrution to the French Colonies.

Mr. WILLIAH PATRICK JEN- SEN. It at the Insurance Branch of euro, Meyer. Soetbeer a Co.'s business. was born in the year 1873. and was oducatedin Ger-