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many. Oncompleting the courseot nGerman student's lite. Mr. Jensen turned his attention to commercial pursuits, and in r889 entered the othce ol :1 Hamburg ﬁrm of mu. chants wherein he served Ior three years. Resigning this in r892, be next joined an agency attic;- m the same city, and in 1803 became an Assistant in the Head Ofﬁce oi Messrs. Meyer. Soetbeer at C0. in Hamburg. Gainin experience in and knowledge of ti:- tirm's exten‘ sive businesé connections with India during the next ﬁve years, he was in 1898 selected Ior their Indian Branch. and came out in that year as Manager of the Insurance De

partmcnt of their Calcutta ofﬁce. and as the firm are Agents Ior the Gresham Life Assurance Society. London. the Union Insurance Com- Yany of London. and the Fire nsurance Company of 1877 oi Hamburg. he has large and impor- tant interests committed to hiscare.

The ﬁrm of Messrs. JAFFER jOOSAB 5: Co. was constituted in the year 1898 and is composed at four Khoin Mnhomenlan brothers, Mr. Karmally. Mr. Noormnhomed, Hr. latter and )Ir. Rahim.

Mr. Juru.

They do business as Commission Agents and General Xercbants in Bombay as well as throughout the

Presidency.

THE CYCLOPEDIA OF INDIA.

The loundcr oi the ﬁrm. Mr. Karmally. has a general business experience of over 30 years. during which period his character and business capacities have earned for him an honourable name in Indian trmlr rirrles. llis exertions are not conﬁnedalone to promoting the lnIt‘rHLs oi Messrs. jaﬂer joosab 3: Cr... but his name is also found connected with extensive Govern- ment contracts. both in Native States and in the Bombay Presi- dency. unlcr the name 0! Messrs. Karmally Joosah 5: 0).. while he and his brother, Mr. Jaﬂer. carry on business in the name of Messrs. Noarmahomed & (0.. and control an extensive chartering business of freight to Europe. averaging some 30.000 shipping tons a month.

They also represent The Menu- iacturers' Life Insurance Co. at Canada, the Aachen and Munich Fire Insurance Co., the Continental Murine Insurance Co.. the British Dominions Marine Insurance (10.. I.d.. and the National Union InsuranCe Soriety. I.d.. oi Redford. Accident and Disease Insurance, and are the Agents for Menus. Ilcuke's Tib- Works. uI Feroke. which is cuuulurted by )Ir. Rahim joosnb.

The Hnn'ble )Ir. BYRAMJEF. IEEJEEBHUY. (.51.. the subject ol this memoir. was the youngest mo oi Mr. jeeieebhoy hadnbhoy. the Nestor oi the Parsis. Begin- mm: litr- its n gmlown-keetn'r t0 the tirm ol Messrs. Leckﬂ' and SlultrnIm (aiterwanls known as Messrs. Shattnn Malcolm and Con» {many}. Mr. ‘Im'wt‘hlmy ﬂulnbboy. w his abilities and rrs'oum‘lulntwss. succeedwl Within a Very short mm in burr-utth a broker to the above atulmany another firm. He utter- wards. stunt-d a firm under IIlt' "unit of Messrs. jeojeebhny Dattlubboy Sons and Company. and established a considerable business with thr Far East. He thus acquired .1 vast influence in the mercantile mtmuun - ities of Bombay. both European and Native. and had the- )I’Ulltl distinction of being the ﬁrst bative elected to the Bombay Chamber oi Commerce. He was one of the active promoters and Directors of the Oriental Bank and also of the Commercial Bank 0! Bombay. He established the Bombay Steam

Navigation Compao ' and his vessel. the Sir ltlmtl! hind! Centre. was the first to ply on the Western Coast oi India, can 'ing passengers and cargo hetwmn omhay and the various ports of (burnt.

Lulu Hon. Mr. Bruin“ Jenni-cor.

I'Iu died in 1849. He liberally endowed Fire Temples, Madras» and other educational institutions and by IIIS last will and testament left over th lukhs of rupees to be um! Int the beneﬁt at his r and «Institute m-n-ligionists. ﬁghti- cbarity has now inrrt-ased to about Rs. 5.0”,mln and is doing good Work.

Mr. llvrnmjue Jecjet-bhoy, the youngest of the {our sons at Mr. coir-ebbny Iladubhoy. was horn in tomboy rm thu- tﬁtli June 183.2. lie was educated at a private school kept by Mr. Malnwanng. where the youths oi the native nristou‘rnrt' of Bombay ween-ed their knowledge of English side by side with European boys. The shrewd and calculating busmcss habits and youthful energy and devotion to Work which he early displayed marked him out as a successful business man. He joined his Inthur's firm and was soon taken as u partner. In r854, on its dissolution. he began to carry on business on his owu account. and was broker to many large Commercial houses in Bombay. He gradually rose to wealth arid eminence and succeeded in winning