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losers. KETTLEWELL. BU], LEN & Co.. “enchants. 2!. Strand Road, Calcutta. This prominent ﬁrm ﬁrst opened business in the year 1852 under the style of Kettle. well. Dmbble & Co. The original founders ol the ﬁrm were W. W. Kettle-well. R. R. Drabble and john N. Bullen. Their agents in London were Messrs. Cnttleys. Carr & Co. Mr. Drabble lelt the ﬁrm in 1859. and the style of the ﬁrm was then chaﬁed to its present torm ol Ket ewell, Bullen & Co. A branch in London was at this juncture. opened with oiﬁces at No. 54. Old Broad Street XLKettlewellcarried on thebusiness with Mr. Bullen alone till 1866 when Mr. I. C. Murray joined them and tor the next four

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the three partners carried it on till the year 1 when Mr. Kettle- well also re ln course at time other partners entered and some re- tired from the ﬁrm in the tollowi order: Mr. J. W. O'Kiele. joi t379. died 1883; Mr. W. 1. M. Mac- Caw. joined 1833. has continued till the present day; Mr. 1.]. Maxwell. grind t89r. retired 1893; Mr. J. ll. ullen. )oined 1893. retired r895; Mr. G. R. Cheetham. l{outed 1895, retired t 3; llr. \‘r'. . T. kitlnn. joined I . continues till [totem day; Hr. '. 1.. Mackenzie, joined r903. continues till present day. be present partners are thus:

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Messrs. W. J. M. Mr. W. R. T. Aitkin. London. and W. 1.. Macken- zie. Calcutta. Messrs. Kettlewell. Bullen are very prominently connect- ed with a my business. haying some at the t agencies to Calcutta. They are Agents tor the Bowman Cotton Mills Co.. Ld., the Fort Cluster lite Hill 03.. Ld.. With Branch ill at Jagatdsl. the New Ring Mill C0,, Ld.. all lndian indns~ tries. Also the Manchester Assur- ance Co. for Fire Insurance, the Law, Union and Crown Insurance Co. {or Fire and Life Insurance. the Indemnity Mutual Marine lnsurancc Co.. the London Assurance Corpo- ration for Life Insurance. They r :53 We“ in we on ea us, cuts or Hothola 'lt‘g c0353., In. and the Joonlttollee Tea Company, 141. The Bomah Cotton Hills Company is an important concern in this line with a capital of 18 lzlrhs ot ru. represent b lakhs cages in ‘ neg-eteryence A and Preference B, and 7 lakhs Debentures. This concern was started in the early port of the nineteenth century, about 1820. and incorporated as a Company in the your $13. The Compan ' was taken over from Messrs. Ma ister 8: Co. by Messrs. Kettlewell. Bullen in t 79. Employs about 1.200 opera. titres work 6 .000 spindles. It carries on t siness 01 cotton s inning. lts Manager is james

nrrer. The Fort Gloster jute Mill is another concern taken over from Messrs. Macallister & Co. in the same year, t. by Messrs. Kettlen‘ell. Bullen. is concern was started by the first-named firm in the year 1873 to carry on the business 0! manutactures oi gunnies and into labrics. It is a large mill with 870 looms employ- ing about 5.500 operatives. The Mill is situated on la premises covering about 400 bit; as of land at Fort Gloster. The Manager is Mr. Daniel Forrester. its capital is made up of 1.3 lakhs Ordinary shares. 1.5 lakhs Preference and to lakhs Debentures. The Board at Directors consists oi the {allow- ing gentlemen: Mr. W. L. Mac- kenzie. Chairman; llessrs. W. T. Robertson. C. R. Hills. and Victor Mum. The New ‘ MillCorn- panv. d,wasestab‘ inthe ear x896 by Messrs. Kettlewell. Bullet),

at premises near Oolooherrirth on the River Hoo‘ﬁtly. a law miles below Howrah e Compan carries on the business 0! mannhicturers ol cotton goods and cotton spinners and employs about 600 o ratives workmg some 20,000 spin es. The Mill stands on about too bighas 0! land helongin to the Company. The capital is o khs, 3 lalths Prel- erence and 3 lakhs 0r inary shares and 3 lakhs Debentures. and the Manager is Mr. John Broome. Mr. William Lindsay Mackenzie. the resident erof the ﬁrm of Kettle— well. B n, was educated at King \Villiam’s College in the Isle of Egg: He joined his present ﬁrm in I

Mr. NASERWANJI JEHANGIR KHAMBA'ITA, tradin in the name of Khambatta & o. as Coal

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Merchants. u. Elphr‘nstone Circle. Bombay. Hr Khamhattu was born in the year 1845 at Brooch in the Bombay Presidency. He was educat- ed at Bates College. and started his commercial Me with the old estab- lished firm at Edward Bates & Sons with whom he stayed some live {cars gaining a thorough insi ht into ‘ urine“. In the year 1570 he Iorned the ﬁrm oi Messrs. W. .‘icol & (10., old established merchants. and was With this ﬁrm for six years. In the year 1873 in coniunction with