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 continuum!) renter-rented the Tl’ddeé .Lsauciittirin on the Municipal Council and is now a Member of the Ccnenl Ifmnnitttee. “club been (unlit-(ted

Mr. “'ILLH'I III‘AIII I'IIEIJN.

with the (fritlieclriil (‘lttllt sinu- i853. and uh lluiinmry Presidency Magis

triitc wince I890. I’ICRMAN AND IIYNID. Gunny

ltroltcrit, :3 Strand, (falcittta This Firm was established in the seventies under the name at Kirch Brothers. rind atterwnrds atrialuiimated with the ﬁrmof 'I’ruttcr & l'ermari iiml ruled Koch a: I'ermlin in the yen tSSS. Upon the retirement uf Mr Simon Koch in t893, the style ul' the ﬁrm was changed to its present torn] oi I’crman & Hylld‘ The firm deal exclusiver in Jute fabrics. Mr. David Ilind. the senior partner, mu born in Ilunder, Scotland. in tSflj and educated at Unitdte ngll Sclttittl He IQCNVt’d his first lirisinwa experience in the ﬁrm of David Martin 8; Co. of Dundee, Max and Jute (Roodi Merchant». with whom he ri-riiairted for five years. cnrnrnencirig with 1878. He proceeded to India in 1883 rind joined Mews A. W. Hurle t\' Cm, jute Comtuiulon Agents. Seraiganj. with whom he runainevl about six months. Coming to Calcutta he then joined the firm of Koch Bros. the original firm of I’ennan .8: Ilynd. with which he has been connected evu since. Mr. Hyud is the Chair

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Fabric Brokers

nun of the Jute Association.

Sir PATRICK I’LAYFAIR. KL. rrent. r-E~'«i7: (TIE. ram; ‘0" at IItl‘ Irm- Paint-I; I‘lutinir «it In]. martimk. Luirarksliire ginrl .‘\rtIltttl~ Lin. .\yr.~hirr bi tor-c-ruianu, daughter nt tlu- Inlr Inlin Muir ut‘ til.i~g.m. Burn “5:; m-tI’Tlt'tl Nun-niln-r hurt France.~ Sophia. «laughter ut jnhn II-ll’\t'\ nt tur- nuumx Itiiitfdiirr and 5‘ In Vere (rartlt'tl\. Iialiit'ntt-il .it lit-rrtu Schtml .1an lilrtswiw l'niwrairi‘. I,~ Int'ltlin'r of the nrm~ nt Ham A" (in. Cltlt'llllaL and J Ii. Barn A" Sun Lunclnn. Hmhvrn\‘ire-I‘nsi- ‘IO‘III and I’rosidvnt nl Renault h.irn» Mr N! (‘nmmrrit‘ and \Io-rmntile .‘It’ﬂtlwt nt Ilvneal IA‘KI‘IJIIVC t'utinr II; Additional )It‘llll‘t‘l’ ut the I,t‘t.’l~IﬂIl\‘t‘Il"IIlt ll nf Vin-my .IIItI (itin‘I’I-HT"H‘Ilt‘I'rII nl Ititlm, txtirt‘,‘ : Sherri! r-t (.lltllIIJ. tﬁut'. Rew

Gardens, (lulu 7 Urir-ntzil, \\'elhngtnri .trul Bengal I‘V‘tllt utt.il.

«lrnw, .'. Etinisrnure L-itttluu, S, \V.

Mr. inIIAStiIR Itt).\l;\N_lEI'Z I'E'I'IT. Ilninhay .\Ir. Jehartgir Ilotnunjec I‘etit li a grandson «if the late Str Dittshaw Mancckjee I’ettt. Bart. and the eldest sun of the Hon. .\Ir. Brmunjcc lhnsltaw I'etit of Bombay.

.\lr jehangir was born in the year IS”. He received a sound and

liberal CdUCJtth at the well~knonn Jesuit Institution of that City, the St. Xarier's College, which he left early in 1397 and subsequently tol- lowcd mrrtanttl: pursuits. Young .\Ir. _|ehangir soon started a ﬁrm of his Min, rntitlcd Ichrmgir Ii. Pettt & Ifu. and in max. m: tind him one uf the leading merchants at Itutnha). trading «gatimnely in all (las‘es of tooth, “Ill! se\t:ral hrzmchts it his min in uriuus plan-3i and lining Cli-sc upon a hundred win net lium iri dtﬁt‘tt'tt’. putts u'. the rturldr The ﬁrm is mm duing business mi a gigantic scale mtli ti trotnl turnmet of
 * I couple of crates of rupees tt'l )ear,

having their prmrii til husiiiess diiidcd into four extrnsiie Iteprtrtmcrita “1.. Import, leimit. Insummc and tfottun The) largely import pine-grunts of all I lasses, irietal~. hnnluare. sugar, lll8I(lI' s. permit-cry. (ml and sundries, and are lit-Mi cqmrters ut' cumin and tllt'. (Vial, Cuttun .ind insurance in particular $(tttt tn be their sin-crality,
 * u in these hrnnehes of tin si tt e55,

they occupy the of the toretnmt plates :iumig the mercantile firms of Bombay. The) are the 54!": tigrnts Iur sewral well-kiiuwn in (I first rlrus ttuﬂllllt'utl Ilrngalrmlmml male thur tiu‘n titirrlinst‘s riI L'UIIOII rtt tannin important «tritium-grunting tIISIlICI| of India, “item they hate their turn agrnut‘s. their tutal annual sales Int the triiiiirr grim; (Ht'rkltIL‘Iﬂhl) river .\ humlro-il thousnn‘l tum. and int the hut! I grind deal mitt the same number of little“. 50 last is their trade in nail expanding that tlir) hate Inqiieiitly tn clutter large \tt'Jmcts trr meet tltclt inrreaur-g demands. In insurance. they represent several first clasa Iinglnh L'tunipanres. and tn this branch alw. as in Hail and ruttun, thetr lituineu‘ stands qutte Ill the front rank. their total annual premium» anumntmg tn considerably our three lat; «if turret.

.\Irr Jchangrr is also a part: rt’ in ltui father's ﬁrm, Messrs. It. It. l’cttt Sons & C0, and as such, is the agent of sci-rial important and ﬂourishing con cerns which form the suture “I bread tu Several thousands of pt‘ttlln'cs.

These are ,— Capital. R5 The Iirnyuvor Edward Sing. & \It’g t.‘.u., Ltd (Bombay) to lacs The timlzrvcry Valle) (lg. .\' l'g. (‘n, Ltd ijalim) i 1.11