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 This Company. in addition to its Branch Ofﬁce, which is under the control of the Secretary, Mr. Darcy Lindsay. is also ably represented in Calcutta by such well-known and in ﬂuential ﬁrm. as Messrs Finlay. Muir a: Co., and Messrs. Shaw. Wallace at Co. In the Mofussil. its ramiﬁcations have extended to yuch a degree that it is impossible to ﬁnd a station or town of any importance which does not assess n “ ROYA I. " Agency.

'1‘ e business of the Innrashire Insurance Company of Manchester was acquired by the “ ROYAL" in toot. and the existing Agencies of that Company held by Messrs. Graham & (30.. and Messrs. Duncan more & Co.. were maintained. The "ROYAL" have further acquired a ﬁrm hold in the Fire Insurance field of Burma. where their local represen. tatives are the Messrs Kruger 8: Co.. Messrs. Steel HTML 6: Co. and Messrs. Finlay, Fleming it Co.

The position to which the “ ROYAL" has attained of being able to he described as the largest Fire Oﬂicc in the world is in itself the most conclusive proof of its popularity as an Insurant‘e Otﬁce.

Its steady development as a Fire Company is shewn by the following figures :—

Yuau. FIR! Plat-[lust Tom. t-‘urrns.

I350 .6 44.027 330.756 r860 262.078 780.690 1870 5r t.lt37. r.o14.04:
 * 880 953.078 4.524.005

t890 .r.sso.38: 6.343.918 2900 :.078.299 9.885.403 1903 :,848.34t £rr.666.666

The total Losses paid since the Company's ince tion amount to con‘ siderahly over 50.000.000 sterling

Mr. DARCV LINDSAY. Secretary of the Royal Insurance Company. is a native of Scotland. baring been born. in the year r865, at Dome in Henriet- shire. He has been closely connected with Insurance business for many years. and loined the Royal Insurance Company's Calcutta Ofﬁce in thr as an Assistant. In the following year he went to Bombay as Manager of the Company's Branch there. an an pointrnont he held for our nine years, and his personal popularity in the Capital of Western India added greatly to the success of his management. In root Mr. Lindsay was transferred to Calcutta on his. Mr. [antes Cran. being invalided home. and

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assumed charge ofthis important Branch of the Royal's business. The Calcutta Branch controls the _Cottr

pany's many Agencies not only in Bengal. but also tn the Punjab, the

United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. the Madras Presidency. and in distant Burrnsh. It is the most important ofﬁce of the Company in India. employing a large staff. and in respect to the extensive business it transacts it is the largest Foreign Branch of the Royal if we exempt one or too of the American Ofﬁces.

The lion'ble Mr. .‘IAIJN BEHARI SIRCAR. (ELF... is the second son of the late 'I‘arruclr (.‘hunder Sircnr. lie was born at Nttihuti, in November r855. where he has his family residence. He rotate to Calcutta in 1864 and was Mutated at the Hare School. After matriculating he read in the Presidency College up to the B. A. standard of the Calcutta University. and in r880 joined his Iather’s firm of Messrs. Kerr. 'I‘arruclt 8: Co. From his youth he was an ardent follower of the great reformer Kesth Chandra Sen. and throughout his weer he has been notable for the liberality atan bromine-ts of his views. In r88r he joined the Brahrno Somaj. that enlightened body oI educated Indians who have done so much for their countrymen. He was our: of the founders of that ﬂourishing institution, the India Club, and has sewed it continuously as Him-nary sanctity. AS a member HI tilt: Calcutta Corporation. Bahu Naﬁn

Behari Sircar has Won hi: widest publin'ty. He is n strenuous ﬁghter. and from the time he was elected as it Commissioner of Wind No. 4. in tStiq, he has made his inﬂuence felt in civic Jill-in In t8rr7 he met appointed by the Government it member of the Calcutta Ituiltlittg l'umtuisiion. 'I'nu years latct came the great tct‘rrlt when Babu Stalin Behari Sircur together with :7 colleagues resigned their rents. us .I protest against Iitr [tossing of the ﬁt!“ Municipal Law (Act III of r890) in the fate of strung up attrition from the Indian community, it t9ti3 be reentr-red the ('t-rrmrution us a representative of the Port Trust. and his career has been marked by vigorous criticism of Municipal methods and an mergy that is characteristic of him. Hr: has done good work on the (blunt: I'mt ‘l’rust since t39: whm be are; elected as a representative ot the (‘ulcutttt (for rotation. Three times he has had this ttmutll’. He was also appointed a member of the Port Trust In too: as u representatise of the Ilengnl ('hutuber of Commerce and was reelected in root. In August I904 he was appointed ll member ot the Bengal Legisltttiw Council as the representative of the Calcutta Cor-

ioration. The great confidence placed to him by the citizens of (Tulcuttrt was amply eridenced when he was upprnnt- ed Shah? of Calcutta for 19034. With all his manifold actin'ties he has remained an energetic man of business. He was admitted as at partner in thr-